s/o: roommate or private room

HisBetterHalf

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CubbyMama

With DD1, I got the double room all to myself and they let DH spend the night in the other bed.

With DD2, I delivered on a busy day (every time  I go to a wellbaby visit, and when I went to my 6 week checkup, they were also packed that day because of so many moms around here on the same schedule now!) and had a roommate.  That's one of the reasons I wanted to go home ASAP and didn't spend the night--her baby was fussy and cried a lot, I felt like our visitors were disturbing her and vice versa, and it was just weird trying to nurse with her boyfriend two feet away. 

summerbrideDC

The hospital I delivered at only had private rooms. ?But they put me way down at the end of a hallway by myself b/c Ethan was in the NICU and they were sensitive to the fact that I might not want to listening to other womens' babies crying when mine was so far away from me. ?

MrsCorbin

With DD I had a roommate one night.  The hospital has mostly double rooms and said normally no one has to share but it was a busy night.  I hated it because we had a ton of visitors and I felt bad disturbing the other couple.  Plus the bathroom was on my side so she would have to walk past my bed to use it.  It was uncomfortable.

With DS I delivered at a different hospital.  They had just remodeled it and there are only private rooms.  I will be delivering at that hospital again.

penguingrrl

When I delivered DD the hospital had only private rooms, and that was woderful.  I've moved since and the only way to get a private room is either go outside the city (I live in NYC) or pay $500 if one is available.  I'm honestly an anxious/nervous wreck about sharing a room with a stranger and will be asking my Dr to release me as soon as they are willing and let me recover at home.  I will not be comfortable having guests around, nor will I be okay with trying to start bfing with a stranger and potentially their guests around so I'm going to get out of there ASAP. 

eclaires

Hmm, I didn't even know there were hospitals with non-private rooms in the maternity wards.

I think all the hospitals around here have private rooms for post-partum.

GrowingFamily

Our hospital has a fairly new (6 years old) "Women's & Infant Pavillion" which only has private post-partum recovery rooms.  I cannot imagine sharing a room-YUCK!

breezee_bean

with Jefferson I requested (and got) a private room. With Kate it was a two person room, but I lucked out and got I whole room to myself the 2 days I was in the hospital.  The nurses said that if I would have had my c/s a week sooner, I could have had a bed in the hall with my baby's bassinet for a little while.  So glad I avoided that mess!

Temp159135562506975

your posts asks the question 2 different ways - i'm confused.

i answered Yes- I did have a private room - but thankfully did not have to pay extra for it because just 2 weeks after having DS the brand new maternity ward was opening up and it's all private roooms (where i will be staying this week).  Before that there were both private and shared- and you had to pay $200/night for private - which to me- is high, but i woudl have gladly paid it considering how horrible it would have been to share a room.

now all the hospitals around me are all private at no extra charge - they have all redone their maternity wards like hotels to compete - i'm looking forward to my stay!

ClarissaDarling

You ask the question 2 different ways, so I said no, meaning, No I didn't have to share a room. But then I realized the first way you asked the question, and I should have said yes, I had a room to myself. lol.

Littlejen22

GrowingFamily:

Our hospital has a fairly new (6 years old) "Women's & Infant Pavillion" which only has private post-partum recovery rooms.  I cannot imagine sharing a room-YUCK!

 Ditto this

 

citygirl_

I chose to deliver at a hospital outside of the city, in part because of the private room factor (and because I really liked my doctors).  All of the maternity wards within the city limits couldn't guarantee a private room and I couldn't deal with sharing a room after giving birth!  Eeek.

JulieandBen

Our hospital only has private rooms.

ridesbuttons

With my first, I had a private room.  With my second I shared a room.  It didn't bother me.  It was kind of nice to have someone to talk to.  I got bored very quickly of being in the hospital.