Five of my six grandchildren were born in hospitals. In each case, the
hospital insisted that another adult should be in the room if the mother was
sleeping with her baby. I was happy to fulfill that requirement. Sometimes I
spent the night in a chair, and sometimes the hospital provided a roll-out
bed. Oh, for the birth of one of my grandchildren, my daughter insisted on
leaving the hospital on the stroke of midnight  (12 hour stay) to go home to
her nursing toddler.  The nurses were totally sympathetic to her cause :)

Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
Breastfeeding Matters in the Capital Region
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Date:    Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:43:33 +1100
From:    Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Lord help us!

Jamelle,
We really don't have flaming on Lactnet so no need to worry about that.
Personally, I think that hospitals really *need* to have those cosleeper
beds for new mums and babies- hospital beds are too narrow IMO for
cosleeping. And yes, an exhausted mum needs someone to watch her with her
baby, it is unfortunate that midwives in hospital are often too busy to be
able to sit with mums for extended periods of time.

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