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January 2011 Moms
SweetHurricane
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After you gave birth
SweetHurricane
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and they took the baby away to get cleaned, do APGAR, etc, how long did it take them to bring baby back?
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Re: After you gave birth
It took them almost 7 hours to bring her back. With every hour that went by, I got more and more ticked off. They knew I wanted to BF, I can't believe she went that long without eating?
Just wondering how long is the 'norm'
I had a c-section, so after they sewed me up. Maybe 30minutes?
They didn't take LO while you took a shower, got something to eat, etc?
With us - I had her, they wiped her down and I held her, they sewed me up, and we moved to the recovery room. Once we got settled in, they took her to give her her first bath, shots, blood work, whatever while I took a shower and had lunch.
No, she only left me once, and that was on day 2 when I had not slept. The nurses insisted I let her go to the nurshery for the night so I could sleep. I made them take me down to the nurshery and meet the nurse. She had no other babies so I finally consented. I think I slept 3 hours, got up and went in the hall to get my nurse to go get her. lol. I was in mom mode.
Other than that, she slept in the little craddle by my bed. The nurse came in the room to give her a bath, etcc. I didnt have a recovery room, I stayed in the same room since we had arrived.
exactly this. She didn't leave me one time. 7 hours seems like a really long time!
7 Hours! I would have flipped my sh!t. Both kids stayed in the room a couple feet away, while they weighed, measured, & did Apgars as they delivered the placenta. I carried them while they wheeled me over to postpartum and then they were in the nursery for maybe 20 minutes getting their shots. We did the first bath in my room, and they never left my room until the day we went home and had to get a full assessment by the pediatrician. I love every minute of those first couple days having an outside baby, finally!
I was about to flip my ***. The only thing that kept me sane was that playoff football was on, so I watched an entire game and that kept me distracted for a few hours. H had to leave to go check in at work, so I was kind of happy they didn't bring her during that time, but seriously, it took way too long. I think they had 3 babies born right around the same time, so I think that's what the problem was? But if they weren't actually doing anything with her at the time, they should've brought her to me until they were ready for her.
Now your posts are all making me
At least now I know better for next time!
i had p in a really hippy area so they were all about one on one with baby. they did every test in our room with him maybe a few feet away from me, my husband gave him the first bath with a nurses help, he never left our room for the first few days. however, i was in the hospital for 5 days b/c i was having terrible bp issues & was sick as a dog (i got the flu-probably from being in the hospital) so after a rough day of wrenching my guts out they told me i should seriously consider sending him to their nursery for a bit & take a nap....i passed out & they brought him to be about 5hrs later when they couldnt keep him satisfied any longer & he was hungry.
i've been wondering the same thing lately though b/c #2 is being born in an entirely different state & a friend of mine told me at the hospital i'll be having #2 at they do take the baby from you for a bit at first...i'm not so sure i like that idea.
After I woke up I got to see her for 10ish minutes, about an hour later. I didn't get to hold her til 16 hours later.
I'd be pissed about 7 hours in an uneventful birth. Hell, I'd probably be pissed about any amount of time if the kid & I are both fine, especially if my H isn't allowed to take her too.
This. We roomed in with him. They took him to the NICU for a little while after we had our golden hour because he had swallowed fluid on the way out..and they wanted to make sure they got it all out. (They did try to pound it out of him in the room.) But other than that he never left our side.
I got to hold DD right away, and spent 45 minutes in peace with her at home before we even wiped her down, weighed & measured her. It was AWESOME.
With DS they took him right away to clean, measure and such, and then gave him to me for 5 minutes, then whisked him away for tests for an hour
7 hours?? That is inexcusable if she went anywhere but the NICU.
Barring complications, there is nothing that really needs to be done in the first few hours. "ZOMG weigh that baby stat or something will go drastically wrong!!1!" No. It's all about convenience.There is no reason they can't make sure baby is stable while you're holding him, let you cuddle for a while, then have baby weighed, measured, eye-gooped, vit k'ed at your bedside.
Tell them what WILL happen. Say "MY BABY will stay with me unless there is an emergency."
The pedi needs to check out the baby, and if your hospital has a nursery so does the nursery nurse- but that takes 20 minutes, tops. Tell your nurse you will wait until the pedi is actually there instead of waiting around in the nursery.
Ughh I'm mad for you. 7 hours?? Who thought that was a good idea?
It's your baby, say no. Ask if it's an emergency. A bath is not an emergency, neither is a nursery nurse assessment. Tell them to wait.
I just asked my H cause I couldn't remember and his memory is foggy too..
I had a c-section and they took him in the other room to do the apgar and stuff with my H. Then I'm not sure but I think they took him for the bath (without DH) and then brought him back to nurse in recovery?? Or maybe they gave him his bath after I nursed in recovery then brought him to me when I was in my room.
I wish I wrote this stuff down cause I'm not sure. He did sleep in the nursery at night and they just brought him to me to nurse through the night.
It was definitely NOT 7 hours or anywhere near that.