I would never say that women should 100 %
always have their babies in the hospital or at home.
Not exact matches
Since my brain is
always focused on butter and sugar, I wanted to give the new, soon to be very sleep deprived, second - time parents a special treat while they spent some time
in the
hospital with their new bundle of joy (and something to feed the visiting guests who
have come to Ooo and Ahh over the cute
baby toes).
Visions of pushing
baby out the way you
've maybe
always dreamed can sometimes be suddenly displaced by worries about the surgery, about being stuck
in the
hospital longer, and about the tougher recovery (not to mention the scar).
Her «Help» when I came home from
hospital was to take the
baby and give it water during the night, which was something i
would never
have done during later births, where I was one of the people
in the maternity ward who
always asked to be woken if
baby cried!
I
've always wondered, if a
baby or child is
in hospital and the parents for some reason are not around, what happens about consent for medical care that the kid needs?
I was surprised to learn that so much that I
had grown up believing about childbirth simply wasn't true — including that
hospitals are
always the safest place to
have a
baby, that drugs for pain relief during labor won't hurt the
baby, and that
babies must be observed
in newborn nurseries separate from their mothers.
This excuse is almost
always rendered
in the following fashion: «We don't really know the details
in this case; it's just as likely that this
baby would have died
in the
hospital.»
Yes, some
babies die
in the
hospital, but those
babies are almost
always premature or
have congenital anomalies incompatible with life.
Let's face it — when you're leaving the
hospital with your newborn and you
have a ton of supplies and your nurse is trying to throw information at you, you may not
always remember it.The
baby boxes are an easy way to make sure parents
have everything they need to give their
baby the best start
in life.
If you still
have trouble, you can try the local police station, a pediatrician, a
hospital, or even a
baby store — often, they will
have staff who specialize
in installation.If you
have a very specific question, you can
always call the manufacturer's customer service line.
And as the vice-director of Human Rights
in Childbirth, I work to establish women's fundamental right to make decisions about their bodies and
babies, a right that I
've always been quick to say must reach beyond courtrooms and
hospitals into our daily conversations and experiences.
Just because your
baby is born at home does not mean that you do not give them vitamin K (of course, it is
always a choice, even
in a
hospital) but you can give your
baby vitamin K if you
have a home birth - you just
have your pediatrician give it to the
baby.
I
always have a hard time reviewing
baby bottles, as I never
had a need for them other than when my son was
in the
hospital after open heart surgery.
While I willingly
had a
hospital birth the first time, something
in me
always knew if I
had another
baby, it
would be at home.