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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also cracking up at:

-the notion that shift changes should have been planned around this one woman's labor schedule

-the idea of a new mom so pissed at wearing a mask that she is posting on DCUM instead of focusing on her recovery and her baby

-the idea that someone would change their entire hospital/doctor based on this post[/quote]

Oh hi. OP here. Still at the hospital awaiting discharge. Baby is asleep, I am alone in my hospital room, as I have been for hours and hours. Husband is home taking care of the other kid. Posting on DCUM is not taking away my focus on my recovery and taking care of the baby. Sheesh. Have you ever been admitted for days in a hospital? It is boring as get out. I’ve made all the phone calls to friends and family, texted with co-workers, taken a bajillion pictures. I am really not focused on this one event. But people should know.

I was led to believe by others who have delivered babies during the pandemic that although it is usually written hospital policy that you have to wear a mask during labor and delivery, that you will be allowed to go without a mask by the nurses anyway. And that was the case. I wore a mask during the early stages of labor, but the nurses said I could take it off, so I did. That is, until a new nurse came on and started to enforce the written policy. It was really unlucky timing for me because that meant I had to wear a mask during the very hardest part of labor.

If people are planning on delivering at Holy Cross, I don’t want them to be blindsided like I was.

Also, the way in which she asked for me to put on a mask was completely unacceptable. I was in so much pain that I was unable to speak, let alone reach over with my own hands and put a mask on my face. There was no way I could comply IMMEDIATELY in the way she wanted me to. Then she spoke incredibly sternly with me, a patient in enormous pain.

Most of my Holy Cross nurses have been wonderful and caring, but people should know this has the potential to happen at this hospital. There are many choices in our area for care.[/quote]

You should complain about that nurse. Do you remember their name?

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