Sorry, forgot one thing...I ALWAYS get babies skin to skin with mom.  Have to 
kick all those visitors out of the room.. Those of you gals that don't work in a 
hospital setting have no idea of how rude visitors can be.  That really makes 
me mad when I see a baby showing obvious hunger cues and mom is too 
embarrassed to ask friends to leave.  I wish we had stronger stance on 
visitors.  So Jaye if you are reading this,,,, This compeltely makes me crazy!!!  
I encourage moms to take off their shirts unwrap babies to diaper and latching 
becomes sooo much easier.. esp the sidelying position...  I do put a sign on 
the door that says "breastfeeding session going on now, please do not enter".  
Do you find that visitors get in your way also.  I really need to work on this 
one with the hospital policy.  It is hard to work in this setting, no doubt.  You 
have so many people to "please" but I have gotten a little more stern but 
polite with visitors.  We only have a few hours to get to these moms and this 
is their precious time and we may be the only help they get.  So, i advice 
them to put on their outgoing voicemail..Sorry we cant come to the phone 
right now.. we are changing diapers or feeding baby or sleeping.. let them give 
all the pertinent info on the message ie. its a girl 7 lbs 3oz etc and then give 
them some peace...  Sorry for getting off topic.. How do you handle this 
touchy situation with visitors?

Robin

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