People (read my health professional peers and supervisors) thought I was
crazy to want to leave the hospital a mere 16 hours after giving birth to
my son but if I could have left sooner I would have because of stupid
policies like this.  My husband had to nearly kidnap our son from the
nursery so that I could nurse him, which still ended up being about 45
minutes after the birth.  The nurses  were finishing their assessments.  He
was away from me again at shift change times 2 so that the nurses and
doctors could do their assessments.  Do it at the bedside!  Fortunately I'm
giving birth this time in a hospital that practices mother baby nursing and
encourages rooming in 24 hours a day, especially for BF moms and I can go
home as soon as six hours after birth.

Hot ( and not just from the humidity and pregnancy) in rural Northeast
Kansas

Maurenne Griese, RNC, BSN, CCE, CBE
Birth and Breastfeeding Resources  http://www.childbirth.org/bbfr
Manhattan, KS  USA
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