apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

...I don't believe it...!

This would be great for couples who live far away family or have family that cannot help with a new baby. I wouldn't like it because I like my own house and bed! After four nights in the hospital, I was ready to go home and sleep in my own bed.

I absolutely love spa getaways and nights away at great hotels, but $500 per night seems insane. You could hire your own postpartum doula and get a hotel room for probably $300 max in upstate New York.

Long ago, I had an idea for a SPA that is a birthing center and postpartum retreat center with lactation consultants, spa treatments, etc. That would be a DREAM for me.

I know people who have checked out of the hospital and gone to a hotel, but I don't get it. Don't you want your baby to be loved in the home environment? Isn't your family the heart of your home, and vice versa? It's seems so removed and isolating to experience those first few days in an unfamiliar room. New motherhood is not a vacation and even a $500 hotel room won't make it feel like one!

I can't think of anything more uncomfortable than sleeping in another strange bed, and staying in a hotel. And after having my babies, I always spent the next few days in pjs and sweats -- the pressure to look a little smarter in a place like that would be too much stress.

And I had the "on-call lactation consultant (which) supports the new parents when baby awakes by doing things like changing diapers and teaching new breastfeeding positions" in the hospital, and so was eager to do stuff on my own. For help, we hired a wonderful post-partum doula.

500 a night is obscene. how rich do you have to be to comfortably have a kid these days? what about putting more societal structures in place to help ALL new mothers and fathers cope/ adjust, instead of creating gimmicky marketing trends that cater to about 2% of the population? ridiculous, ridiculous, ridiculous.

what a crazy country.

In Australia, hotel stays after birth are covered by many health insurance policies! When mother and baby are well, parents are able to go to a five star hotel that is affiliated with the hospital. The hospital has a maternity floor - lactation consultants, maternity nurses, room service, etc. I can't think of a better way to recover when one lives far from family!

It sounds like a good idea to me!
A post-partum doula (either full or part time) would offer the same service in someone's home for much cheaper. :)

I vote big, fat waste of money. A good doula is much more affordable and you get to enjoy your baby at HOME. Seriously. Hire a doula, have a massage therapist do a home visit and get a nice rub down... gimmicks like this are just silly.

Unbelievable.

Speechless.

$500 a NIGHT?! Who has this kind of money to blow? And WHY?

AFTER having a baby?

No thank you. Like someone else said, I'd rather be home in my PJs enjoying time with baby.

Redonculous!
It's bad enough when your baby cries at 2am, 4am, 5am..., but when you're in a hotel you do need to be courteous to the other guests. And if I were in a room and could hear other people babies crying I wouldn't be very happy.

Seems like a glorified hospital, for a shit load more money.