get it right Enders a hospital wouldnt let just anybody into neonatal TUT

[Mrsjay]

did you see them all just tripping in and out of the baby unit not washing hands and no clothes covered and LETTING BILLY AND LOLA in Tut just wouldnt happen ,would it,
when dd was in scbu was just immediate family as in her dad her sister and me not some randoms , sorry i just had to rant it was pissing me off

True MrsJay, very strict. I'd forgotten about that aspect. The staff wouldn't let my Aunty in SCBU. :(

My parents and Mil had to stand outside just really annoyed me

I think grandparents are allowed in nowadays but, thats it.

Parents, siblings and grandparents were allowed in when my DD was in NICU. But not unless hands were washed first. We didn't have to cover clothes though

MY dd is 14 and our hospital had those paper covers for clothes,

DS was in SCBU, and relatives & friends were allowed in provided they were accompanied by me or DH.

But everyone had to use alcohol hand-gel on entry and wash hands before touching DS.

were they darkfever I remember when dd was in the midwives were very strict and chased my sil out she had sneaked in for a wee look

Yes, they were. We had grandparents, aunties, uncles, and a few close friends in. Only a few at a time, and children were only allowed in if they were siblngs. No requirement to cover clothes either.

But I suppose policies vary between hospitals. DS was in the main SCBU nursery, but there were a few babies isolated in side rooms with big 'do not enter without express permission' type signs on the doors.

maybe its all changed since dd was in

It is also extrememly unlikely that Janine would have been able to express the amount of milk that she apparently did a day after giving birth to a premature baby - the size of the syringe they used was ridiculous!

Our hospital it was parents and siblings - grandparents could stand in the corridor and look through the big windows but not into the room.

Yes we were allowed any visitors in to see ds but everyone had to be cleared by dh and me first and we had to sign something to allow grandparents to visit if we weren't there.

Cas I had so much milk it was ridiculous! boobs had been leaking since I was 5 months pregnant.

I couldnt express anything was like a cow stuck on the milking machine i gave up int he end

Oh you poor thing

My abundance of milk was pretty useless in the end, I expressed for 3 weeks which nearly killed me then ds just couldn't latch on and the nurses were next to useless with advice, so ds was a very happily FF baby!

I stand corrected Val, I thought every one had colostrum rather than milk for at least a couple of days after birth.

When my sisters twins were born a few months ago they were in scbu for 8 weeks. Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and friends were all allowed to visit. No children other than siblings. We had to be accompanied by them and had to remove coats and wash hands. We were not allowed to touch or hold them and there was a maximum of two visitors to each 'cot'.

The nurse took our names when we visited and asked our relationship. She said they like to keep a record of visitors to build a picture of the level of support parents had.