Has anyone heard of this??? Re: Type of car seat hospital will let you go home with.

[sunshine_sieben]

Really, how could a hospital overrule national legislation?

ditto to that.
I think your friend didn't realise that reversible car seats are perfectly legal in Australia.
When I had DD, nobody checked my car seat. Nobody ever asked me about it either. They did tell me early in my pregnancy that I needed to have one. But that is just common sense. But I was at the birth centre and my midwife had been coming for home visits, so she might have seen that there was a rear facing car seat installed in my car.

As long as it meets Australian Safety Standards, the hosital has NO RIGHT to disallow you to take your baby home. And they wouldn't have any interest in doing so either.

Saša

[sunshine_sieben]

Bon, I would have kicked up the biggest stink. I don't think they would have a legal leg to stand on if they wanted to enforce this rule. If I want to carry my baby. Whether it is in my arms or in a sling, that is MY business. I understand that they want to cover their behinds, but this is just ridiculous. I would understand if they advised against carrying the baby, but they have no right enforcing this.

Saša

[luna moth]

So, I have to ask... what if you don't subscribe to the whole car thing?

[Phteven]

So, I have to ask... what if you don't subscribe to the whole car thing?

You can say "no" when they ask if you have a seat in your car then sit back and enjoy watching them get in a tizz hehehe.

[sunshine_sieben]

i was thinking the exact same thing: what about people who don't have a car. what about people who don't have a pram? or a capsule. and what if they don't even want any of this stuff. it is completely possible to raise children without these things.

[Karina]

Our hospital just told us we had to have a seat installed in our car. They never asked if we did or not, and they certainly didnt come out to the car and check it.

We just had a backward facing seat. You dont have to have a capsule.

If you said that you didnt have a car seat or capsule they would probably get you to call a taxi with a backward facing seat or capsule in it...

[kristy J]

hey

our hospital didn't ask us anything at all.
they just asked us if we had any questions and gave me numbers to call if i needed help. we carried all 3 babies out.
we have a S&S seat.
for all they knew i could have been getting a bus home.

[diva det]

We just put bubs in the capsule and walked out no probs- they didnt even ask anything about how we were getting home etc!
but the hossy was soo slack on so many fronts anyway!

[luna moth]

for all they knew i could have been getting a bus home.

The possibility has crossed my mind. I have a friend who caught the train into hospital while in labour - what a crack up! Then caught the train home with baby. Awesome.