After delivery

intdesigner925

Ladies, will you be keeping your babies in the hospital nursery and bring them in for feedings etc. or will you keep them in your rooms during your stay at the hospital? And why ?

I was advised to get the help from nurses while and use my stay to get some rest (as much as I can get)  so im leaning towards the nursery more but im not sure especially because im planning to breastfeed so I dont know if it would even make sense to have her in the nursery.

Sascha3

I am going to keep her in my room unless I feel really sick or exhausted.  I was told that breatsfeeding as frequently as possible for the first couple days will help with the success of BF.  If I was FF I may go for the extra rest though...at least at night:)

FarmvilleLover

Me and DH have talked about this and we both agree we want baby in the room with us as much as possible.  If baby has to leave for whatever reason, DH will go with it.

I'm super paranoid, lol. 

raefre

At the hospital I want to deliver, baby stays with us unless there is a specific medical need where they cannot.

shortstuff15

The only "nursery" in my hospital is the NICU, so unless there is a problem she has to stay with me.

Indiechixor

Last hospital visitors weren't allowed past 10pm, so the second Night by myself I had one of the nurses keep DS with them after doing his Bloodwork, and they kept him until he was hungry....best 3 hours of sleep I had all week! This time around its 24h so DH can stay with me and take care of him when I need to snooze!

LittleMonkeys3

raefre:

At the hospital I want to deliver, baby stays with us unless there is a specific medical need where they cannot.

This. 

theladyjess

At our hospital the baby stays with you (rooms in) unless it needs observation in the nursery or you specifically request the baby go to the nursery.  I don't plan on having LO leave the room for any reason other than possibly the hearing test.  If LO has to leave the room Hubby or my mom will go with her if I can't.  I'm going to BF so I want her near me at all times. 

If you're going to BF the best thing is to keep your LO with you so you can feed on demand.  It will help with milk production and you can guarentee that your LO doesn't get any formula, sugar water or pacifiers.

Annya26

We have no choice at hospitals in our area - baby stays unless there is a medical reason to take it. I wouldn't want it any other way though, I'm a little paranoid and I also feel like it would be important to establish a good nursing relationship right away.

Hoping for an uncomplicated delivery so we can go home with 4 hours and then my Mom will help me there. 

MrsAMB07

I'll keep the baby with me. I'm just more comfortable that way.

CalMum_Momma

Keeping her. I sent DS to the nursery the first night of our 3 night stay with him, and I got no sleep. Between docs coming in and out to check on me, nurses bring DS in for feedings, waiting for them to come back to take him...I slept FAR better the nights I just kept him in the room.

SoonToBeMsP

We'll be keeping her in our room as much as possible. They recommended this so we could get on her schedule and learn her signals, so that's what we decided on. They do take her 1hr out of ever 24hrs to do tests, though. 

Sundrup23

Baby will stay with me during the day but at night I send to the nursery so I can get some rest.  Especially after a c-section and I more willing to get the needed rest for healing.  But for the most part it about being able to get up or not without help.  DH stays at home with our other kids so I don't have any help at night.  

Dawn7233

At the hospital I'm delivering at they suggest you have the baby "room in" with you, which is what I plan on doing.  I want my FI to go with him if he has to leave, but the hospital doesn't allow anyone to go with the baby for the hearing test or circ... so those will be the only two times he will be out of the room.

CalMum_Momma

Dawn7233:

At the hospital I'm delivering at they suggest you have the baby "room in" with you, which is what I plan on doing.  I want my FI to go with him if he has to leave, but the hospital doesn't allow anyone to go with the baby for the hearing test or circ... so those will be the only two times he will be out of the room.

