My first was born in 1980 and you stayed in hospital for 5 days. You were not allowed out of bed for 12 hours after but I was up in the first hour. Each day you were there you went to classes in baby care, like bathing changing feeding and they helped you with breast feeding as well. By 1988 when I had my youngest it was down to 48 hours stay which was great for me as I had lots of practice at caring for babies but I really felt the first time mothers lost out. I worried about some of those young women going home with those tiny babies with no clue of how to take care of them. I understand that they only allow most mothers 24 hours now after birth and I really think that is wrong. They need time to adjust and time to get comfortable with caring for an infant.
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