Hi. UVMMC Night shift Postpartum nurse here. Like others have said, no laboring in masks! But hospital still has mask policy so when your in hallways or other areas of the hospital, makes on. On postpartum, we do ask you to out your mask on when we are in the room, as well as visitors the the whole visit they are there. I am not very strict about this but some nurses for their own health or other reasons are. Our kitchen is open again! We have lots of great snacks on the unit for you and your partner. Only the birthing parent can order a tray from the cafeteria though. It’s not for financial reasons though, it’s literally because the size of the hospital has outgrown the patient population. The hospital is in the process of plans to design and build a new one. Current postpartum visitor policy (L&D has a different one) is 2 adults at the bedside and up to 2 siblings. Your partner does count as one of the adults. I’m just telling you the policy, some nurses are more lenient about it but some do stick very strictly to it. My ask is please don’t be upset with the nurse that is sticking to policy because someone else didn’t. One adult can stay overnight, no children overnight which is one policy that can’t be broke. Mother-Baby is an amazing place to work. I feel like even on days we may be short staffed or have difficult assignments, we really do our best to make all of our families know they are important and well cared for! Congratulations!

I’ve lived in Barre for 18 years. Moved here when my oldest was 9 months old because this is where we could afford to buy a house. The schools have been great to us and the city has changed a lot in the past few years for the better. People who live here care about our city and have worked hard to improve it and revitalize the downtown. You’re welcome back whenever you feel you can come back.

Not to mention I can’t believe it took this long to make it to any news outlet.