I didn't know much about pregnancy, or labour, and hadn't
really stayed in hospital.
Not exact matches
HOPE LIEN: We did
stay in the
hospital, it was a very small
hospital but the staff there was extremely accommodating and they kind of were able to give us like our own little space and so we were kind of go back and forth between rooms and the baby would go back and forth between us and then yeah and we would also spend a lot of time with our birth mom and it was just it was a
really memorable experience for sure.
The higher risk obstetric wards were also
really lovely, with communal sitting rooms for post-partum women and the offer of iPod players, electric tealight «candles», electric oil burners, etc. the ob wards were definitely more «sterile» than the FBCs, but at the end of the day you're
staying in a
hospital, not a five star hotel.
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.
Really they don't need much since they
stay swaddle up so warm
in the
hospital but I do recommend bringing a simple long - sleeve onesie (I like the side - snap tees to allow the umbilical cord area to breathe and mitten cuffs to keep baby from scratching herself) then also maybe a pair of pants or some socks and also a comfy footed sleep n» play for the ride home.
... you know a lot of it is attitude like I say and going through the positive part of pain
in labour and, and using your rest periods
really effectively, not getting ahead of yourself, trying to just
stay in one contraction at a time and I teach them that prior to labour but I also reinforce that a lot
in labour and then comfort measures like water, we have great showers
in our
hospital, we don't have tubs which is unfortunate but it is true the hot water never stops running so lots of my clients spend long times
in the shower and different position changes and heat and ice and all of those things that we can use.
Imagine if you're
in a
really bad injury and needed to
stay within the
hospital for a period?
I also did something
really really DUMB that landed me
in the
hospital for a week... Sooooo...
Stay Tuned!