Wine List In A Maternity Ward
Granted I haven't spent much time if any in a maternity ward, but I sure didn't imagine they had things like wine lists. I was reading an article about Jenny Frost who is a singer from the UK and she was rambling about how she gave up vodka so she could breastfeed, and I was bored and about to turn the page, when I saw it.
"When I was pregnant, I couldn't wait to go out and have a vodka, but then when I had Caspar, I just wanted a cup of tea! They had a wine list next to the bed in the hospital I gave birth in, but I only wanted a tea!"
A wine list? I would think hospitals would encourage breastfeeding and letting a new mom get drunk on a bottle of wine right after giving birth seems to me the wrong message to send. I thought you weren't supposed to drink while breastfeeding. Am I wrong? I don't breastfeed, although. No, not right now. I'm on a roll.
When someone says a winelist, I assume they mean that bottles are offered as opposed to glasses. She didn't mention that she was going to share the wine with anyone and if you are going to get drunk and pass out, a hospital seems a pleasant place to do it. I just don't think a hospital should even have liquor. Hey, if a visitor needs a drink, fine. Do what any normal person does. Reach into your pocket and pull out a flask. Pass it around so everyone gets some and put it back in the pocket.
I'm sure this was some very fancy hospital and they thought they were providing a service, but to me, it seems that the hospital part should come way before the service part, and letting new moms drink just doesn't seem like a service to them or to the baby.
"When I was pregnant, I couldn't wait to go out and have a vodka, but then when I had Caspar, I just wanted a cup of tea! They had a wine list next to the bed in the hospital I gave birth in, but I only wanted a tea!"
A wine list? I would think hospitals would encourage breastfeeding and letting a new mom get drunk on a bottle of wine right after giving birth seems to me the wrong message to send. I thought you weren't supposed to drink while breastfeeding. Am I wrong? I don't breastfeed, although. No, not right now. I'm on a roll.
When someone says a winelist, I assume they mean that bottles are offered as opposed to glasses. She didn't mention that she was going to share the wine with anyone and if you are going to get drunk and pass out, a hospital seems a pleasant place to do it. I just don't think a hospital should even have liquor. Hey, if a visitor needs a drink, fine. Do what any normal person does. Reach into your pocket and pull out a flask. Pass it around so everyone gets some and put it back in the pocket.
I'm sure this was some very fancy hospital and they thought they were providing a service, but to me, it seems that the hospital part should come way before the service part, and letting new moms drink just doesn't seem like a service to them or to the baby.
