Sentences with phrase «on having my baby in the hospital»

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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).

We even had a note on her bassinet in the hospital saying, «I'm a breastfed baby.

Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (on both mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to birth my next two at home).

An Oak Park doctor has started accepting donations of breast milk, largely for use by intensive care units in hospitals that treat premature babies whose mothers can't provide the milk on their own.

Even the CDC, on a webpage explaining its 2010 Breastfeeding Report Card project, emphasizes that in our country, «too few hospitals participate in the global program to recognize best practices in supporting breastfeeding mothers and babies, known as the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative,» an initiative that puts heavy controls on the use of formula in institutional settings - even if the parents have expressed no intention to breastfeed.

As to whether home births are «safe» for people who don't have the royal obstetrician on call, the UK's National Child Trust states that for women having a second or subsequent baby, home birth is «as safe as» delivering in a hospital, and also offers «other benefits for the mother.»

About a Boy was the movie I watched in the hospital (on DVD) before having my rookie baby.

When my baby and I had latch issues, and my milk hadn't come in as quickly as I imagined (based on all those lovely pregnancy book descriptions), the hospital nurse said get a pump, quick!

while being coerced to push even though I wanted to breath the babies down, I didn't get to see them at all for 15 hours after they were born because the hospital staff didn't get their act together, not because it was medically necessary, etc., so much so that the head of OB (my office doc) later admitted they had me on suicide watch because what happened was so different than my birth plan... I wasn't stuck on exact details, especially because twins throw a loop in all of it, but it was nothing like I had hoped for, at all.

That was my experience in hospital in Australia with my last baby — although my little boy was delivered by two midwives and not an OB (he had examined me when i came in for the induction and been consulted on a couple things throughout the labour).

My wife and I had our first 2 in a hospital and it almost killed them because of the drugs they forced on my wife the last 2 were born at home in a pool the 1st homebirth we had a midwife present the 2nd one the midwife was an hour and a half late so I delivered our daughter by myself it was awsome and now my wife is PG with our 5th baby we have the same midwife who was late to our last birth and we already know she is not going to be here ontime mostly because she lives 2 hours away from where we live and we are ok with this.

My name is Andrea (however, I am not the one on topic), and I had a home birth that ended in a non-emergency transfer and ultimtely a C / S, healthy baby, healthy me, hospital - licensed CNM, Canada.

Generally, hospitals don't do investigations on the death of trisomy babies, yet more than 20 babies are considered to have died PREVENTABLE deaths in this single particular hospital under midwife - led care.

• 8 out of 10 people (80 %) think fathers should feel as able as mothers to ask for flexible working • 8 out of 10 women (80 %) and more than 6 out of 10 men (62 %) agree that fathers are as good as mothers at caring for children • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 42 % strongly, that society values a child's relationship with its mother more than it values a child's relationship with its father • Almost 6 out of 10 (59 %) agree with the statement that society assumes mothers are good for children, fathers have to prove it • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that there should be a zero tolerance approach if fathers do not take on their parenting responsibilities • Almost 7 out of 10 (67 %) agree that dads should be encouraged to spend time in school reading with their child • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that dads should be able to stay overnight with their partner in hospital when their baby is born.

To identify dads and have them pay child support, the US has pioneered a policy of «paternity establishment» in hospitals: officials approach unmarried fathers on maternity wards, and «encourage» them to put their names put on their babies» birth certificates.

The report Preventing Disease and Saving Resources from UNICEF UK quantifies the extra illness in babies who are fed on formula — and expense to the National Health Service (NHS)-- in an industrialised and wealthy country: `... moderate increases in breastfeeding would translate into cost savings for the NHS of # 40 million and tens of thousands of fewer hospital admissions and GP consultations.»

In addition, at this time, the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative has produced no data on the safety of newborn fasting and weight loss caused by exclusive colostrum feeding and what degree of weight loss protects a child from brain - threatening complications like hyperbilirubinemia, hypernatremic dehydration and hypoglycemia.

