remind me - how long in hospital after csection?

JezcaM

i *want* to say that my doc gave me the all-clear to go home after 48 hours after her birth, but i'm not sure that i'm remembering that correctly. and i asked to stay as long as they would allow me, bcse i was terrified of going home. this time, i want to come home asap.

i'm trying to remember how it worked after my csection...

i don't remember when they removed the catheter and iv - but i think it was within 12 hours? i think they let me eat after i burped/farted. i remember them wanting to know when i finally pooped.... or was it just went aubrey pooped? i know there were certain things they wanted to see aubrey do by 36 hours, so maybe 48 hours was the release point?

any insight from those with recent csections or better memories than mine is greatly appreciated.

userdeleted

I was in the hospital for four days after my c/s

mcurban

I had my c/s at 5pm on Friday and was discharged around lunchtime on Monday.

CollieJade

I was in the hospital for 4 days, but I was REALLY sick for at least 48 hours of that, and I was positively loopy for at least 72 of those hours.  My c/s was at 6:20am, my IV was out probably the next day (again I was really sick so I was needing a lot of fluids, etc), and cath was out as soon as I could stand up...sometime that same day.

They didn't care that I pooped.  That I remember, anyway.

ACR

I did have the option to go home after 48 hours, but I opted to stay that extra day.

FeistyFille

I think it was the same as MC.  C-section at 6 p.m., spent three nights in the hospital, and then left the next day.   I'm not 100% sure on that because my sense of time was way out of whack at that time.  It could have been shorter.

carlinlp

It is usually 3-4 days.  I've had two c-section moms recently not allowed out of bed for the first 24 hours, which was weird to me....maybe it was a doctor thing....dunno.

Kristen&Doyle

I had my c-section at around 10 am on a Monday and was discharged on Wednesday after lunchtime.  I'm pretty sure everything you are remembering is how it was with me as well.  I'm pretty much they discharge mom & baby at same time if everything is going fine with both.

libbyann

I had my c-section at 7:30pm on Saturday and left Wednesday after lunch.

rssnlvr

Rach03k:

I was in the hospital for four days after my c/s

yup, me too. They gave me the option of heading home after 3 days, but Ali had just been released from NICU, so we decided to hang out one more night.

Emer

I left the hospital on the 4th day, but had the option of going home on day 3. 

JezcaM

ok thanks - very helpful. i'll hope for 2nights/3 days but make plans for 3/4, just in case.

mlf625

Honestly, if you have Aubrey in the care of someone she loves and you trust, I wouldn't push it to go home.  I stayed the full recommended amount (3 nights/4 days - c/s was Friday morning, we left Monday afternoon) and I'm very glad I did.  I knew as soon as I got home I'd be tempted to push myself to pick up DS, help around the house, etc. But mostly, that time in the hospital with #2 was SUCH good bonding time with her.  When we got home I felt much more torn between DS and DD, so I was glad I'd had that time to just focus on DD only and not feel guilty about it since DS was having fun with his grandparents and aunt.

JMO! 

JezcaM

i'm gonna miss her sooo much!

mlf625

JezcaM:

i'm gonna miss her sooo much!

Oh Lord, I KNOW.  I was so sad the night before my c/s for that reason.  I snuck into his room while he was sleeping and just cried over his crib for a few minutes.  But honestly, since he was in such great hands, I was able to kind of let go of the missing him and just spend that time focusing on DD.  I knew that as a second child, it would be one of the few chances I got to be all alone with her!

It helped having DS come visit.  My parents brought him every morning for an hour or so, and it was so so so good to see him and snuggle for a bit.  DH would always walk out with them (to avoid a possible tantrum in the room that would make me crazy emotional) but it was never really an issue - he hopped in the car with grandma and grandpa and didn't look back, according to DH!   

HSartteach

I was there for 4 days...and I think some of it depended upon when I could fart...I know, tmi, but I had to before I could eat....it was annoying as I was good to go after 2 days.

JezcaM

HSartteach:

I was there for 4 days...and I think some of it depended upon when I could fart...I know, tmi, but I had to before I could eat....it was annoying as I was good to go after 2 days.

yeah, i remember that part. it was brutal because i had to fast for like 12 hours before the surgery, then was surprised to learn they wouldn't let me eat after until i burped or farted, and it seemed like forever. at least this time i'll be prepared to starve. :P