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Nic1229
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Southside
Does anyone know if Southside keeps the babies in the room with the moms during visiting hours ?? I know I'll have loads of my coworkers visiting bc I work down the block and they don't listen ! I just have a feeling I'll be bombarded by these women and I'd rather not have my newborn exposed to all these germs and visitors at a day old. I'm hoping I can have the baby in the nursery during those hours. I can always call and ask procedure but I figured someone here may know.
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Nic1229
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Southside
Btw the website says 24/7 visiting, so that confused me even more!
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| Posted 2/12/14 8:33 PM |
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OhBoyorGirl
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Re: Southside
I delivered at Southside in Sept 2012. They encourage you to "room-in" with the baby. That being said, I had DD go to the nursery every night, and the nurses brought her back to me every morning. She was with me all day during the day. Visiting is technically 24-7, although when I was there they did enforce a "quiet hour" - somewhere between 2-4pm, don't remember exactly. I pretty much told people not to come before 11 or after 7. Set your own rules!
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| Posted 2/12/14 9:14 PM |
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Nic1229
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Re: Southside
Posted by OhBoyorGirl
I delivered at Southside in Sept 2012. They encourage you to "room-in" with the baby. That being said, I had DD go to the nursery every night, and the nurses brought her back to me every morning. She was with me all day during the day. Visiting is technically 24-7, although when I was there they did enforce a "quiet hour" - somewhere between 2-4pm, don't remember exactly. I pretty much told people not to come before 11 or after 7. Set your own rules!
So if I knew that my visitors would be coming between 5-8. I can ask that the baby be put in the nursery those hours?? I obviously want my family there to see DD, but I have watched coworkers disrespect every other new mother's wishes at work and just come when they were asked not too.. I'm just nervous bc I know how they are.
And does 24/7 visitors mean that if someone is walking in the door to see me at 11pm, they're just okay with it???
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luvmotherhood
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yes! i had someone come visit me at like 10pm! didn't know they were coming and i was trying to breastfeed. i was pissed.
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Nic1229
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Posted by luvmotherhood
yes! i had someone come visit me at like 10pm! didn't know they were coming and i was trying to breastfeed. i was pissed.
THIS IS CRAZY!! I can't believe at 10pm a hospital would just let people visit brand new moms and newborns.
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| Posted 2/13/14 11:35 AM |
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VeeJay
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I gave birth there in 2012 and I had DD with me 24/7, but you can always ask the nurses to put your LO in the nursery at any time.
As for the new visiting hours I think thats crazy. But you can always just tell people visiting hours end at 8pm. I will be having #2 there in April and plan on telling people that as well.
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| Posted 2/13/14 11:43 AM |
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OhBoyorGirl
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Re: Southside
Posted by Nic1229
Posted by luvmotherhood
yes! i had someone come visit me at like 10pm! didn't know they were coming and i was trying to breastfeed. i was pissed.
THIS IS CRAZY!! I can't believe at 10pm a hospital would just let people visit brand new moms and newborns.
I believe this is every single hospital now, not just Southside. You can ask the nurses to bring the baby to the nursery at any time. Don't feel badly about telling people you won't be accepting visitors after a designated time!
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| Posted 2/13/14 12:37 PM |
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Sparrow
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Just an idea but what about not telling your coworkers you had the baby until you're already home? If you keep it off FB (or make it so they can't see your feed) and don't tell them, they won't know.
I would personally just make sure they don't know you're there. Tell them afterwards you're sorry you didn't call and let them know but you just weren't feeling up to it. No need to have unwanted visitors who aren't even family! You can even tell the nurses not to tell people you're there if they call looking for you.
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NervousNell
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Re: Southside
Posted by OhBoyorGirl
Posted by Nic1229
Posted by luvmotherhood
yes! i had someone come visit me at like 10pm! didn't know they were coming and i was trying to breastfeed. i was pissed.
THIS IS CRAZY!! I can't believe at 10pm a hospital would just let people visit brand new moms and newborns.
I believe this is every single hospital now, not just Southside. You can ask the nurses to bring the baby to the nursery at any time. Don't feel badly about telling people you won't be accepting visitors after a designated time!
Does anyone know the reason for this?
I feel like everything hospitals do lately is to cut costs.
Is this a cost cutting measure? If so how?
Because I can't see ANY reason to allow visitors in to a HOSPITAL 24/7.
You are there because you need to rest.
It's such BS.
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| Posted 2/14/14 10:23 AM |
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Sparrow
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Re: Southside
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by OhBoyorGirl
Posted by Nic1229
Posted by luvmotherhood
yes! i had someone come visit me at like 10pm! didn't know they were coming and i was trying to breastfeed. i was pissed.
THIS IS CRAZY!! I can't believe at 10pm a hospital would just let people visit brand new moms and newborns.
