In our small Southern hospital, it's interesting that hardly any of the L&D nurses allow their babies to go to the nursery at all during their hospital stay. The babes are bathed, observed and examined by the peds in the room. All it takes is refusal of mom to allow the baby to go to the nursery. These moms tell the pediatrician before delivery that that is the way it will be, and if the doc refuses to examine the baby in the room, mom can change docs. When did we become afraid to stand our ground and demand what is best for our babies? If we can't do this, how can we teach our patients do it? When I had my babies 27 and 25 years ago, the postpartum nurses would barely speak to me because I insisted on rooming in with my nursing babies. I was quite young, but also very determined. Did the nurses hurt my feelings? Not at all. I wonder what exactly people are afraid that nurses and hospitals might do to them if they insist on keeping their own babies in the room. Can't take your baby, can't turn you out of the hospital. I think maintaining a pleasant, but firm tone of voice helps, and maybe talking with the OB and peds before hand, too. Yes, it does take a lot of nerve to do this, but doesn't being a mommy take a lot of nerve? Jena Sallenger RN MSN IBCLC RLC Florence, SC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html