Save Raigmore Maternity Beds


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2011-06-17 16:44

Asking a new mum to leave hospital 6 hours after giving birth is insulting. We're already having it drummed into us that "breast is best" so after an exhausting labour, we are expected to master this skill in 6 hours! I've already heard of a case where a mother was able to leave (a different) hospital before her baby had a single feed, due to the pressure she felt to go home. With an already extremely low success rate of breast feeding in Scotland (only 2 out of 5 mothers apparently BF), this is a backwards step for the health service in this country!