xpost from CAC - help with wording for hosp. bassinet

[KBecks]

Hi, I am posting here because I'd like a little help with a bassinet sign for the hospital.

I almost have this done. We are delivering baby boy #3 tomorrow morning via a c/s due to a prior classical incision. After 2 weeks of lung tests, our son will be born at 38 weeks. I'm hoping he's a great nurser and can avoid jaundice.

Anyway, I am making a sign for his bassinet. Here's what I've started. I'm addressing it to the OB/Hospital and associates, and pediatric practice:

Thank you for caring for our family!

PLEASE NOTE the following for our child's care:

•NO circumcision
•NO retraction / meatus exam
•NO Hep B shot
•We want to avoid formula and prefer expressed breast milk

Thank you for your support. Please see me with any questions regarding consent or non-consent regarding our child's care prior to.....


OK, I think I should be specific about saying -- ask me if you have any questions before you go ahead with whatever you are thinking of doing.

The basic things are fine with me - hearing screening, and the metabolic blood test. I would like to obviously be informed and sign off on anything they do.

Should I add to the list that the hearing test and metabolic test are OK? How should I phrase the -- see me sentence?

I am not feeling paranoid, but I want to be proactive about communication about the details that are most important to me, thanks!

Thanks for your help!

[Beccadoula]

You might want to put "informed consent" requested before exams/procedures...?

ALSO, I think you might want to just plan on rooming in as much as possible...you and dad take turns sleeping...bring in a 3rd party so that their rule of 'someone has to be awake, other than mom" can be kept.

I hope it all goes beautifully for you!!!

[liseux]

I absolutely agree about rooming in. Even with c/sections, as long as you have your dh or anyone there to help you the first night, you can still room in. If baby needs to go to the nursery for anything, get someone to go with him. Even if, in the scenario he needs NICU, they won't do anything like a circ. without written consent, plus he would have to be stable for that. The worry is retracting if you're not there. I made sure all of my baby's nurses knew about not retracting & they all already did. I changed all of the diapers with my one boy that roomed in.

I've been in the hospital 4 x with boys: 2 hb transfers, 2 c/s. All of the babies except 1 were in NICU, and I never had any trouble. Most doctors, I learned, hate doing circs so they will ask you each day about it. Once I told them we wouldn't do it they thanked us. We were at 4 dif. hospitals in the DC area. I also had a onesie with "I am intact, no circ!" on it and left in it in the bassinet. I think your little guy will be fine. Good luck with eveything!

[liseux]

Wow! I just saw that its tomorrow! I will be thinking about your family!! I'm hoping for smooth healing and a peaceful babymoon for you.

[claras_mom]

Re no formula, our hospital has stickers you can put on the bassinet that say something like, "Mother's milk only." You might check with yours to see if there's something similar.

But I agree that the big thing will be having someone else there as much as possible.

Good luck!!