Can I take my husband and baby to emergency outpatient appointment?

[Gardeniaofdelights]

Sorry, posting mainly for traffic!

I have been given an emergency outpatient appointment in hospital tonight due to absolutely debilitating pain caused by gallstones. Can I bring my husband and 3 week old baby? My baby is exclusively breastfed and won’t take a bottle, so he needs to be with me for feeding. When the attacks happen the pain is so vicious I can’t really safely be in charge of my baby at the same time, hence wanting my husband there too.

Will I be allowed to bring them with me? Hopefully the appointment will be short and they can just wait in the car but if there’s any time waiting around (I know how these things can go) the baby will almost certainly need fed. I just don’t know whether with Covid they will have provision for this kind of thing.

@Gardeniaofdelights really glad it worked out well in the end! Hope you are out of pain soon.

Glad it was fine. Good luck with the OP

Best of luck with your gallbladder-I will never forget the pain of a stone stuck in my bile duct while 30-weeks pregnant. Wouldn't wish the experience on anyone else

Glad you are sorted for now OP.
I'm seriously shocked that anyone would think you couldn't bring a 3 week old EBF baby to the appointment. My experience is that even being readmitted to hospital postnatally the baby comes too, I thought this was the norm.
@B1rthis that poor woman.
@PinkDaffodil2 thank you for the work you do on this.

@Gardeniaofdelights

Thank you so much everyone for all the helpful advice. In the end I was able to feed my baby just before I went in and then he slept til I was back out. I am going to need my gallbladder removed but it will take a while for me to get a space on the list so I can express and work on getting him to take a bottle before then.

Thanks for all being so lovely and helpful.

Glad it went well!

Just a word of advice for when you do have your op... make the staff aware that you're breastfeeding as soon as you go in and ensure that any drugs you're given are safe for breastfeeding babies. You will probably need to remind them at every stage "and is that drug safe for breastfeeding mothers"? Some consultants say "you'll have to stop feeding/express/etc." when what they mean is "I can't be bothered to look up an alternative". Don't be afraid to stand your ground, there is usually an alternative (either the drug, or the prescribing doctor)!