When you leave the hospital

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• babs4

  Oct 10, 2009 9:19AM

  Well I know with my first that we had to take the car seat to the ward and put baby in it there and then . The nurse/midwife then carried the baby in the seat down to the doors and said goodbye. Having said that it was 8yrs ago lol!
  
  Not much help, sorry lol !! As I have had homebirths since then xxxxxxxxxxx

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• WoWbabies

  Oct 10, 2009 9:59AM

  when i had my son 6months ago we were not allowed to just carry him out in my arms, we had to bring the car seat in to the ward and weren't even allowed to walk thru the corridors just acrrrying him he had to be in the carseat. and that was at 2 different hospitals, the one i gave birth in and then the same in the birth centre that i transferred to for breastfeeding support both had the same policy that baby had to be in the car seat. xx

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• squishy1

  Oct 10, 2009 11:38AM

  My midwife said it wouldn't be a problem, and that they could always wheel me to the car in a wheelchair holding the baby to make sure it was all safe! I think each hopsital must vary a lot...

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• littlelegs03

  Oct 10, 2009 6:11PM

  hi
  
  my baby is 5 weeks old and the hospital didnt even see me leave the ward! i was discharged by the doc who just said 'yeah you can go home' and we left carrying the baby and no one even noticed us leave.
  
  i hope not all hospitals are like that lol! i think the general rule is that you have to bring the car seat up to the ward so they can see that you have one. If your unsure you could maybe call the ward and ask them
  xxx

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• PinkToothbrush

  Oct 11, 2009 4:02AM

  At ours you had to carry the car seat up and the midwife said goodbye as you were doing the last bit of paperwork at the desk.

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• cdsmiler81

  Oct 12, 2009 6:55AM

  Yeah, best to ask your hospital. Ours prefers the car seat to be brought in, but can be a bit flexible as long as they know what's going on.
  
  C xxx
  30+6

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