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Anonymous wrote:Rooms are tiny but the nurses provide top notch postpartum care. I think if you convey to your nurse you’d prefer to not be checked on as much, they can accommodate that. You’ll still get visits from the pediatrician and the hearing test consultant (got a crazy bill for that, watch out!) though.

I personally liked the food too!

The quality of the PP nurses varies widely. Your PP experience will be dependent on nurse quality.

I had 3 babies at GW and two fabulous nurses, the rest were mediocre to awful.

I also thought the food was pretty good for hospital food and never felt the need to supplement.

Glad you had a good experience, PP.

Anonymous wrote:Rooms are tiny but the nurses provide top notch postpartum care. I think if you convey to your nurse you’d prefer to not be checked on as much, they can accommodate that. You’ll still get visits from the pediatrician and the hearing test consultant (got a crazy bill for that, watch out!) though.

I personally liked the food too!

Anonymous wrote:Rooms are tiny but the nurses provide top notch postpartum care. I think if you convey to your nurse you’d prefer to not be checked on as much, they can accommodate that. You’ll still get visits from the pediatrician and the hearing test consultant (got a crazy bill for that, watch out!) though.

I personally liked the food too!

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Anonymous wrote:I had no issues with postpartum care at gw this past September. My only real complaint was the room was tiny ( and had some hvac thing that looked under construction taking up a third of the room). It made it hard to fit our clothes, let alone have a space for the tray of food. But I wasn't expecting luxury- I got to postpartum care around 10 pm on a Thursday and was discharged by noon Saturday. All my needs were met. Yes there were frequent vital checks through the night but honestly I was a ftm and had a brand new baby and had been awake for 48 hours already, was thankful someone was checking as we didn't know what we were doing and we were exhausted and the nurses would help change the diaper, teach us to swaddle, etc. I hated one of the lactation consultants ( just thinking about it is still upsetting) and had one resident come in shortly before discharge and tell me I shouldn't try for another for 18 months which was upsetting given in already old and already needed fertility treatment. My dr said that at my 6 week visit that was untrue

Thank you for sharing your experience! Your perspective is helpful.

My obgyn told me due to the location rooms are small and bigger rooms usually go to mom who have c section. Their is one room which can't be reserved but is bigger with better food and bedding.

Anonymous wrote:I had no issues with postpartum care at gw this past September. My only real complaint was the room was tiny ( and had some hvac thing that looked under construction taking up a third of the room). It made it hard to fit our clothes, let alone have a space for the tray of food. But I wasn't expecting luxury- I got to postpartum care around 10 pm on a Thursday and was discharged by noon Saturday. All my needs were met. Yes there were frequent vital checks through the night but honestly I was a ftm and had a brand new baby and had been awake for 48 hours already, was thankful someone was checking as we didn't know what we were doing and we were exhausted and the nurses would help change the diaper, teach us to swaddle, etc. I hated one of the lactation consultants ( just thinking about it is still upsetting) and had one resident come in shortly before discharge and tell me I shouldn't try for another for 18 months which was upsetting given in already old and already needed fertility treatment. My dr said that at my 6 week visit that was untrue

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Anonymous wrote:I had one of those signs (in 2019) and it was entirely ignored, both by my regular care team of nurses and by the random male OB who did not work with me during labor but wanted to pop by and tell me he reviewed my chart (thanks?) and walked right past the sign on my closed door without even a knock to give me this news while I was topless trying to figure out breastfeeding.

So, y'know, good luck.

And people wonder why women are choosing home births.

I am that PP and no, it did not and would not drive me to home birth. It just irritated me and is worth OP knowing if she's planning to rely on this signage to get some kind of restful PP retreat.

GW is a very busy hospital with a lot of constant commotion and very good outcomes for mothers and babies alike. Know the good and bad going in.

I am sticking with GW as I trust their care, home births are not for me I am grateful science had advanced that we don't have to bleed to death at home.

Good to know the sign might not be noted, will prepare myself and be sure to set the expectation with my nurse. For 2 days its not the end of the world.

I'm the 2019 PP, but I just realized that I misread your OP. I did *not* have (or need) a sign during L&D, and I was not really bothered at that time. I was induced, was there for 48+ hours before things finally got moving, and it was fairly calm and certainly not a lot of commotion aside from hearing other laboring moms on the ward. My experience with the sign was post-partum, which is more notoriously chaotic at GW.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had one of those signs (in 2019) and it was entirely ignored, both by my regular care team of nurses and by the random male OB who did not work with me during labor but wanted to pop by and tell me he reviewed my chart (thanks?) and walked right past the sign on my closed door without even a knock to give me this news while I was topless trying to figure out breastfeeding.

So, y'know, good luck.

And people wonder why women are choosing home births.

I am that PP and no, it did not and would not drive me to home birth. It just irritated me and is worth OP knowing if she's planning to rely on this signage to get some kind of restful PP retreat.

GW is a very busy hospital with a lot of constant commotion and very good outcomes for mothers and babies alike. Know the good and bad going in.

I am sticking with GW as I trust their care, home births are not for me I am grateful science had advanced that we don't have to bleed to death at home.

Good to know the sign might not be noted, will prepare myself and be sure to set the expectation with my nurse. For 2 days its not the end of the world.

Anonymous wrote:I had one of those signs (in 2019) and it was entirely ignored, both by my regular care team of nurses and by the random male OB who did not work with me during labor but wanted to pop by and tell me he reviewed my chart (thanks?) and walked right past the sign on my closed door without even a knock to give me this news while I was topless trying to figure out breastfeeding.

So, y'know, good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had one of those signs (in 2019) and it was entirely ignored, both by my regular care team of nurses and by the random male OB who did not work with me during labor but wanted to pop by and tell me he reviewed my chart (thanks?) and walked right past the sign on my closed door without even a knock to give me this news while I was topless trying to figure out breastfeeding.

So, y'know, good luck.

And people wonder why women are choosing home births.

I am that PP and no, it did not and would not drive me to home birth. It just irritated me and is worth OP knowing if she's planning to rely on this signage to get some kind of restful PP retreat.

GW is a very busy hospital with a lot of constant commotion and very good outcomes for mothers and babies alike. Know the good and bad going in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had one of those signs (in 2019) and it was entirely ignored, both by my regular care team of nurses and by the random male OB who did not work with me during labor but wanted to pop by and tell me he reviewed my chart (thanks?) and walked right past the sign on my closed door without even a knock to give me this news while I was topless trying to figure out breastfeeding.

So, y'know, good luck.

And people wonder why women are choosing home births.

Anonymous wrote:I had one of those signs (in 2019) and it was entirely ignored, both by my regular care team of nurses and by the random male OB who did not work with me during labor but wanted to pop by and tell me he reviewed my chart (thanks?) and walked right past the sign on my closed door without even a knock to give me this news while I was topless trying to figure out breastfeeding.

So, y'know, good luck.