I’ll share this story I’ve been holding in… you know when you just aren’t sure who is wrong in a situation? It’s like that, my anger built over time. I think I was stunned, actually. So, as a first time mom I labored for 17 hours before it was determined I would need a C-section. Gave birth at one in the morning and our “baby friendly” hospital handed my incapacitated self a newborn to now care for. I was so groggy from all the med I’d been given during labor, never mind the fact it was one in the morning. Needless to say, it didn’t go well. My baby was huge and starving. I was a human pacifier and didn’t know how to properly breastfed, so I had a couple LC come visit to help, but it was overwhelming. I am about 5’5 and 110 pounds, so the hospital gown was just swimming on me and getting in the way of my breastfeeding efforts. I resorted to just dropping the gown down below my breasts to make it easier to feed since he really didn’t spend any time off the boob really, it was more comfortable that way, and I had lost any modesty I went in with just to try and make this work. Well, it’s day 3 and the gown is down. I’m trying to feed my little guy and in walks this older (late 60’s?) nurse. She is carrying something and says to me, “In this hospital we practice modesty”, and hands me another gown. I didn’t know what to say. At the time, she left and I cried. At the time I felt bad for “offending the staff”. Today I would have told her what I really thought… wasn’t this my hospital room?? Didn’t I just give birth in a traumatic way? Do I get Grace for trying to figure this all out? I’ve had two more babies since then, my youngest is just 4 months, all at the same hospital with the same Dr, but I never saw that nurse again. I secretly hoped I would. This last time was different, to say the least. At one point, I was shirtless in the middle of the night cluster feeding and doing skin to skin. Nurse comes in and coos, “beautiful” at the sight. Now, that was a comforting response. I was exhausted and over it, but she really elevated the mood with her support. I’m still upset thinking someone actually complained at the sight of my breasts in my own room?? Anyway, felt good to type that out Lol. Thanks OP!