hospital obligation to bf....
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| Mon, 08-30-2004 - 10:15am |
2 recent incidences I've come across IRL spark this question.
MY SIL just delivered in a hospital I routinely refer to as a "baby-factory" They have a 33% section rate and are "very" interventionist. However, they have the best NICU in the area and many people choose it for that reason alone (ot, but that makes no sense to me unless you know you have a high-risk baby -- i delivered another hopspital which could've had my children there in under 10 minuts if necessary -- but i digress).
Anyway, i had heard some really awful things about the pp nurses at said hopsital...2 friends were told they had 20 min to latch the baby on -- if not, she had to have a bottle right then and there...ugh. SIL had a pretty average delivery and felt great. my new neice latched on well and all was going fine in the hospital. However, she was pushed EVERY time a nurse came in to give her a bottle because "her milk wouldn't be in for days and the baby would starve." SIL had taken a bf class which offered much conflicting information to what the pp nurses said, so she refused the formula. When I came to visit she asked me if she was right to refuse, and she also called the bf instructor. I later learned that this hospital has "done away" with lactaction services. One pp nurse happens to be an LC so if you're lucky you get her.
Another friend had a section for a breech recently and her husband was unable to spend nights at the hospital (they have an older child). She was not alllowed to nurse the baby unless she had a visitor in the room or a nurse. They would not leave her alone with the baby given the medication she had been on for "safety reasons." She only nursed the baby a handful times...in fact she barely spent much time with the baby as caring for her other child prevented DH from being there more than a few hours and her family is not local. When the baby was in the nursery he had formula; if DH was there, she nursed.
Is a hospital obligated to help a mother establish a good bF relationship? A hospital is obligated to provide a low-salt diet to a high blood pressure patient. Given the medical recommendation to BF and the critical early days, is this any different?
p.s. Both babies are currently nursing well despite these scenarios. However, I think it's just as likely things could've went south.
p.p.s. I'm barely even lurking anymore -- busy summer, too mnay beach days and i'm also feeling a bit green -- 16 weeks pg. However, I hope to be able to jump back in soon?

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I do refer to them as a vegetable.
When y ou look up in a cookbook or recipes onlines any thing "potato" or "potato" related is often under vegetables.
from a friends experiance, they will gently remove baby from mom's snoozing arms and place baby into a basinet.
I'm in a very weird mood today.
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Well, I THOUGHT this was the debate board.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
Yes, easier for you because of the choices/mindset that you were limiting yourself to.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
Yes, it is a debate board. I was just asking the question.
If it is hospital policy to have hotel style suites & accomodating nurses then why would one (generally speaking) have an issue?
If you were a patient in our hospital you could just blow off the perks & bonuses!
We are (or I am not) talking about a woman walking in to the hospital & *demanding* a nurse to attend to she & her baby, *demanding* a nurse bring her snacks, *demanding* a nurse come in & stay with her baby while she takes a shower & her dh is not there (since it is hospital policy that a baby cannot be left w/anyone other than Daddy in Mommy's absense from the room), *demanding* a nurse take the baby to the nursery so she can take her pain medication at 2am, *demanding* the labor & delivery nurse to bring you a soft drink & some graham crackers w/peanut butter following delivery.
We are talking about that this is *offered*. Not being asked to accomodate above & beyond.
I'll address any replies later.....I'm on my way out for a while.
See ya :O)
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The whole beginning gist of this debate was whether hospitals should promote the best nutrition for infants, and have formula in its place as an adequate substitute.
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Fio.
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