Are not all hospitals like this?

And why can't the medical community be consistent from hospital to hospital, state to state?


I heard if a baby has low blood sugar they give a formula bottle without moms consent.. That scared me! I asked the nurse at my beautiful lovely hospital, medical center of trinity, what they do in the case of low BS in babes... She said lots if breastfeeding and support (encouraged anyways) I said so they won't try to give a bottle of formula? She said no they don't do that. That's awesome! But why do some places still do that??

Also pretty much all baby websites call 37 weeks term or full term, my hospital calls 37 and even 38 late preterm.

Why can't they all be on the same page?

Also I was contracting big every two minutes. One nurse told me walk the halls for an hour and another stopped me and said I should rest instead. Lol! I remember the same thing happened when I was pregnant with my son. Both times I was told to walk and as I walked I felt like the only one who ever has because I got so many funny looks from nurses, even though a nurse told me to do it.

Never any consistency, they all say something different

They asked me for permission to give him a bottle because of his low blood sugar and I was still in the OR getting stitched back up. They asked my permission before they did anything.

I hate that too! Or how some OB's say taking certain medication is ok, but others say dont take it. My Dad always tells me that it is because they are "practicing" medicine lol.

As far as when "term" is, it is generally accepted that at 37 weeks you are considered "term", and that labor should not be stopped if it begins. I don't know why your hospital would be calling that preterm, because...well, it isn't.

As far as blood sugar, yeah, a lot of hospitals will give the baby formula if it is not with the Mom and needs to raise the blood sugar. Hell of a lot less invasive than an IV, isn't it? I know it's not ideal, but, it's what is safest for the baby. If you have the baby in the room with you, your boobs are just as - if not more - convienent, and will be used instead. If it is avoidable, don't send your baby to nursery. It's really just that easy.

As far as walking/resting during labor, you got different advice because every woman labors differently and every woman progresses differently. Some women will dilate faster if they rest and relax, others will progress by being physical. Most, however, have better experience with changing positions or sitting on a birthing ball. Gravity is your friend.

They asked me for permission and I refused. I just nursed like crazy, and it came without further problems.

The hospital I delivered at told me they legally have to ask me before giving my baby formula. But I knew my chances of supplementing were high because she was premature so I went ahead and bought donor bm to use instead. Luckily I did because they checked her bs when we got to recovery an it was low. I bf her and we supplemented her with syringe feeding donor milk and spoon feeding her ha expressed colostrum as well as her on the breast. But after an hour it didn't go up. So she had to go to the nicu and get on a IV.

But hospitals will accommodate if you're enough of a pain in their ass. My dd was supposed to go directly to nicu Because they're protocol is 35 seekers automatically go. But they were gonna let her stay with me because I was adamant about my wishes. Unfortunately she has the low bs so couldn't stay very long. But it was nice to not have her whisked away immediately like they would have.