I read Jan's post about the "Pampered Pregnancy" and just had to brag a 
bit.

The hospital where I work has a hotel like setting (someone I met who 
is pregnant calls it "The Ritz"). But I think in many (not all) areas 
we do more than have a pretty setting. The waiting areas for surgery 
and imaging have fireplaces and comfy chairs and sofas. The mom/baby 
and SCN units are really unique in that we don't have a central 
nursery. Most of the mom/baby rooms have a queen size bed so the whole 
family can sleep together and while we will take the baby to the nurses 
station if mom is in the shower and no one can stay with the baby, the 
official line is that baby's are not to be sent to the nurses station 
at night. I say "official line" because I know it is not always 
followed by the nurses. But the expectation is that the mom takes care 
of the baby in her room, all the time.

Our SCN rooms are suites with a private room for baby and attached room 
for parents with a queen bed, etc. that they can stay in the entire 
time their baby is a patient. This includes babies that weren't born 
there, but got transferred later.

It's not perfect - I fight many of the same battles everyone else does. 
But it can be done, and I especially like the message that babies 
belong with their moms.

Andrea Tran RN, IBCLC
Boulder/Erie, Colorado

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