Is getting rid of hospital nurseries unfair to new moms? Rooming in policies are supposed to encourage breastfeeding, but in the hours following childbirth, many moms report feeling like their needs don t matter.
When I had my first baby, it went well, all things considered. I was
inducedat noon, gave birth 15 hours later in the wee hours of the morning, and my beautiful little boy went right on my chest, snuggling in and
latching. I remember him just gazing up at me endlessly, taking in my face. Eventually we were moved to a private room, and I went to a breastfeeding lesson just down the hall, before the grandparents arrived to meet him. Through all the commotion, my blissed-out baby boy slept soundly, swaddled in the bassinet beside me, just like I’d imagined he would.