s/o sending your baby to the nursery at the hospital

MrsHughesNC

Who did?

 I did...I sent Holly to the nursery each of the 3 nights I was there. They brought her back every two hours to nurse, but it was nice to get some rest. 

Then again, I also sent DH home at night for the second two nights. We had a dog to take care of, and I liked the quiet time alone. And man, he looked uncomfortable scrunched up on that fold out chair. :-)

SpeedGlenn

We didn't the first night, but did the 2nd night.  I try to encourage most moms to do it.  You don't realize how much noise they make and because it's so new, you're on red alert everytime they sneeze, gurgle or move.

BlairWaldorf

I fully plan on sending him to the nursery both nights we're there.

Plan being the operative word.  I think at the very least, he'll go to the nursery the second night.

starz080

She went there probably three times total, but didn't stay long at all any of the times.  Looking back on it, I needed them to just let me nurse her then take her back (at night at least).  I needed that rest time.  I'll definitely ask more about that next time if we're able to use a different hospital. 

becki777

The first night Caleb stayed with us all night. The next 2 nights DH went home to sleep because he had school early the next day. Caleb went to the nursery for part of each of those nights.

BackthePack

J only went to the nursery one morning for our pedi to do rounds (which she didn't make it to). So from then on he stayed with us & she rounded in our room (because she rounds at a different time than most). I loved having him in the room & wouldn't change it, but he was a really good sleeper & only cried when he was hungry. If he had cried constantly I would probably have a different opinion...

He didn't keep me up very much...it was those darn nurses coming in to check all the time!!! I was in the hospital from Mon. at 5am (for induction) until Thursday afternoon & I was READY to be gone!!!

ECUGirl2004

I came home the day Nate was born, but my mom was here with us.  Nate stayed in our room, but the first night we were home I got my mom to take him for 2-3 hours so that we could get some sleep. 

Personally, I don't think I'd be able to sleep if my baby wasn't near me. Maybe it's just me, but the hormones were SO overwhelming that I couldn't stand to have him out of my sight.  It made me really anxious if I couldn't see him & know that he was okay.

VivianLee

Other than the nurses taking him back for the pedi to see him and for his circumcision, we only sent him back once for about 1.5 hours.  I loved having him in the room with me.  DH stayed with me the entire 3.5 days so he was there to help with him too, expecially since I had a c/s and could barely move. 

mrsmikey

Obviously we didn't have a choice, but I will say that it was very weird for me not to have him in the room with me.  I will admit the rest was nice, but I really think assuming all goes well the next time around I'll keep the baby with me.  That's not to say I won't change my mind after the first night, but I also think it might be a little different with #2 anyway, since it's not all so new and overwhelming.  Again, I could be totally wrong.  We'll see.

marryingacoach

Yep he went to the nursery and I encourage others to use it as well. 

sms297

DD was born at almost 7pm on Friday night (by c/s) and by the time she was cleaned up and brought to me it was almost 9pm so there was no way I was letting her go anywhere that first night. The 2nd night I was up a lot with her and the 3rd night the nurses took her for a few hours. I really didn't want her anywhere but with me. I am sure I would have felt this way even if that wasn't the way it worked at Duke.

jenhum

I didn't send her the first night, and probably should have. She cried unless she was being held, and b/c I was still on IV pain meds at that point, I physically could not stay awake. That probably wasn't the safest thing in the world.

The 2nd night was a little better- we didn't send her to the nursery but they took her for her hearing test in the middle of the night (?!?) and that took a couple of hours so I got some sleep then. DH was with me both nights so we traded off holding her.

dbertagni

I sent her all 3 nights. I had a c-section, so I couldn't get up out of bed to get to her if she needed me and she was still coughing up fluid. I was WAY to nervous to keep her there and risk not getting to her quick. We kept her has much as possible during the day, and then they brought her every 2 hours at night.

surfnsandbride

The first night I really didn't have a choice, they took him to the nursery so I could recover, it was almost 11 by the time I was let out of recovery and put in a room to nurse him for the first time after that they took him to bathe and let me sleep.  We did send him for the other nights we were there too, mostly because the nurses talked me in to it!  Now I'm glad that we did, I didn't realize how good the rest was until I got home!

crescentmoon99

The hospital kept Liam in the nursery a few hours the 1st night since he was still having some problems breathing.  We sent him for about 2 hours the 2nd night.

cmbrown

Yup.  Allie went all 3 nights.  I had a rough csection (put to sleep).  So they took her.  And I couldn't even nurse the first 12 hours, bc of the anesthesia.  I am glad I got that rest. 

