“I’m so sorry. I know this isn’t what you wanted.” – OB to mother who wanted no extra personnel and no men in the delivery room, as 20+ people rushed in to resuscitate her newborn.

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“Breast milk doesn’t have much iron, so all babies need iron before they can go home.” – NICU Nurse to mother who asked why her baby was being supplemented with iron.

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“Your baby’s lungs don’t look quite as developed as I’d like them to be, so let’s go ahead and schedule a cesarean so that we can get the baby into NICU.” – OB to mother after an ultrasound at 36 weeks.

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“Don’t give up, you can do this. Lots of moms want to give up because it’s frustrating, but keep with it, and she’ll be nursing like a pro before you know it.” – NICU Nurse to mother having problems nursing her baby in the NICU.

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“You just had a cesarean section. yYou should be resting, not worrying about nursing.” – L&D Nurse to mother who asked to be called whenever her son in the NICU wanted to breastfeed.

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You know, you’re costing the state a lot of money right now.” – NICU nurse to mother who’s baby had just come out of life-saving surgery and was in the NICU.

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“Well, if you wanted to stay in hospital longer, you should have had a cesarean section!” – NICU nurse to mother who was sad to be discharged while baby was still in the NICU after birth. Mother lived quite a distance away from the hospital.

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“I am too busy to keep coming in and checking your baby. She will have to go to the nursery for monitoring. She’ll be fine. You can come see her whenever you want.” – L&D Nurse to mother who’s baby was a little bit cool. The mother was post-cesarean and not yet mobile.

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“A baby with a one minute APGAR of 7 is a baby that is really in trouble.” – L&D nurse explaining why it was necessary to have a newborn in the nursery, separated from the mother for the first five hours.

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“I stopped nursing all my kids at 12 months. I just can’t
understand why anyone would want to breastfeed past that point. I mean, at a year old, a baby can safely drink cow’s milk, and there’s no benefit to nursing after that.” – NICU nurse to her NICU colleague, when the colleague stated she was still nursing at 15 months.

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