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Originally posted by TexLex
I don't know what sort of jollies they get in the hospital from trying to ply the baby with formula against your wishes, but we had that problem both times. I won't go into it, just be prepared and have your hubby prepared to say no - you may not feel up to arguing about it when the times comes, so make sure hubby knows what you want and why you want it.
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DON'T READ THIS, ATTICUS
I can't remember if you've had the baby already or not, but I think you haven't. If you have had the baby (and perhaps even if you haven't), this will be irrelevant (for you), but maybe not for others:
Make sure your husband is prepared to be insistent with the doctor administering the epidural (if you're going that way). They will try to allow a resident to administer it if you're in a teaching hospital. While it's important that residents practice, they don't need to practice on you. This was especially true in my case, as my first child was born in early July (only a couple weeks after the new crop of residents start). Ask if the anaesthesiologist (that is almost certainly misspelled) is board certified, and if s/he isn't, make sure you get the attending.
My kids' father was
mortified to be insistent, as he comes from a family of doctors, and it's vaguely insulting to the doctor not to be permitted to "treat" you. However, if you request a board-certified doctor, the hospital is required to provide you with one. When we told my brother-in-law that we insisted on the board-certified doctor, he was insulted on the resident's behalf, but fuck that. I didn't want some wet-behind-the-ears anaesthesiologist fussing with my spinal column, and wasn't really in a state to argue. You need an iron-willed proxy.
