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| - I had my baby at CMC Pineville about two years ago. Although the overall stay for me was fine, there were a few things that were a bit disturbing and made me uncomfortable. First of all, although the two nurses in my room were nice, they talked over me (literally, while reaching over my bed to adjust equipment) and decided between them to induce me without ever directly informing me or explaining to me why. I hadn't been at the hospital but a few hours, my pregnancy had been completely normal and there had been no complications whatsoever, so what's their rush? And was it even medically necessary? I felt invisible.
Another thing that disturbed me was what I saw through the nursery window. I had given birth at night and, not being able to fall asleep, I took a walk in the middle of the night and stopped by at the nursery window. Several babies were being bottle-fed in their plastic bassinet, unattended, with the bottles propped up with a rolled up blanket or towel. One of the bottle-fed babies had clearly vomited, with vomit all over his mouth and nose, and a pool of vomit right next to him. The sight was appalling. He could have choked and drowned in his own vomit. There was another baby with a bottle that fell out next to him and the bottle nipple was wedged right next to his nose. One slight move of his head and at least one of the nostrils would have been completely blocked. There was no nurse in sight monitoring these babies while they were being bottle fed. Instead, they were sitting around the corner near the desk without a full view of the babies. It didn't seem like a safe or responsible practice to me. Anyway, after seeing that, I decided to suffer with sleep deprivation and monitor my baby in my own room instead of trusting her with the night nurses. I would never leave my baby alone in a nursery again.
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