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sabrina69barnes
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FYI baby can stay with you the whole time.
sabrina69barnes
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In a post below a lot of people are talking about how their they "had" to be seperated from their LO's after their c/s because of hospital policy. I had a very bad experience when DS1 was born where I had to threaten to call the police to get DS out of the nursery. That nurse got fired and the hospital administrator came by to say how sorry she was. Even with a different hospital I was still terrified that someone would keep me from DS2.
I hired a doula and talked with my OB and several nurses at the hospital about their policies. They said it was their policy to keep mom and baby together unless the baby needs to go to the NICU or there is a problem with mom. They also said that while other hospitals may have polices they aren't allowed to violate the law. I was told that if I made it very clear that my child wasn't allowed to be taken out of mine or DH's sight unless there was a medical emergency that they couldn't take him. I haven't tested this and it probably would haven taken some confrontation but if you really don't want your baby seperated from you they dont have to be. I just thought I would pass this along. I wish I had known what my rights were when DS1 was born.
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Re: FYI baby can stay with you the whole time.
The WHOLE time. They have no right to take your child away.
I had a planned section and my DD stayed in the operating room the whole time they were sewing me up-then she moved with us right to the recovery room and then on to my regular room. They only took her to the nursery for a hearing test, her Hep B shot and one night for a few hours while I tried to get some sleep. But I was asked every single time if it was OK to take her.
I had an emergency c-s and this was my experience also. My son was in the operating room the entire time until we moved to recovery. My husband was there while they got him breathing/wiped off, and then he was with both of us the rest of the time. I even got to make our first attempt at breastfeeding while we were still in the recovery room (I credit our awesome doula for that part!)
This was my experience too--DH and I did send DS down at night to the nursery to get some rest, but we were never forced to have DS away from us
I agree! I was just so ready to get this baby out, that I didn't bother asking how long he'd be in the nursery. The good thing was that my entire family got to see lo in the nursery getting his first bath, and cleaned up...so he wasn't out of anyone's sight but my own.
Yep, my DD was in the same room with me. I didn't get to hold her until I was stitched up and in recovery but they had the pediatric team in the operating room and the nurses came and were getting her cleaned up right there while I was being stitched. DH stood with her but we were together the the whole time. She never left either of our sight the entire hospital stay.
If the baby doesn't have to go to the NICU there's no reason to separate from the parents.
I wish I had known this when I had DD... They took her to the nursery when I went to recovery and kept her there for 2 hours. They said that her blood sugar was low and they bottle fed her formula even though I had specifically said I wanted to breast feed. I seriously think that what they did brutally damaged my chances at breastfeeding DD. =[
Same (except my c/s was unplanned).
It boggles my mind that so many hospitals still routinely separate healthy moms and babies after a cesarean.
It never really bothered me that they took him to the nursery. I got to see and even hold him while I was being stitched up. Then DH went with the them to the nursery while they got bathed and cleaned up while I was finishing up in the operating room. Baby met me in the room when I got there. I will do the same this c-section.
This was exactly mu experience too. i didn't mind since DH was with him and honestly, i was very nauseous from some of the meds so the time he was gone seemed inconsequential.
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I couldn't have put it better myself. With our next one, I'll have things planned and organized in advance with the staff.
You do not have to let them do this if you do not want to. It is entirely your decision. Just keep that in mind.
At the hospital where I had my c/s (and will have my repeat c/s) there is no nursery for healthy newborns. As soon as DS was born he was taken over to a warming unit in the OR and was checked over. Then DH brought him over so I could kiss him and see him up close. Then DH and DS were taken back to a delivery room/recovery room while I was stitched up. DH took pictures of his first bath, etc and was with him the whole time. As soon as I was wheeled into recovery I was able to hold him and that was when DH went out to tell our families the news.
DS roomed in the whole time and was only removed from our sight for his hearing test, other 24 hr. tests and circumsion. All other checks and tests (I had GD so his blood sugar had to be tested several times) were done in our room, in our presence.
We are planning on the same process this time. The only reason this baby would be taken from us would be if this LO needed the NICU, otherwise the hospital policy is to keep mom and baby together. I love that our hospital is this way.