It makes me upset that after Cohen was born I didn't get to hold him until I was discharged. After his birth they thought he was having a hard time breathing and whisked him away to the NICU before I even got a look at him and then off to another hospital to be monitored after he was stable without even giving me the chance to hold him. We need to demand as mothers that babies be left in the room with their mothers. I feel he would have done tremendous if he had only had the chance to be with his brother, father, and I before they decided he needed to live in the NICU. There is no reason why babies can't be on monitors in their mothers rooms where they can be held and fed the way nature intended for healing, not by a stranger with a schedule. I'm still looking forward to when I get the chance for a "natural" childbirth experience!
