Co Sleeping in the hospital?

[Isaiah's Momma]

Did any one co sleep in the hospital? Did the nurses say any thing? I hardly got any sleep when I had Isaiah as he would not sleep in the plastic crib thing and I was afraid to sleep with him. I sent him to the nursey to try and sleep and the nurses would give him formula rather than bringing him to me :angrywife So this time I think Im just going to do what feels natural and if the nurses say something he or SHE is MY child I can parent how I want!

[harmonielyn]

When I delivered Madison they wouldnt let me keep her in bed with me for the night because just weeks before a baby fell out of the bed while sleeping with its mother. I did BF in the hospital so when it was time for Madison to eat they would call me first to give me time to wake up then bring her to me, when I was done I would call the nurse's station and they would come back and get her.

[Shanna]

I co-slept with the twins briefly after I was released, but I was still "in" the hospital b/c they were. I had a little room that I stayed in, and the girls would sleep for short naps in bed with me.

[AmyJ]

I did with my 2nd, but the nurses weren't happy. They said it was a liabiity issue, and I certainly could see their point, however it's the way it needed to be.

My daughter was full room in and I had a c-section. I was also nursing, so everytime she needed to eat I was supposed to call for a nurse to come and give her to me. I couldn't get up and lift her. Sometimes it would take a while for them to get there, and that didn't work for me so I just started having her sleep with me. Worked better all around.

Amy

[Kris]

I did with both my kids and actually our nurses encouraged it.

[~Andrea~]

I BFed too and they were told NO FORMULA!! They brought her in to me when she woke up in the middle of the night. The rest of the time she was in with me, mostly in the bed with me because I didnt' want to put her down :love:

[SarahK]

Katie roomed in with me (and my husband) and split her sleep between the plastic bucket and my bed--the nurses didn't say anything.

[Carla]

We were rooming in and I think a few times I fell asleep with Ethan in the bed. No one said anything as they nurses didn't check on us much, hardly at all at night. I probably will co-sleep on purpose this time :devil: (they're going to have fun with me this time, lol!!! Have I changed over the past two years!)

[Mandi]

I didn't with Micayla, but I did with Melayna. No one ever said anything to me. Not that I'd have listened. :lol:

[magoo]

Anna spent the first few hours after DH left in the basinette at the end of the bed. She was having a hard time regulating her body temp, so the nurse actually suggested that I bring her in the bed with me to try and warm her up. That's the last she was ever in the basinette other than when we changed her diaper.

Sarah

[Jayne]

Alyssa also roomed in..and one night when they took her for her checkover..I waited 45 minutes and then went and got her..They said they were just keeping her till she was hungry and letting me rest..I was not happy with that because as I informed them..no one will let me rest when I go home..I wanted her to room in..LIKE I HAD IN MY BIRTH PLAN! SO I walked her back to my room..She co-slept most of the time. I just put the little bassinette right beside the bed on the side she was on..I also had the rails up and a pillow on that side so there eas no way she was going anywhere. I BF her and the nurses actually said they might suggest mothers put the baby in the bed the way I did. She wasn't going anywhere it was perfect!
Jayne

[Jillian]

We had two options with Janelle. She stayed skin to skin on my chest covered with blankets or she was put in the nicu in a heated isolette, so honestly for at least the first 24-30 hours she only left my chest (to move to dh's or my mom's chest) if I went to the bathroom. So not only did we co-sleep, but it was encouraged...the beds are even called mommy baby beds, they are designed for co-sleeping with a newborn.

[~Andrea~]

If I were you, I woudl just make sure that the staff knows what your wishes are, with co-sleeping and BFing and stick to your guns!!!

[Kate]

I co-slept with Cameron most of the time. The nurses just made sure that there were extra pillows and that the side rail was up.

[chefkath]

I did with both kids. At our hospital they just assume moms will co-sleep. I actually don't even remember having one of those crib things in our room. :dunno: (I'm sure we could have gotten one if we asked but it didn't cross my mind.)

