Share a room with another mother after having their baby and keep both babies in the room?
I personally think it's absurd and it has added an already long list of reasons I don't want to deliver at this hospital, but I don't have a choice and March is a ways away so I have time to maybe figure something out.
I just think that it is rude to have two separate families in one room. Or a wife with a deployed husband having to share a room with a wife whose husband is staying right there with her. Because you are allowed one support person that gets to stay the duration of your stay. Not to mention your trying to rest and then you have 2 babies on 2 different schedules. Strange people you don't know other than the doctors and nurses coming in and out of your room. Does any other military hospital do that besides the one here (Ft. Bragg)? I had my son in the hospital on Ft. Bliss and had my own room.
when I had my daughter last yr at the naval hospital in va, we had a room mate and both baies were in the room.
YIKES! If the babies room in with you, I can see the issue. I didn't think they did that anymore either. DD was born at Evans at Carson & we had a private room. The funny thing? It was a private room but the old set-up for two. There was an additional bed and though DH was allowed to stay the night, he wasn't allowed to sleep on it!
When I first got out of the delivery room with my oldest I had to share a room for maybe 8 hours until they had a free room to give me. They had like 14 babies born within a 2 day span so they were running short on rooms. That was at Samaritain Medical Center which is where Ft drum uses for a hospital. My youngest was born in Germany where its standard to share a room with someone. My room mate hated that I roomed in with my baby and walked out of the room in the middle of the night. Mind you the hospital wasnt a childs hospital at all but they did maternity so they didnt have a real nursery or pediatric nurses so my dd was NOT going to the nursery. The German girl didnt like that. lol
Oh dear god....I'm moving to fort bragg next week and will give birth to my 2nd child there! I do NOT want to share a room! God help me but that won't fly for me! I won't sleep ever! Stupid army! I had my first daughter at fort hood and while that was a terrible experience at least I had my own room! Sorry but my answer is no I will not share.....lol I teach kindergarten by the way and sound like one too:-D
Quoting mrslizstephen:
Oh dear god....I'm moving to fort bragg next week and will give birth to my 2nd child there! I do NOT want to share a room! God help me but that won't fly for me! I won't sleep ever! Stupid army! I had my first daughter at fort hood and while that was a terrible experience at least I had my own room! Sorry but my answer is no I will not share.....lol I teach kindergarten by the way and sound like one too:-D
lol That's exactly how I feel about it.
My first son was born at a civilian hospital. We were stationed at Ft. Drum and they don't have an actual hospital on post so you deliver at the civilian hospital in Watertown. The labor rooms are all private. The post-partum rooms can accomodate 2 moms if they are super busy. Thankfully when my son was born, they were not so I got a private room and bathroom. It was so nice! My second baby is due any day now and I'll be delivering at Madigan hospital on Ft. Lewis. They have private labor rooms and the post-partum rooms can accomodate 2 moms if space is needed. Any mom who has a c-section automatically gets her own room. So hopefully they won't be busy when I give birth and I'll get my own room again. I don't plan on staying very long in the hospital anyway so if I have to share a room, I'll just deal with it. But based on my experience, it's not uncommon to share a room with another mother and baby whether it's civilian or military. Just depends on the hospital I guess.
Anyone Stationed in Germany?
- GoddessNDaRuff
on Nov. 21, 2009 at 10:42 AM