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Co-sleeping - What are the current guidelines?

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anchovies · 09/03/2006 13:34

Gave birth by caesarean last Friday and during my first night in hospital was really struggling with breastfeeding. The midwife "looking after" me that night was a total cow and huffed and puffed when I wouldn't let her take ds to the nursery or give him a bottle (he was big and very hungry)

Problem was that I couldn't stay awake and they were getting really annoyed with keep getting him out and putting him back for me so in the end I asked if they could tuck the sheet under the mattress on one side for me so I didn't have to worry if I fell asleep. The midwife said it was not the hospitals policy to permit co-sleeping, took ds off me and put him back in the cot and left. He was still crying for a feed Angry so was this woman just a total bitch or is this fair enough? Last time I was in (2 years ago having ds1) they suggested I do this so we could have lots of skin to skin contact.

(By the way I eventually made it through the night, not after the cow refused to lie my bed back down because she was busy, she left me sat bolt upright 6 hours after a section for 45 minutes and then forgot to bring me painkillers despite me buzzing her 3 times...I am so complaining about her!)

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