Research based on the death rates of mothers and babies during labour and death or poor outcomes for babies in the first month after birth, and how those rates have changed over the last 200 years, since 1) Hospitals, 2) milk substitutes

Things like if you want your partner to cut the umbilical cord or if you want to delay cord clamping, if you plan on doing anything with your baby's cord blood, if you want to hold the baby immediately after they are born or after they are cleaned up, if you want their little footprints in a special book, if you want skin - to - skin with you or your partner, if you want to try and breastfeed immediately after delivery or have a lactation consultant come (helpful especially for first - time moms), if you'd like your baby to stay in your room as long as possible or get taken to the nursery (if your hospital has one) to be evaluated, and if you want your partner to go with your baby if they need any special care outside of the delivery room.

I also spent a lot of time looking at baby pose ideas, and even though we had pictures taken in the hospital, I took some at home based on the pictures I saw online.

Learn how to latch your baby on properly either by taking a breastfeeding class or reading up on the subject before you have your baby, or from your nurse, doctor, or lactation consultant while you're in the hospital.

I have been around the cloth diapering block and one of the fun things I've done on my journey is cloth diaper 3 babies from birth in the hospital!

If you have a hospital based midwife, she may suction your baby at this point if indicated (i.e. your baby has merconium on its head or there was significant merconium in your amniotic fluid).

It may be safe to have a home birth but the way you are making it sound is as if it is just as safe to have a home birth as it would be in a hospital but that is just a silly thought because your home doesn't have all the medical equipment and surgeons on hand to care for you or your baby if something were to happen that needed immediate attention.

For example Cytotec (Misoprostol) is used quite often now for induction in hospitals however there has been no scientific research done on this drug and its effects on mothers / babies to show it is safe for use.

Because I didn't hear about it when I was pregnant and had my babies, and if it's been around for a while obviously the hospitals that I gave birth in never made any mention of it, so I'm assuming they weren't baby - friendly back then, but after I gave birth I knew that a lactation consultant was going to go on to the, come into the room, well actually at the first child you already know the rounds, you know, what's going to happen, you know, how long you're going to be there, all that stuff.

Every hospital has their own policy on whether or not they will allow you to bring baby A, who was recently discharged with you, to spend time with baby B in the NICU.

AFRICAN MOON: So I'll start off by saying I had my third child at home, so I think that sort of talks a little bit about my experiences in the hospital, but I, you know, I want to say that I think the word baby - friendly is sort of a chicken statement, like I really want to voice that because they want for hospitals to focus on breastfeeding so why are we so afraid to say that?

Mother of one 8 - month - old Playards - YES Bassinet - NO (used the pack - n - play) Swaddle Blankets - YES (Aden + Anais) Crib - YES SnuggleU - HAVE N'T USED Rocking chair / glider - NO Activity gym - YES Bouncer - YES Bumbo - YES (I didn't have one, but I have tried it and would get one on sale for my next baby) Exersaucer - YES Jumper - HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -HAVE N'T USED Rocking chair / glider - NO Activity gym - YES Bouncer - YES Bumbo - YES (I didn't have one, but I have tried it and would get one on sale for my next baby) Exersaucer - YES Jumper - HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -have one, but I have tried it and would get one on sale for my next baby) Exersaucer - YES Jumper - HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -have tried it and would get one on sale for my next baby) Exersaucer - YES Jumper - HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -baby) Exersaucer - YES Jumper - HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water - YES

And so, hospitals can be in the process of becoming baby - friendly for years, so just because a hospital isn't, or birthing center, isn't on this list, doesn't mean they're not taking steps to becoming, quote - on - quote, baby - friendly, it just means they haven't completed the process yet.

In other words, you'd be on the hook for your $ 15,000 hospital stay and your baby's hospital stay.

