The maternity unit hospital at the Endiburgh Royal Infiormary has run into difficulties over its policy to allow the partners of new delivered women to stay on the postnatal ward at night. Initially the policy was to give women more support in the early days with the baby. In reality the men are causing problems by ordering takeaways and sharing the newly delivered woman's bed. The sheer numbers of men choosing to stay overnight is creating problems of overcrowding in spaces not designed for extra people. Other women on the ward are embarrassed by having a male stranger present when breastfeeding and in other vulnerable situations.
I'm torn here. I do see the need for support from someone in those early hours. But I do hear, from ex colleagues,that some of those “supportive” men have disturbed the night with their use of mobile phones, talking loudly, watching women breastfeed and one case I heard, watching porn on his mobile.
How should this be managed? Some women need to stay in hospital after giving birth. Some women need support. But should this be at the expense of others?
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