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Originally Posted by Keskes
Ah. The nurses I had wouldn't let me old her until I was awake enough to do so. Of course, they also freaked out on us when DH walked out of the hospital room with newborn DS in his arms - to get a nurse. We weren't allowed to carry him in the hallways - we could only push him in the little bassinet thing.
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^THAT is MY hot button issue. That made me sob uncontrollably in the hospital. I had been up for three days, straight, and spent the previous 25 hours trying to breastfeed my DD who wouldn't latch and when she did, she would promptly fall asleep. I needed to get out of my room and BAD. I wanted to hold her, not push her in the stupid bassinette, but they came and told me to go back to my room. I felt like I was being scolded, holding MY OWN baby. I started sobbing, called the head nurse and asked to be discharged. We also got in trouble because DH tried to take DD off the ward to meet his relatives from Scotland (they were not allowed on my ward). He was told he could not take his own baby off the ward. Pardon?!
I hated my entire birthing experience almost exclusively because of the hospital policies and staff.