Sleep

I am super annoyed at the little ways my LDRP unit (I still work prn as an RN even though I am a FT CNM at a M-F clinic) interrupts much-needed sleep for our postpartum moms. Like, we always do baby weight checks between 1-3am, and then we check CBCs (when needed) at 6am so they are ready in case the provider comes in first thing to round. Whenever possible, I have moms ring for me when they are awake in the night, so I can grab their kid for a quick weight without waking them up. But it seems like an easy change, to schedule care/assessments in a way that prioritizes sleep.

How does your unit approach the need for sleep/rest in newly postpartum moms? And even though the hospital where I work as an RN is not "baby-friendly" in the least, we don't staff a well-baby nursery and so we can only babysit for sleeping moms if the unit is not too busy. I *HATE* having to bring a fussy (clean, fed, burped, etc) baby back to a sleep deprived PPD1 mom at 3am because I have a new labor admission And I HATE waking a mom at 2 am so I can weigh her healthy, full term, 2 day old kid, just because that's the time we are supposed to do it.