Hospital Birthers: Were You Able to Bedshare with Your Newborn? - Page 6

[AFWife]

From the start DS only slept well on my chest (he's 8 months and STILL sleeps best when he's next to mama) and so that's what we did. The staff never said a word. The day nurse even checked his temp with him on top of me (armpit check)

[columbusmomma]

I had no prob bedsharing with DD in the hospital

[Engineering_Mama]

I voted "without any trouble from staff" since no one said anything. I did get couple of dirty looks which I ignored. I was a homebirth transfer though, so I think the nurses knew I wasn't going to do things the "normal" way.

[coastielu]

I kept baby with me. The nurse came in and explained that "hospital policy us to recomend baby stays in the bassinet. but..." and then they left us alone about it. I had a drug free/ short labor though. If I were recovering from a long, terrible or heavily medicated experience, I might have chosen differently.

I think attitudes vary hugely- depends a lot on where in the country you are, and the individual hospital. I was lucky enough to give birth in a new hospital and very baby friendly town.