it comes back to individual choices, the mothers and the midwives. Being one of those night-duty girls, my Mum's get 'encouraged' to co-sleep if it's a choice they want. I find that a lot of Mum's be they primeps or multis' look at you for advice or approval.
We do talk about the risks (smoking, alcohol, etc..) for when they go home, I do specifically ask them do they want the baby put back in his/her cot if I'm doing the next round and they are asleep. The other question they ask is "would you do it?" I think it's just to test if the advice we give would follow on to the actions we do. And yes, I co-slept with my second child in hospital and at home. I should have done it with my first, but didn't. Cheryl >From: "Larissa & Tim Inns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Cosleeping >Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:43:09 +0930 > >Hi Janelle & List > > > >> However, the is a big SIDS prevention push at the hospital where I >work, and one of the big no, nos is cosleeping. > >>I do know however, that there are also midwives that if they find a >mother and baby asleep in bed together, will remove the baby from the bed! > > Had I not had a similar experience I would not have believed such a >statement! > > I had my last baby in February of this year. Because I also had a >toddler I decided to transfer to the hospitals post natal ward for some >"rest"(ha ha ha). The night shift midwife and I had a severe disagreement >at 1am because *gasp* I had my baby in bed with me. Her exact words to me >were " you will roll over and kill her!" and "didn't read hospital >guidelines? We don't recommend it here - it's very dangerous blah blah >blah" My very nice (compared to her hostility)reply was "Well my first >child is still alive and there are lots of studies into the benefits of co >sleeping. Besides that she's hungry and she's feeding every 20 minutes and >I am too tired to be sitting up and feed her like that all night. This is >much easier for both of us.Thankyou for pointing the hospital guidelines >out - I understand and I choose not to follow them" She then proceeded to >try and convince me to let her take the baby away "if I was that bothered >by her" ?!??!?! > Lots of other things happened during the course of the night which I >won't go into but needless to say I left first thing in the morning after >my "rest". > > >>We have been asked to get parents to sign a form stating that they >have received the information on safe sleeping, including the information >that cosleeping is not recommended. > > Are the hospitals panicking about liability?? This I can understand but >still.......it doesn't seem right. > > Don't know if my story is really relevant but it was something that had >bothered me for a long time. I dread to think how a first time mother would >feel after being spoken to like that. I guess I am still naive sometimes in >thinking that the rest of the world is as open minded as I am LOL. > > Hugs, Larissa > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
