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Bringing in goodies for hospital staff???
This topic has been posted quite a bit on the 3rd trimester board about if it is necessary to bring baked goods in with you (while in labor) to the hospital to give to your nurses/doctors. It is a very heated topic that got lots of ladies upset. Some nurses were coming on saying that they would appreciate the gesture and would probably treat that patient better if they got treats! I'm thinking of baking something ahead of time, freezing it and bringing it along for DH/family and I as well as share it with the staff. Being on the diabetes diet, I would be DYING for a sweet treat after I give birth so that is why I may bring some stuff in.
What do you think about bringing in baked goods for nurses to get better care???
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Re: Bringing in goodies for hospital staff???
Oh I thought the same thing but I was shocked to see the responses on this topic. Some of those nurses flat out said they would treat the patient better!! It's crazy!!
agreed!
I took in treats for myself since I was told to limit my sugars while pregnant so I froze and saved my girl scout cookies to eat in the hospital. I also asked DH to go get me a sheetz Mt. Dew slushy. So taking in sweets for yourself is a great idea.
That said I LOVED LOVED my nurse that I had while I labored and then I had her again the next day as well and I would have given her a treat just as a thank you for being sweet. She was so understanding and helpful and my family even loved her and my visitors commented on how nice she was. However my delivery nurse I wouldn't have offered to share my sweets with her. She wasn't horrible we just didn't click. I started to push right at shift change so I didn't get to bond or talk with the delivery nurse she kind of just got thrown in as I started pushing so that is probably the reason for me not liking her as much.
Bring stuff for yourself, sure, but since you can't eat while in labor, it would be torture seeing the others around you chowing down on your goodies!
By the next day, when you can eat the stuff, you barely see the nurses except when they're checking on you briefly. And at that point, you really just need them to give you meds and teach you how to do stuff with the baby. No need for bribes at that point!
ETA: at least with my c/section, I wasn't allowed anything but water for at least 12 hours. They screwed up and brought me regular breakfast, which I ate fine, but I wasn't supposed to have it.
I think this is a horrible attitude on the part of the nurses as well (who else, other than politicians, get bribed to do their jobs?), but there were so many babies born the day Ali was, that I wish I had something that would have gotten us a little more attention. I had at least 4 different day shift nurses come in my room the morning I was in labor and tell me they were going to be my nurse. WTF?
Of course, I went into labor at 37 weeks, so grabbing the nurses' goody basket would have been the last thing on my mind as we were running around the house at midnight getting my bag packed!
I guess a little "grease" is necessary to make the world go round, and sometimes that grease is baked goods.
Now, sending in a goody basket after the fact, if it is deserved is completely understandable to me.
I didn't take anything for the nurses/staff.
I am an RN and I would NEVER give a patient better care because they brought me in a treat. Never.
I'm not a L&D nurse, but we still have patients bring us in sweets from time to time. We enjoy it, but it doesn't impact the type of care that patient gets.
Honestly, when I was in labor, the last thing on my mind was other people. Its the nurses job to take good care of you and you shouldnt have to bribe them for better treatment.
That being said, I loved my nurses and I probably should've brought them something after Connor was born as a thank you.
That's true, but you know it happens....
I did not take anything in when I had Addy (but then again I had an emergency c-section) and I had not thought about doing that while in labor.
However, I was in the hospital for 9 days after having her and everyone was so great. About 2 weeks after I was home (Addy was since in the NICU), we took the staff a cookie try from PA bakery and I wrote them a thank you card. We also took a small trayand thank you card for the NICU staff after Addy was discharged.
It was just a small token of our appreciation and I wanted to let them know that we thought they did a great job. I know it wasn't necessary, but it is always nice to hear that someone thinks you did a great job!
I agree with pp about needing baked goods to get better care is ridiculous.
After the fact, I wrote a very heartfelt and personal thank you card to each and enclosed a birth anouncement.
Honestly, working at a hospital that had 505 deliveries in a month, I would think the mom was a little crazy! Giving birth and caring for a newborn is enough! It's nice and all, but that kind of Martha Stewart overachieving just makes me feel bad about myself that it's just an ordinary day and I can't figure out how to fit baking into my life, you know?
I understand that first time moms can be pretty bored in the last few weeks, so that's okay if they want to do it to kill some time. But a mom with kids already or one who sacrificed naps or other more productive things to bake for the staff is definitely overdoing it.
I definitely would not do it for better treatment from your nurses! They will treat you well just for being your nice self...and because it's their job.