Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Today I had to go to the hospital for a specialist appointment in the Labor and Delivery ward. While I was waiting, all of a sudden I heard a baby start screaming in pain and I knew they were either vaxing him, doing a heel stick, or a circumcision I saw nurses and even a mom wheel babies around in the little plastic bassinets rather than carrying them in their arms and some babies all alone in the nursery. The L & D rooms were tiny because the bed and all the monitoring equipment took up the whole space leaving barely any room for the doctor let alone family. Sigh...it is a shame medicine has done this to the miracle of birth. Just had to vent. Lynette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Please do vent! I know exactly what you mean. With Eden we planned a home birth, but went on the hospital tour anyway. They had just redone the birthing floor, so it was actually quite nice, but I still thought it was the worst place in the world. The idea that you can¹t carry your baby from one floor to another because of legal reasons seemed crazy to me. And even though the rooms were sparce and ³calm,² they seemed horrible to me!!! Well, after over 80 hours of contractions and I was still only at 3cm, and not having slept in those 80 hours, when we ended up in the hospital it didn¹t seem so bad which to me was quite a sad place... (I didn¹t care about anything at that point except having Eden!!!) I know that our birth ended up being medicalized and a rather unpleasant experience because of the environment/machines/lack of support etc. (I remember seeing our fabulous midwife who was off when I finally delivered 3 days after the birth, and the first thing I said that the next baby was definitely going to be at home!!!) When you say that there¹s no room in the L & D rooms have no space, does that mean that you aren¹t allowed to move around in them? a > > Today I had to go to the hospital for a specialist appointment in the > Labor and Delivery ward. While I was waiting, all of a sudden I > heard a baby start screaming in pain and I knew they were either > vaxing him, doing a heel stick, or a circumcision I saw nurses > and even a mom wheel babies around in the little plastic bassinets > rather than carrying them in their arms and some babies all alone in > the nursery. The L & D rooms were tiny because the bed and all the > monitoring equipment took up the whole space leaving barely any room > for the doctor let alone family. > > Sigh...it is a shame medicine has done this to the miracle of birth. > > Just had to vent. > > Lynette > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Lynette, My hospital would not allow you to carry babies because they felt it helped prevent kidnapping. Any person they saw carrying the baby out of the mother's room would automatically be stopped. The theroy is you can run easier carrying a baby than pushing a bassinette. It is for saftey not to be heartless. -- Aimee, Mom to Marah-Jade Born 09/17/03 vaccine free since 12/03 " Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. Dr. Henry Fischer " Today I had to go to the hospital for a specialist appointment in the Labor and Delivery ward. While I was waiting, all of a sudden I heard a baby start screaming in pain and I knew they were either vaxing him, doing a heel stick, or a circumcision I saw nurses and even a mom wheel babies around in the little plastic bassinets rather than carrying them in their arms and some babies all alone in the nursery. The L & D rooms were tiny because the bed and all the monitoring equipment took up the whole space leaving barely any room for the doctor let alone family. Sigh...it is a shame medicine has done this to the miracle of birth. Just had to vent. Lynette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 I was so worn out, I couldn't have carried Liam if I wanted to. I needed the bassinet just to make it back & forth to the nursery (he stayed with me all the time, I went with him when they needed to do something). I had Fred Flinstone feet by the time I got back to the room both times we went. (once to meet the neonatologist to look at Liam's hand - had an amniotic band missing first bone in 3 fingers - and then once for the pku and pictures). I don't know if they would have " let " me carry him or not since it wasn't an option. My guess is no .... in IL Re: Depressing hospitals > > Lynette, > My hospital would not allow you to carry babies because they felt it helped prevent kidnapping. Any person they saw carrying the baby out of the mother's room would automatically be stopped. The theroy is you can run easier carrying a baby than pushing a bassinette. It is for saftey not to be heartless. > -- > Aimee, Mom to Marah-Jade Born 09/17/03 vaccine free since 12/03 > > " Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. Dr. Henry Fischer " > > > Today I had to go to the hospital for a specialist appointment in the > Labor and Delivery ward. While I was waiting, all of a sudden I > heard a baby start screaming in pain and I knew they were either > vaxing him, doing a heel stick, or a circumcision I saw nurses > and even a mom wheel babies around in the little plastic bassinets > rather than carrying them in their arms and some babies all alone in > the nursery. The L & D rooms were tiny because the bed and all the > monitoring equipment took up the whole space leaving barely any room > for the doctor let alone family. > > Sigh...it is a shame medicine has done this to the miracle of birth. > > Just had to vent. > > Lynette > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 When my son was born there was a policy that the nurse had to carry the baby to the car when a person left..... its probably still the same, but I think its just in case the baby is injured by mom falling or something, also for security and they made sure we had a car seat installed. They also had a bit of a " fit " when they " caught " me sleeping with him! I was " SUPPOSED " to put him down to sleep in the bassinet! Chelly Re: Depressing hospitals Lynette, My hospital would not allow you to carry babies because they felt it helped prevent kidnapping. Any person they saw carrying the baby out of the mother's room would automatically be stopped. The theroy is you can run easier carrying a baby than pushing a bassinette. It is for saftey not to be heartless. -- Aimee, Mom to Marah-Jade Born 09/17/03 vaccine free since 12/03 " Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. Dr. Henry Fischer " Today I had to go to the hospital for a specialist appointment in the Labor and Delivery ward. While I was waiting, all of a sudden I heard a baby start screaming in pain and I knew they were either vaxing him, doing a heel stick, or a circumcision I saw nurses and even a mom wheel babies around in the little plastic bassinets rather than carrying them in their arms and some babies all alone in the nursery. The L & D rooms were tiny because the bed and all the monitoring equipment took up the whole space leaving barely any room for the doctor let alone family. Sigh...it is a shame medicine has done this to the miracle of birth. Just had to vent. Lynette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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