I believe this is every single hospital now, not just Southside. You can ask the nurses to bring the baby to the nursery at any time. Don't feel badly about telling people you won't be accepting visitors after a designated time!
Does anyone know the reason for this?
I feel like everything hospitals do lately is to cut costs.
Is this a cost cutting measure? If so how?
Because I can't see ANY reason to allow visitors in to a HOSPITAL 24/7.
You are there because you need to rest.
It's such BS.
I'm pretty sure it's about patient satisfaction. Reimbursement depends on how well people rate their stay overall and I think this is in hopes of improving that. It obviously goes both ways though and I definitely don't think open visiting hours are really good for anyone in the hospital.
If you're there, you're most likely impaired in some form and need your rest, not to be bothered by 'well meaning' but often overbearing visitors at all hours. So stupid if you ask me.
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| Posted 2/14/14 10:47 AM |
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Nic1229
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Re: Southside
Posted by Sparrow
Just an idea but what about not telling your coworkers you had the baby until you're already home? If you keep it off FB (or make it so they can't see your feed) and don't tell them, they won't know.
I would personally just make sure they don't know you're there. Tell them afterwards you're sorry you didn't call and let them know but you just weren't feeling up to it. No need to have unwanted visitors who aren't even family! You can even tell the nurses not to tell people you're there if they call looking for you.
I wish it was that easy!! My husband works there also, so he will need to leave to be with me.. so they kind of have to know. But my husband and I discussed that he will let them know I'm not up for any visitors. We will both also post on facebook that we're in the hospital and doing well, but not up for visitors. And only tell our immediate family differently. Hopefully this keeps them away.
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| Posted 2/14/14 11:59 AM |
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Nic1229
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Re: Southside
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by OhBoyorGirl
Posted by Nic1229
Posted by luvmotherhood
yes! i had someone come visit me at like 10pm! didn't know they were coming and i was trying to breastfeed. i was pissed.
THIS IS CRAZY!! I can't believe at 10pm a hospital would just let people visit brand new moms and newborns.
I believe this is every single hospital now, not just Southside. You can ask the nurses to bring the baby to the nursery at any time. Don't feel badly about telling people you won't be accepting visitors after a designated time!
Does anyone know the reason for this?
I feel like everything hospitals do lately is to cut costs.
Is this a cost cutting measure? If so how?
Because I can't see ANY reason to allow visitors in to a HOSPITAL 24/7.
You are there because you need to rest.
It's such BS.
I agree that it's BS. I don't like that I have to tell people not to visit.. I think it should be restricted, like it always was. But maybe I'm the minority. I just want time with my new baby and the nurses to help while I have them. I'd rather not entertain.
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NervousNell
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Re: Southside
Posted by Sparrow
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by OhBoyorGirl
Posted by Nic1229
Posted by luvmotherhood
yes! i had someone come visit me at like 10pm! didn't know they were coming and i was trying to breastfeed. i was pissed.
THIS IS CRAZY!! I can't believe at 10pm a hospital would just let people visit brand new moms and newborns.
I believe this is every single hospital now, not just Southside. You can ask the nurses to bring the baby to the nursery at any time. Don't feel badly about telling people you won't be accepting visitors after a designated time!
Does anyone know the reason for this?
I feel like everything hospitals do lately is to cut costs.
Is this a cost cutting measure? If so how?
Because I can't see ANY reason to allow visitors in to a HOSPITAL 24/7.
You are there because you need to rest.
It's such BS.
I'm pretty sure it's about patient satisfaction. Reimbursement depends on how well people rate their stay overall and I think this is in hopes of improving that. It obviously goes both ways though and I definitely don't think open visiting hours are really good for anyone in the hospital.
If you're there, you're most likely impaired in some form and need your rest, not to be bothered by 'well meaning' but often overbearing visitors at all hours. So stupid if you ask me.
I can see expanding the visiting hours a little- but not making them 24/7. I wouldn't want visitors in my home at 3 am- why would I want them in my hospital room?
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Tell your nurses they will take care if visitors too!
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DomesticDiva
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This is definitely about patient satisfaction, especially in other parts of the hospital and not just the maternity wing. Studies have been done that shows that this actually promotes patient mental well being by decreasing their anxiety and not having them feel socially isolated from their loved ones.
As great as the reasoning behind this sounds, IMO it is not always what's best for the patient, especially when they are sharing a room. However, you can request that the baby goes back into the nursery whenever you want (whether it's bc you want to shower, sleep/rest, or just bc you don't want the baby around your visitors). Also, you can tell your visitors that you need to rest and it's time to leave. In my experience the majority of people that visit late are dads and immediate family usually. I rarely see friends come in after 10pm (not to say it doesn't happen). Also if you want to send the baby to the nursery during the night so you can rest and still EBF, just tell your nurses and they will bring the baby back to you when he/she needs to eat.
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