Jennifer Davis wrote:

"Their current policy is that vaginally birthing
moms and babes get one hour together - and that is a literal clock hour -
and then every baby must go to the nursery for the "mandatory" checkup.  Mom
moves to a postpartum room, and 3-4 hours afterwards, gets her baby back."

I think this is still how it is, in most (bigger?) North American hospitals,
unfortunately.  I know when my youngest was born 18 months ago, even with my
carefully crafted birth plan, this is basically what happened to me (we only
got half an hour together, not a full hour).  I'm still very resentful....

-Saara Harvie
BF advocate
Manitoba, Canada

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