7miles

I sent him to the nursery at about 4 AM the first night.  They didn't bring him back until like 8:30 or something though which irked me.  So I kept him after that so I could feed him on my schedule and not theirs. 

cate1119

Didn't send her at all (but I wish I had since we got ZERO rest in the hospital). 

bobsbride2006

I sent her all 3 nights. Lots of friends advised me to do this. I needed the "rest" and still got up for feedings every 2-3 hours.

elizabethswan

It's all a blur of no sleep, plus she was born in the middle of the night. I really did try to send her to the nursery a few times to get some sleep, but I was pretty uncomfortable and couldn't get comfortable enough, plus she was a really hungry baby (duh!) so she wasn't gone long enough for me to actually get some rest.

jenn&tim05

We did, I was in labor all day so sleep was necessary at that point since it would be my last for a while. But he was in the room with me the next night due to feeding issues.

I feel like I did the right thing.

akspriss

Jack was born around 5pm via csection so I couldn't get out of bed that nite and DH and I hadn't slept in over 36 hours so we knew we needed rest and he's such a heavy sleeper I couldn't rely on him to get up with Jack. We had the nurse bring him every few hours to nurse and she timed it with when she came to check me. we kept him most of the rest of the stay except at dinner time the last nite the nurse took him to the nursery cuz my inlaws brought outback for dinner to clebrate fil bday so i was able to relax and ejoy my dinner while jack was being bathed and everything.

Mrs_M&M

I had DD at 2am.  By the time we got the the PP room, it was almost 5, and we sent DD to the nursery at that time.  She came back at 6:30.  I hadn't even fallen asleep yet, b/c of all of the nurses that kept coming in and checking on me.  We decided to just keep her in our room with us after that.

My bed kept auto-adjusting with air, meaning it was moving THE.WHOLE.TIME.  The nurses all agreed that something was wrong w/ my bed, but nobody could figure out how to stop the movement.  So I wasn't sleeping anyways.

I guess I'm different on my thoughts on this topic.  While I know sleep is great and you should get it, I guess I figured I'd get it at home when some family came in town to help.  I REALLY wanted DD in the room as much as possible so I could learn her cues - if she was fussing, why?  How does she sleep thru the night?  What are her patterns?  I was so nervous that I'd have no idea how to care for her.  I think it was really cool having her in the room with us.

Plus, since I was nursing, they would have brought her in every 2 hours, and I would have spent 30 minutes or so nursing anyways...so I guess I don't feel like I missed out on much sleep.

She'd made some funny noises when sleeping (at night only), and I was able to ask the nurses about this while at the hospital.  Had she been in the nursery, I may have missed this stuff and had to call the pedi later.

Not sure if that rambling made sense - lol!

MrsJones2005

When the girls were born, Kathyrn was with us the first night, but Kimberly was not due to some breathing issues.  The next morning they brought Kimberly to us, and if I'm remembering correctly they went to the nursery a couple of times so that we could rest, but for like 4 hour stretches, but being brought in to feed in the middle.

Jeremiah was in the NICU so we didn't have a choice...and I HATED HATED HATED it!  I was so emotional about not having him with me and if I could have had him in the room with me, I probably would have.  Of course, that was probably a lot to do with the fact that he was sick and I hated that aspect of it, if he had been perfectly well I might have felt differently.

For the most part, I do reccomend taking advantage of the nursery and getting some rest while in the hospital!  But, really it all just depends on the mother and how they're feeling after birth.  I have talked to some people that would have been more emotionallly distraught over their baby NOT being in the room with them, that they probably wouldn't have rested anyway! 

nark

We were only there one night, and she only went to the nursery for the ped to check her out. I too was all mother-lionish and couldn't stand for her to be out of my sight. Might have changed our tune if we were in the hospital longer.

toadslove

Yep.  Alex was born at 4 am - the first night after I had him I had been up for 33 + hours with no naps or sleep due to visitors.  So yes - he went that night and he went again the next night. 

Heels.Fan03

We sent Jack to the nursery every night (3 nights). I labored for 12 hours (all through the night) and then had a c-section, so DH and I were both exhausted. The first night Jack was born DH and I had been up for over 36 hours with no sleep. We needed the rest. I was BF so they still brought him in every 2 hours to eat, but it was nice to sleep/crash the rest of the time. I knew we needed to try and catch up on our rest before we went home with him and wouldn't have the option of someone else watching him. 

mrs.peggyhill

We sent BabyHill to the nursery and they brought him back when I requested or when he got hungry.  Highly recommended!