Do you know why that is? We were allowed to go for the circ, and they did the hearing test right in our room.

namara5532

I'm going to try to keep him in my room as long as possible.  The nurses can still come in and help, but I want to practice breastfeeding on demand.  Besides, it'll be easier to bond with him if I have him at arm's reach as much as possible.  Luckily my hospital supports rooming in, although their policy is that someone must be awake at all times in the room, and I can't leave the room at all or he goes to the nursery.

chemmie03

At the hospital I am delivering at, the baby stays with you at all times unless there is a medical reason. No more nursery's except at the NICU. I will also have the same nurse as baby so that will help out also less people coming in.

jason&robin

They sleep in at the hospital I go to. I think that's for the best. You need those couple days to get used to what you need to do with your baby and the nurses can help you. If you let them do it all so you can get rest, you may end up getting home and not knowing what to do at all. I think the nurses too DD for a couple hours one night for me so I could get a nap in the middle of the night but they also take them during the night to do all the necessary testing and care anyways so you can get some rest. I don't like them being gone.

GeekMom

Our hospital only does Rooming in. And that's why I chose it

baloneydisc

Our hospital does Rooming In also.  They take the baby I think twice a day for vitals & stuff (atleast they did with my niece, not sure if it was because she was a premie). I don't think we even have the option of asking them to take her, although they do have a regular nursery in addition to the NICU.  The nursery is tiny, only holds 3 babies and when we did our hospital tour we were told there's never any babies in there.

Jessiree

Our hospital lets you do both: room in or send to the nursery, but I am leaning towards keeping baby with us the whole time. It seems like it will be so much easier to have baby close since I am planning on feeding on demand those first few days.

mrs.larry

namara5532:

although their policy is that someone must be awake at all times in the room

that doesn't sound very supportive of rooming in. how are you supposed to manage that, just never sleep? that is strange to me. I wonder if they enforce this or if it's more of a CYA...

Anyway I'll be rooming in. Though if I am awake for more than 24 hours over the course of delivery etc, I might consider sending him to the nursery for a nap. the hospital is very BF friendly and won't give anything else to the baby unless requested. they'll bring him in when he fusses. I will play it by ear, I guess but without DH there at night (he'll probably be with DS at home) I'm leaving my options open.

luckylindy

Our hospital does rooming-in and discourages taking baby to the nursery, unless something is wrong with baby or for the circumcision.

I want to room-in so I plan on having him in there with me except for his circumcision. 

rebelina1

At the hospital I am delivering at they expect for the baby to be in your room after delivery.  They do have a nursery but they don't volunteer their services or really give you the option.  They expect you to learn how to take care of your baby during your stay.

With my DD, she went the nursery once.  She was taken for her hearing test and fell asleep.  They put her in the nursery and gave her a bottle when she woke up before completing her hearing test.  She was gone for a few hours and it completely freaked me out.

AliW220

We're doing 24 hr rooming in of baby after he's born. I figure I might as well get to know his schedule, feeding cues, and all about him asap, rather than try to do it all when we get home and there aren't any nurses or lactation consultants.

My SO has a 2.5yo son that we have primary custody of, so I'm going to soak up as much mama-baby alone time as I can before we go back to the crazy world of raising a toddler and newborn.

LutzWifey

The hospital that I'm delivering in has a new birthing center that doesn't have a full nursery, only a little NICU, so the baby will stay with me unless I really need to rest, then they just take them to the nurses station for a few hours. I love this set up, though I'm a FTM so I don't know what the difference would be, but I just want to be near the baby I've been working on for so long.

Cinco

dhviel:

The only "nursery" in my hospital is the NICU, so unless there is a problem she has to stay with me.

This.

Lhand11

In the room with us. DH is so cute, he doesn't want the baby to be by him or herself.

mexicolombiana

Baby stays with me at all times except when medically necessary to move her then she comes right back.  Plus i'll be nursing all the time so she has to be with me at all times anyway! 

Oh and I plan on being out of the hospital w/in 12 hours after delivering anyway if possible.  The midwives told me they have no problem discharging me that quickly as long as everything goes well (no epi of course, no complications, and baby is fine)