[Katrina]

I can't believe they gave formula instead of bring him to you!
I sent my son to the nursery a bunch because they sorta made me (had a c-section, couldnt get out of bed to get baby in and out of the plastic crib, and no one was staying with me in the hospital to do it for me) and lots of narcotics for the pain!
They always brought him to me to feed. Sometimes I sent him back, others I kept him in bed with me.

[Faye]

They don't allow rooming in at our hospitals around here. I was glad for that with both of my children because that just seems "safer" to me. The doors on the rooms do not lock and anyone could sneak in my room if I would have been fast asleep and didn't hear them. I did not breastfeed so I appreciated that night of sleep for the three nights that I had to stay in the hospital since I had a c-section with both deliveries. :) Both children were with me all day long up until I wanted to go to sleep at night. It didn't bother me in the least to have someone else feed her just during the night when I couldn't and I don't feel guilty about that choice at all.

[Nicole]

Abby slept in my bed both nights we were in the hospital. There is no nursery at the hospital we use (except for sick babies) so it was the isolette or my bed and that isolette was just too depressing to me!!! The nurses didn't seem bothered by her being in my bed, I think like Jillian's hospital they are designed for cosleeping.

[Andrea1014]

I co-slept with my baby. He hated that plastic bed so I laid him on my chest and we slept that way. The nurses didn't say anything to me about it so it wasn't a big deal.

[Ausmaree]

Charlotte slept in my bed the last night I was in hospital because I was dog tired and she was unsettled as we'd had so many visitors that day. It was so uncomfortable. I spent alot of the night worrying about her, scared that I might squish her or that she'd get caught between the bed rails that I think I slept WORSE than if I'd left her in her own bed. Plus I'd just had a ceasarian so that added to the discomfort. The nurses never said anything when they walked in to check on us during the night.

[Isaiah's Momma]

I did with both kids. At our hospital they just assume moms will co-sleep. I actually don't even remember having one of those crib things in our room. :dunno: (I'm sure we could have gotten one if we asked but it didn't cross my mind.)

We tried to carry Isaiah to the nurses station to ask about discharge and a nurse told us that if we had him out of the room he had to be in the crib, :jawdrop: apparently because they had had parents trip while walking with the baby :wtf: if you can't walk with out triping in the hospital what are you going to do at home :scratch: Any how putting him the the stupid crib resulted in a screaming baby who had been happily curled up on daddys chest.

[magoo]

a nurse told us that if we had him out of the room he had to be in the crib,
I've also heard it's because of security reasons... so not just anyone can walk out with your baby. Well, couldn't they just roll it to a door and then leave? :dunno: I don't get it.

When I switched rooms, my mom actually carried Anna down the hall. :)

Sarah

[Becky]

our hospital has the same rule about being in the crib if you're out of the room, but it never occured to me to ask why. the only time we were in the hall, i found out i wasn't strong enough (i'd lost a lot of blood, and this was two days later) to hold him and walk at the same time yet.

[bunybomb]

I co-slept in the hospital. The nurses kept trying to discourage me from it, but I held my ground and Alex stayed with me the whole time (except for tests, bath, etc). They would call me 4 times in the middle of the night to remind me to nurse (like I needed a reminder). That was how they got their revenue on me. :flame:

[olcott]

our hospital had that rule too...for security measures and for safety...

I co-slept with Trey during the day, but he was in the nursery at night

[Susan]

My hospital was the same... when the baby's out of the room he must be in the plastic crib-thing. Even when daddy - who HADN'T just had a c-section :lol: - was there. Oh well. Nurses also told me baby wasn't allowed to sleep with me. Well, he could sleep, but when I wanted to sleep he was supposed to be in the crib. Probably just as well since I had a long labor, C-Section and lots of drugs. But had I had a nice, quick vag. delivery I probably would have felt differently.


But they were very good about bringing him to me in the middle of the night to nurse. It was the oddest thing - I woke up a few minutes early EVERY time. I'd wake up, then a few minutes later I'd hear a crying baby come down the hall and knew it was him. I was in tune to him from the very beginning. I have HUGE smile on my face just thinking about it. He dropped a pound while in the hospital and my milk didn't come in until day 5, and the night before my milk came in they asked me if they could give him a few ounces of formula AFTER I BFed. They didn't do it without asking, which made me really happy.