tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237529515432696063.post8566978030973500878..comments2023-11-02T04:05:19.890-07:00Comments on The Happy Sad Mama: Something new...Charlotte's Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664161835198688326noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237529515432696063.post-34407481325540307202009-11-11T15:45:40.824-08:002009-11-11T15:45:40.824-08:00There has been much controversy regarding this iss...There has been much controversy regarding this issue. I had a baby loss just last week and was very passionate and angry with my nurse manager about not allowing visitors and a priest to visit the tiny baby and her grieving parents. <br /><br />I won. I was grumbled at. But, sometimes exceptions must be made.<br /><br />It is a very sad day where these sort of precautions must be made. Unfair that we cannot trust everyone to have safe living practices... so now we all must be punished.<br /><br />I admire that you are taking it for what it is... and do hope that you embrace your special day... and that your two precious little ones will have great memories of that day as well.Taking Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582706569774851613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237529515432696063.post-66323041048475622342009-11-10T14:48:21.592-08:002009-11-10T14:48:21.592-08:00At the hospital where I work, not only are childre...At the hospital where I work, not only are children not allowed but only the father or birth partner are allowed in L&D and only the father or one other person are allowed in Maternity. Only the mum and dad are allowed in the ICN. I think this must be heartbreaking for families that are in the ICN for any length of time...imagine not meeting your sibling for a month! <br /><br />Like Beth, though, I do understand the need for the policy, as difficult as it might be.Emma in Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058142553612290594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237529515432696063.post-37693919764867384812009-11-09T07:29:51.988-08:002009-11-09T07:29:51.988-08:00And I posted too hastily and forgot the hugs!
xxxx...And I posted too hastily and forgot the hugs!<br />xxxxxErika Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150412288276955488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237529515432696063.post-82371239365231746222009-11-09T07:26:25.862-08:002009-11-09T07:26:25.862-08:00I hear you, Carol. I actually thought of you when...I hear you, Carol. I actually thought of you when I saw in the news that that rule was going into effect. And I thought of pregnant women on hospital bedrest, possibly unable to see their older children for weeks. Yes, the rule makes sense, but it's still hard.<br /><br />That photo is lovely - you look beautiful - but I can't wait to see you with an empty belly and a new, healthy baby in your arms.Erika Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150412288276955488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237529515432696063.post-66789244665122495762009-11-08T20:08:58.297-08:002009-11-08T20:08:58.297-08:00well.. i might be alone here. but as a nurse, a p...well.. i might be alone here. but as a nurse, a pediatric nurse at that, i have to understand and back the no under 18 visitors policy. it is for the good of the patients, and honestly, the child visitors themselves too. they dont need to be exposed to the germs unnecessarily. i know it is important to you to have your other children be able to visit your new baby.. but imagine if this policy wasnt in place, and some child, not necessarily yours, but some child was visiting the hospital and was sick with the flu and it affected the newborns or, i say with horror, your own newborn. with that said, i believe that ALL visitors should be limited. i have seen the horrific effects of that horrible H1N1 flu.. normal, healthy children and adults, with no pre-existing conditions, have gotten the flu and needed ventilators or have passed away. it is a low percentage of happening, but what does that mean to us, who are already on the losing end of improbable odds. i had a 5 year old patient who was on a ventilator weeks ago for swine flu.. he ended up pulling it out, went into cardiac and respiratory arrest.. they got him back, but he is neuro compromised now. he doesnt even blink anymore.<br /><br />that is why i have to back the policy. try to understand.. it is supposed to be for everyone's own good.<br /><br />im so sorry :(Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007474885671559328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237529515432696063.post-41609154235220042412009-11-08T11:56:15.914-08:002009-11-08T11:56:15.914-08:00I am so afraid of this happening out west. About h...I am so afraid of this happening out west. About half the hospitals in my town have enacted this policy, but not the one I will be delivering at, not yet. I will go absolutely mad if my son cannot visit us and too, have been tempted to discharge early, though I probably would not. The most I have been away from my boy in 3 1/2 years is 36 hours...seems silly, really, but there you have it. I am sure Liam and Aoife will be excited to see you both when you come home....or sneak down to the parking lot for a visit!rebeccaeeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336435778965955548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237529515432696063.post-35517111322883557052009-11-08T11:50:16.690-08:002009-11-08T11:50:16.690-08:00See my email! I'm really sorry Carol. This see...See my email! I'm really sorry Carol. This seems totally unfair.<br />xHope's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984543289642681339noreply@blogger.com