maternity ward

You’ve Had Your Baby, Now Send Dad Home!

You’ve Had Your Baby, Now Send Dad Home!

You waited nine months for this moment.  You feel joyful, vulnerable and appreciate having your partner by your side –it is their baby too after all. But in many hospitals, especially in the UK, partners are allowed stay overnight on the maternity ward after the birth, and it is making some women very uncomfortable. One woman […]

10 years ago

Is this the hospital bed that EVERY maternity ward needs?

Is this the hospital bed that EVERY maternity ward needs?

The first night that I spent in hospital after having my baby I slept with my son on my chest. In a high narrow hospital bed, this may sound a bit dodgy but I just didn’t want to let him go. I’d had a c-section and missed those precious first hours of bonding and skin-to-skin. […]

11 years ago