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mears is looking for info

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mears · 14/10/2006 13:05

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=2330&threadid=227170

looking at safety of babies is hospital beds when feeding - did you have cotsides/bedguards or nothing?

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mears · 14/10/2006 13:06

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ItalianJob · 14/10/2006 13:06

nothing!

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mears · 14/10/2006 13:06

here

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foxtrottingtotransylvania · 14/10/2006 13:08

nothing. the midwives did freak out when i fell asleep feeding during the night, to their credit.

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mears · 14/10/2006 13:11

I'll just forget other thread.

Babies have been known to fall out of bed when mums have fallen asleep - we do use guards but they break easily. I am aware that some hospital use perspex guards that slip in but I can't find them

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GhoulsToo · 14/10/2006 13:13

probably way out of date here

we were told not to put babies in bed with us and to feed in a chair next to the bed or elsewhere - for the very reason you've stated

Freckle · 14/10/2006 13:14

I was only in hospital overnight with DS1 (this is nearly 13 years ago); with DS2 I was home within 12 hours and with DS3 within 6. There was nothing provided specifically aimed at preventing the baby falling out of bed. I seem to recall rearranging pillows so that there was a barrier between baby and edge of bed.

WriggleyWitchesJiggle · 14/10/2006 13:14

None offered. Baby wouldn't stop crying when put in cot, but felt the midwives wouldn't approve if I co-slept, so stayed awake at night for 3 days and slept during the day!

BettyBatShapedSpaghetti · 14/10/2006 13:15

I had DD and DS in different hospitals in different counties and neither had bed guards that I saw.

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mears · 14/10/2006 13:23

Ghoulstoo - had a mum drop a baby who fell asleep sitting in a chair! I have no problems with mums feeding in bed but would like to make it safer as hospital beds are not very wide.

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beckybraAAARGHstraps · 14/10/2006 13:23

Nothing. Midwives tucked in the sheet and put a pillow along the side of the bed when I fell asleep after feeding ds. I did the same when I got home. A guard would be good I think.

3andnomore · 14/10/2006 13:28

es 10 years ago in Cambridge Rosie Maternity Hospital no bedguards or anything! But only ever fed him in bed with me, never co-slept in Hospital with him....
ms Royal Gloucester Hospital...no bedguards and did co-sleep, I layed on the edge so, that ms was in the middle....nearly did fall out of bed, lol...me that is!
ys Altnagalvin Hospital in Londonderry no bedguards even whilest I was still effected by the Spinalblock after my CS...that really surprised me, as I was giving him lots of skin to skin whilet waiting for dh to get my stuff..wasn't very prepared for Hospital as he was supposed to be my Homebirth, and the transfer to \Hospital was quite rushed!

juuule · 14/10/2006 13:32

No bedguards in the hospital I was in.

GhoulsToo · 14/10/2006 13:32

mears - yes I can see that!
mind you the other reason was that you didn't fall asleep and suffocate your lo, although I know nowadays co-sleeping is considered safe - I'm talking 1970's here

I posted a few days ago that we were also advised not to take our new babies outside for at least 2 weeks!!!

times and advice are ever changing

BettyBatShapedSpaghetti · 14/10/2006 13:32

Just a thought here - you know the standard bed rails that they have on hospital beds (the sort that seem to fold up and down and are permanently attached to the bed) is there no company out there who makes maternity beds with a similar style of fold up/down guards that are baby-friendly? No gaps to slip through, made of softer materials etc?

lanismum · 14/10/2006 13:39

no cotsides when i had dd 19 months ago, i was told to sleep with her as i had drips and tubes which made it hard for me to get her out of the cot, i was terrified id squash her/drop her, so i built up blankets on 1 side. she was fine by the way, didnt get much sleep though!

QueenQuootieSpookypieBee · 14/10/2006 13:40

When I had DS in hospital, only one midwife "let" me feed DS in the bed, after the birth and the guard was up. After that, we had to take our babies out to a feeding room as not to disturb other people, so fed in there, on a chair. During the day, I fed DS in a chair... cant remember why, but I think I was told. Would have loved to stay in bed and feed! Now im wiser, I will next time

NastyNemo666 · 14/10/2006 13:42

Nothing but I do remember falling asleep sitting up when feeding Ds. Didnt do the same with DD.

disemboweledbint · 14/10/2006 13:54

gave birth in may. no bed guards, but we were all told to bf in laid down position as best with recovering from birth. then all told DO NOT FALL ASLEEP LIKE THAT OR YOU COULD KILL YOUR BABY. any time the midwives saw you feeding they'd drum it into you again. 'make sure you don't fall asleep like that love, you'll only squash your baby'

stleger · 14/10/2006 14:58

No guard- but about the only sleep in 5 days was when an enormous midwife tucked me and ds in so tightly we couldn't move, and returned a bit later to swop sides and retuck. Then we got told off when shift changed!

ProfYaffle · 14/10/2006 15:03

I had c/s and had normal hospital guards on one of those electric beds that went up and down with a button thingie. Dd was in a fishbowl next to me but I couldn't pick her up due to c/s, had to buzz for mw every time she cried and was generally either ignored or tutted at when they came so kept dd in bed with me only to have m/w whisk her away and find a new reason to disapprove of me!

Kidstrack · 14/10/2006 15:04

when i was feeding dd just over 3yrs ago, the midwife put up a blue tomy bed gaurd, it did make me feel a lot safer when feeding, and when i was feeding on the other side the midwife came and moved it to the other side of the bed

SCARErenity · 14/10/2006 15:10

posted on the other thead, and then saw you're doing it from this one

I only stayed overnight with DS1 (so nearly 9 years ago) but I think they had the same beds when I was there with DD (3 years ago), and there was only the normal metal rails that you get on hospital beds. I don't think mine were up as I slept (or tried to!) with DS1 on my chest. I did get told off for having him in bed with me iirc.

expatinscotland · 14/10/2006 15:11

I had bedguards both times and the midwives and nurses were excellent for keeping them up whilst I was feeding.

The guards at ERI are pretty sturdy.

SofiaAmes · 14/10/2006 15:41

Mears, I had my dd (by VBAC) on the natural birth floor of Queen Charlotte's in West London. I had a 3 sided cot thing that slipped onto the side of the bed and was specifically designed to let you co-sleep with and bf in bed your baby. The head midwife was superwonderful and I highly recommend contacting her if you are looking for something like that. Her name is Debbie Gould and I would just give her a call.

PS I had my ds at St. Mary's where I barely even got a bed, forget about guards. I had an emergency cs and couldn't sit up to feed him. I wedged him inbetween the perspex cot and me, so he wouldn't fall out of bed.