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what'd you do with LO#1 when you had #2?
I'm kind of stuck on what to do with LO#1 when it's time for me to go to the hospital.
What kind of labor did you have?
How long were you in the hospital?
What did you do with LO#1?
Any advice from your future self to your past self about that decision?
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Re: what'd you do with LO#1 when you had #2?
What kind of labor did you have? Vaginal delivery.
How long were you in the hospital? I had DS at 10:24pm and I was discharged at 2pm the next day. DS was transferred to the NICU at another hospital and we left to be with him.
What did you do with LO#1? She stayed with my mom at our house. We had only planned to be gone 1 night but we ended up being gone for 3 nights to stay with our DS. He was in the NICU longer than that but those were very critical times for his survival.
Any advice from your future self to your past self about that decision? I stressed way too much about how my DD would do. She was amazing with my mom and barely noticed I wasn't there. My biggest fear was bedtime and if my mom could put her down. Turns out she went down easier for her! I also spent lots of time writing up her schedule and getting things set for her and it didn't matter. My mom was totally capable. Long story short I worried WAY too much and everything went just well...
I'm kind of stuck on what to do with LO#1 when it's time for me to go to the hospital.
What kind of labor did you have? I had a scheduled induction just after 39 weeks. I had back up plans if I went into labor beforehand though just in case. Checked in in the morning, they broke my water, started my pit and she was here about 5 hours later.
How long were you in the hospital? 2 days I think? Maybe 3? I always stay as long as they let me
What did you do with LO#1? My mom flew up the night before my induction and kept DD1 with her at my Aunt's house the entire time. She brought her to the hospital every day for a bit too. It was perfect. She also kept her my first week home so I had time to recover, and bond with the new baby while we got nursing down.
Any advice from your future self to your past self about that decision? Nope. It was a great decision for us and worked out very well. I'm planning on a similar set up again.
what kind of labor did you have? repeat c/s
How long in hospital? 2 nights 3 days
My husband went home to do bedtime with our DS - we wanted to keep him in his same routine before bringing DD home. I stayed overnight at the hospital with just DD which gave me time to bond with her and made sure DH got enough sleep to deal with our DS. We had family stay with him during the days so DH could come be with me and DD...and when I was discharged I had DH bring DS to pick me up...we didn't want to bring him to the hospital before me leaving cause I was afraid he would be mad that Mommy had a new baby and wasn't coming home with him. So we kept his routine the same and it worked perfect!!
What kind of labor did you have? c section
How long were you in the hospital? Sunday-Wednesday
What did you do with LO#1? He stayed with his grandparents at their house
Any advice from your future self to your past self about that decision? We only went to the hospital the day DD was born for an NST, but the dr decided that she needed to be born that day (I was only 36 weeks). I wish we would have know that it was going to happen so that I could have said good bye to DS. We hadn't prepared him at all. Luckily he did great with grandma and grandpa. It helped that he was so young-not quite 18 months.