Heres another reason not to give birth in the hospital - Page 2

[pampered_mom]

Originally Posted by cchrissyy

I've toured 7 nothern california L&Ds and they ALL had empty nurseries that babies only went to when the PARENT asked for it, but as a matter of policy all 7 had constant rooming-in.

I saw the very same thing at the hospital ds was extracted at when we took the tour. They say that babies only go there when they parents ask as a matter of policy, but I think there are times when the nurses are less than supportive of that. Not all nurses, but certainly some. IME they were always wanting to take ds away to the nursery for any number of different reasons, including at night. I often gave in b/c it seemed like they knew what they were talking about. In my present state (not post c/s, postpartum mind) I would have never agreed, but sometimes the power of suggestion can be a very strong thing...

[haleyelianasmom]

I had dd in the nursery for a few hours the second night at the hospital. While I now regret it, I was totally sleep deprived (first night I was up all night in labor, second night I was up all night nursing and caring for my baby, didn't sleep during the day because people were visiting). She was gone for a few hours while sleeping and they brought her to me when she was awake and ready to nurse.

Honestly, I remember crying when they took her away and she started to cry. I remember being paranoid because the nurse was "too sweet" to MY baby (yeah, I was paranoid she'd want dd). On one hand, I see what you're saying. Babies need to be with their mommies, not with some other women. On the other hand, that's human nature, to care for and want to cuddle a little newborn lying alone in a hospital bassinet. And I would hope that they'd take good care of babies who are away from their mommies.

(and the weird thing is, that was the only time dd has EVER slept in another room from us at night. We cosleep full time and I generally still hold her during her naps. Next baby will be born at home or at a birth center, so it won't be an issue, but I don't think the initial "set-backs" hurt our relationship at all)

[haleyelianasmom]

OH, I forgot to add... The only annoying thing was that our hospital took Haley to give her a bath (I regret letting them do that) when she was a few hours old and she was cold afterwards, so they kept her under a heat lamp until her temperature picked up again. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense :

[Summerland]

my son was with my the whole time i was in the hospital, i was dead tired the second night and the nurse wanted to take him to the nursery but i said no, i knew i wouldent be able to sleep anyway

[CookieMonsterMommy]

I work at a very large teaching hospital and i can assure you that the residents really don't spend much time at all holding babies.

They're too busy delivering babies, triaging, playing gopher (depending on what year they are), performing c-sections and TOPs (terminations), making rounds, doing or going to presentations, sleeping, etc.

Even the female ones.

And for that matter...most of them just aren't interested in healthy (read: boring) babies.