Hi Kathleen,
Enjoyed the post on cleaning ladies and tv repairmen.
Reminded me of the information I was given  when I delivered "several years
ago"  :-)  I was told I didn't have enough milk ( it was only day 2 of my 4
day stay) and that I needed to drink beer,but only the brand ordered by the
OB .I think the OB had stock in this company. My husband  complained as he
bought the beer because the brand was not the brand the made Milwaukee
famous and yes my husband was from Milwaukee!
This daughter  was born in Madison,Wis in Feb. So I had 2- 6 packs of this
certain brand  of beer sitting in the window as that kept the beer cold and
then I could breastfeed sip on my cold beer without bothering the nurses!
OH yes those were the days!!
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> From: Kathleen G. Auerbach <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: cleaning ladies and tv repairmen
> Date: Friday, October 16, 1998 10:43 AM
>
> OK, so if we are admitting where we got help, I have to weigh in with my
> story postbirth (too many years ago to WANT to count!)
>
> I had to pay to have rooming-in and of course it was in a private room
> (meaning I had one bed and the newspapers got stacked on the OTHER empty
> bed).  The nurses pretty much ignored me except to tell me NOT to change
> the baby's diaper on the weighing scale (she had done so, so I followed
> suit, worried all the while that the baby might wiggle off and end on the
> floor!)  ACK!!!
>
> The person who gave me the MOST information was the cleaning lady.  On
the
> third of the four day stay I had (that is a dead give away how long ago
it
> was, right?).
>
> The last comment by the head nurse when Doug had to stay 2 extra days
> (jaundice, you know) and she sent me home with a bicycle horn breast
pump,
> which she said I was to use whenever I felt like it, was "now don't worry
a
> bit about him.  He will get the very best of care."  (I wondered a lot
> about that since he had been rooming in with me from the start.)  I
> understand she finally retired....
>
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> disguised as impossible situations."
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