tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post568117367571912350..comments2023-07-05T22:26:40.892-04:00Comments on Splendor in the Home: From a 1931 Obstetrics TextbookChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662784804825998751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-69591668017407891522014-02-25T22:58:20.967-05:002014-02-25T22:58:20.967-05:00Jealous! I used to be an obstetric nurse, i'd ...Jealous! I used to be an obstetric nurse, i'd love that gem. lying in bed for so long would be dangerous given that postpartum women are so prone to forming blood clots. Ah well,I wonder what future women will think of our childbirth practices. Also, yikes, poor hungry babies!!melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06637174816423519588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-32882356633128954682014-02-24T17:56:48.642-05:002014-02-24T17:56:48.642-05:00That nursing schedule is appalling. I'm not s...That nursing schedule is appalling. I'm not surprised that bottle feeding soared in popularity soon after this book was published. Formula "sticks" with babies longer than breast milk so they probably were happier with bottles if they were forced to wait four hours!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647046851163090769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-18944512697908965352014-02-23T22:31:55.601-05:002014-02-23T22:31:55.601-05:00I totally understand where you're coming from ...I totally understand where you're coming from - hospitals can get very frustrating, quickly. I take more of a middle-ground. For 24 hours, I'm happy to stay in the hospital being "pampered" (having meals brought to me, access to silly cable tv shows on HGTV, visitors, etc.). But only as long as I at leasthave free reign of the room! And anything beyond one day, and I'm sick of it. <br /><br />The midwives I use for my birth also operate a birth center. But if you have the baby there, they "kick you out" after only a few hours. That might just be a little too soon for me to jump back into my old duties :-PChristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662784804825998751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-15548456647673884712014-02-23T22:10:35.432-05:002014-02-23T22:10:35.432-05:00Oh I wouldn't do well with the lying-in period...Oh I wouldn't do well with the lying-in period at all. Within the first couple of hours of giving birth I'm wanting to go home and get back to living life as normally as possible. Getting me to stay at the hospital for longer than 24 hours is a fight. I told my husband that I really want to sign out against medical advice within hours of delivering this baby. After being stuck in the hospital for three days back in December I don't even want to spend one minute in one when it's time to have the baby.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353696433987975754noreply@blogger.com