| Yes I wouldn't count on the hospital to be much help with breastfeeding personally. I'd get in with La Leche League (the breastfeeding advocacy organisation), start going to their tea break meetings, or at the very least get the hotline number to have on hand.
I don't remember getting much support at all at Queen Mary, which is one of the better ones, but then I didn't seek it out as I had a few good consultants to help me when things didn't go as planned. I have never heard many good reports about the breastfeeding help at any public hospital here, unless you are really proactive in seeking it.
With regards to the husband thing, once again I don't know any public hospital here that will allow the husband in the ward outside of visiting hours, but sometimes you do hear stories of bossy husbands managing to bend the rules. My husband was allowed to be with me at QMH from start to finish because I completely panicked and wouldn't let the nurses touch me until they went and got my husband to calm me down! So there's a strategy for you.
I feel for you having had such a great experience in Australia. It's hard coming to terms with how different things are here isn't it?  |