After nine months of pregnancy you’re feeling mighty tired, but before it can all come to an end you must endure a marathon. And by ‘marathon’ we mean childbirth. And it’s exhausting.
But after many hours of labouring and pushing a new mama finally gets to meet her bundle of joy and can have a long, restful night’s sleep. Or not.
The harsh reality of motherhood is that there’s really no time for recovery after pregnancy and birth. More often than not, a new mum is quickly initiated into motherhood with the unrelenting sleepless nights that she must endure to feed her hungry baby.
Even in hospital there’s little time for a tired mother to rest as she is at her newborn’s beck and call.
But a handy invention is proving to make the lives of new mums a fraction easier, and mums across the world are all wishing that they had one in their maternity ward.
It’s a cosleeping hospital crib for mums and babies that was shared on the Belly Belly Facebook page.
There’s been no word as to where these beds are available or what maternity hospitals offers them, but providing they meet SIDS safety standards we’re right behind them.
Nurses and midwives are very busy and aren’t always immediately available to help mums with their babies, but a cosleeping bed like this offers a wonderful, nurturing solution for tired new mums.
When you’re feeling sore ‘down there’ after second degree tearing it can take a lot of effort to get out of bed and waddle across the room to reach your hungry baby.
The same goes for mums recovering from a c-section. With a fresh incision through your ab muscles it can be nearly impossible – not to mention painful – to even sit up in bed, let alone get in and out to reach your newborn.
Plus with all those mummy hormones surging through your body, being able to have your baby sleep safely by your side would give a great deal of comfort and peace of mind to loads of protective mamas.
Many mums on the Belly Belly Facebook page have praised the bed, but others have expressed concern over the risk of mums accidentally suffocating their babies.
We love the idea of this, so long as there’s a way of ensuring no suffocation risk to the baby. Anything that makes a new mum’s life a little bit easier is a very, very good thing!
