tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post3453407686523828671..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Reflections on a man's placeChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-34932183901255509012010-12-08T02:25:59.227+00:002010-12-08T02:25:59.227+00:00Oh my! A hearty congratulations to all involved on...Oh my! A hearty congratulations to all involved on the birth of little Anna. She looks so peaceful, indeed!<br /><br />Childbirth has morphed in so many ways and the funniest thing is, it has become more natural like it was many years ago, but with the benefit that babies are now able to be treated in the event of a problem. When I had Michelle (she turned 18 in November) I was kept in the hospital for 24 hours just to make sure everything was okay. It was so wonderful to return home shortly after her birth, where my parents were waiting anxiously to help out with the wee one!Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558961417235143567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-88665729046519835032010-12-05T16:44:34.596+00:002010-12-05T16:44:34.596+00:00Rosemary, my experience in Dunoon hospital 33 year...Rosemary, my experience in Dunoon hospital 33 years ago was all the more wonderful because of my earlier time in Redlands Maternity Hospital in Glasgow, almost 37 years ago. There, I was induced on my due date, doped with pethedine to such an extent that my large baby had to be put in an incubator (he was stoned!) and then kept in a side ward for a week because he had an eye infection. I too wept solitary tears over my baby, and had no encouragement at all to breastfeed - if it hadn't been for my strong-willed mother I might well have given up. I emerged traumatised - and five weeks later moved to Dunoon! A period of lunacy, I'd say...Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-74307475754855977822010-12-04T23:29:28.380+00:002010-12-04T23:29:28.380+00:00When I had my twins 28 years ago this week, I was ...When I had my twins 28 years ago this week, I was forbidden to feed them expect one every three hours and the other every four. The tiny babies cried with hunger, and being forbidden to feed, I walked the floor of he hospital nursery to keep them quiet, tears pouring down my cheeks. I was breast feeding quite well, but they offered me home early if I would switch to bottle, so they knew what the babies were getting. In desperation, I agree. <br /><br />Peace in a hospital??!!Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067901711677270983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-61896249462265648262010-11-30T10:33:16.272+00:002010-11-30T10:33:16.272+00:00At least fathers used to get to see mum in the eve...At least fathers used to get to see mum in the evening. When I was a kid, children were totally banned from the wards and I remember being taken round the back of the hospital to wave to my mother standing at the ward window after she had given birth to my sister. <br /><br />I think a good via media would be to send mothers home immediately after childbirth so they can get back to the housework and looking after their man whilst the babies should be kept in hospital until they are fully house trained and are capable of having an intelligent conversation about the finer points of the Anglican Covenant and / or the previous week's match between Celtic and Rangers.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-57012365449666883262010-11-29T22:40:52.937+00:002010-11-29T22:40:52.937+00:00Simpson's have always had a "baby by the ...Simpson's have always had a "baby by the bed" policy, (was the case 36 years ago anyway) They did however take the real screamers into the nursery overnight and also as a farewell treat on the night before you were discharged into the wide unknown of motherhood, the nursery nurses gave you an undisturbed night and fed your baby for you. (if you could express enough milk that is)<br />Yes, men have a new role in all this - called "kangarooing!"Malnoreply@blogger.com