Just to show the other side--the hospital in which I PRN as LC has birthing suites (Honest, I feel like I should take off my shoes before entering--gorgeous). Bewildered grandparents and assorted friends and relatives wandering the halls and waiting area often ask me where the nursery is--and are amazed when I tell them that it's mostly used for storage and they'll find the baby in the parents' room! If a mom does send out a baby, I'll usually find him or her cuddled in a nurse's arms behind the desk--or asleep in the red cherry wood (matches the rest of the birthing suite furniture!) isolette behind same nurses' desk! And the peds do rounds in the rooms and answer the parents' questions as they check the babies--it's wonderful! Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus! Karen Zeretzke, MEd, IBCLC Baton Rouge, Louisiana