This means you must BF on demand at the hospital (so have the baby sleep in your room), this means you MUST make sure no well - intentioned nurses give your baby formula so you can rest or because they thought the baby was hungry — the baby won't be hungry enough to stimulate your production enough.

Well, as an Australian I can't speak for the NHS, nor was I attempting to, but I have heard from a number of women in the US who have discussed mother and baby friendly hospitals that many of them are making a legitimate effort to try and appeal to women's needs, and of the three maternity units I have been to within my state, they have had beautiful birthing suites on offer in their family birthing centres.

I do think that you do what's best for you and your baby and I know that Emily would be fine on formula, but I'm awfully glad I was persistent in the hospital.

If you are planning to use the milk in an area where more than one baby has milk stored (e.g. hospital or day care) them remember to write you baby's name on it.

Just had baby # 2 on Dec 23rd (all natural in a hospital with a midwife).

The best advice the lactation consultant at the hospital gave me was that the second night was going to be a rough night for breast feeding as the baby wants to help your milk supply come in and will try to nurse all night long, even if you have nothing there for them to nurse on.

Let's see, While Ina May was on her caravan to Tennessee she had a preterm birth at 32 weeks and decided not to be in a hospital and the baby died.

«As has been pointed out to you, if a baby gets 2 oz of formula in the hospital while waiting for milk to arrive and then only breast feeds for the next year, they will be counted in the 70 % of those «on formula.

I don't see it as midwives sitting on their hands, refusing to help save babies; rather, that they do their best, and usually are more effective than a completely untrained person would be in that situation, but that they do not have the tools to save as many babies as the doctors and nurses in the hospital would be able to.

But on reflection, it strikes me as perfectly possible that a fair number of the most compromised babies, who would end up ill or disabled (for whatever reason) if born in hospital will simply die if born at home.

A local hospital is having an upcoming meeting on the «Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative» (BFHI) that would promote exclusive breast - feeding while infants stayed in the hospital... check into that at your local hohospital is having an upcoming meeting on the «Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative» (BFHI) that would promote exclusive breast - feeding while infants stayed in the hospital... check into that at your local hoHospital Initiative» (BFHI) that would promote exclusive breast - feeding while infants stayed in the hospital... check into that at your local hohospital... check into that at your local hospitals!

around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my doula arrived from another birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWER!

The FACT is... more women DO die in hospital births (from things that could be prevented, or from unnecessary interventions) than in home births, and that women were NOT «dying in droves» from home births back in the day... death during birth was fairly uncommon until women were forced into dirty birth centers with doctors knocking them out and delivering their babies without being held to any sanitation standards because promiscuity was on the rise and we had to keep the «dirty women» separate from the rest of the hospital.

This gave me an opportunity to observe a way in which breastfeeding is undermined in hospitals that I rarely see written about: the pervasive assumption that the baby would be eating on a fixed schedule.

Getting home after having your baby may seem the ideal once baby has made an appearance, but hang on, there are some benefits to staying in hospital, here are 5 reasons to enjoy your time in hospital.

Mothers and babies are less likely to pick up infections in their own home, the mother often has a lower stress level, and she can receive one on one care not possible in a hospital setting.

Additionally, The Farm receives infant resuscitation trainings from a local nurse, who also started an Angel Ambulance (like a NICU on wheels) that would come to The Farm (and other outlying areas) in the rare case a baby was in need so she could be treated while en route to the nearest hospital.

Then they would have the time to really spend with their patients, address concerns, and take their time with «natural - ish cesareans» Reducing the overall number of women in the hospital giving birth (by having a system that supports low risk, healthy moms birthing their babies at home with trained professionals like CPM's and CNM's) would allow moms who birthed through surgery to stay in the hospital longer and receive the one - on - one medical care that they so very much deserve.

And then there are the stories of the premature babies who needed to be held skin - on - skin in order to thrive, and who have used the Moby Wrap and it worked so well for them that they were released early from the hospital!