What is it like in the recovery room?

jf198400

I know that they will most likely bring the baby in to cuddle and nurse, but I know I'll probably be in there for a few hours and I'm sure they take the baby away to the nursery to bathe, monitor, etc.  So what do you do in recovery?  Is there a tv?  Do you just lay there in boredom?  Can you call people to announce the birth?  How long should I expect to be in there?  Sorry if this is a really dumb question.

bumpuser2505903

I was with my baby while in recovery. They helped me latch her on for the first time and I just laid there and stared at her with my DH. I can't remember how long I was in recovery for (I was still sort of loopy). Maybe an hour at the most? They never took the baby from me and I wouldn't have wanted them to. I think my husband texted our parents to let them know I was out and all was good, but we just focused that time on marvelling at our precious DD.

Once I was wheeled in to my regular room they did the bath, etc.

MrsRucinski85

When I had my C/S I was put in like a temporary recovery room till I could move my toes/legs (so the drugs wore off a little bit). It actually wasnt really a room it was just a section outside the OR with a curtian around it. They did it so they could monitor me more closely - I was checked on every half hour or so.

I had my cell phone with me and made a few announcements there; but my husband was the one who really called everyone. They gave me some meds because I got sick on the OR table and they made me really really sleepy; so I mostly slept while in there. I was there for almost 5 hours and didnt see Ana - other than right after she was born and before she was taken to the nursery - till after I got out of the temp room and moved to my actual recovery room (where I was there for 3.5 days).

I am sure every hospital is going to be different and everyone's reaction to the meds/recovery will be different too.

eesome

They let me nurse both my kids in the recovery area before taking them to bathe and get situated. After a 30 minute nursing session, I was there alone for about 2 hours, and I just called people on my cell to tell them the baby was here and was on the phone most of the time.
Then the nurses challenged me by asking me to wiggle my toes. I was not allowed out of recovery until then, so that kept me busy for a while. lol

katmacwv

I believe DD was with us the entire time in recovery which was only about an hour.  My mom and MIL were there with DH and I, so the 3 of them got to hold her a bunch since I was freezing cold and shaking from the spinal, despite them piling blankets on me and everyone else burning up.  The nurse wrestled the compression stockings on my numb, swollen legs and checked on me several times.  I wasn't bored because I was relieved DD was there safely and loved watching her, but I was far from comfortable with the shaking.

cottonlily84

They bring baby to the recovery room with mom but mine went to the NICU.  I was only in there an hour, hardly time to get bored after just having a baby and surgery.  The nurse stayed the whole time and chit chatted with DH.  She kept checking my BP, temp, incision, fundus, etc.  The NA came with me for a while because I was shaking really bad.  He gave me some demerol and waited til I was better.  I was pretty out of it so it went by fast even though I wasn't much of a participant!  My DR and the NICU NP stopped in and the NP gave us all the details on DD and how she was coping.  They were wheeling me back to my room before I knew it.  If you have your baby with you it will go by even faster. 

Daisy22

At my hospital, the baby and daddy stay with you the whole time. The recovery is a big room with curtains between patients and you have a nurse monitoring your vitals the whole 1 1/2 to 2 hours you are there. They do the bath everything right there with ya. With DS1 I got to see the bath and everything but with ds2 it took a little longer to stitch me up so I misse dit. My nurse both times almost immediately told me to do skin to skin with my son to help with bonding. I also tried to BF pretty quickly with both.

In our recovery you are not suppose to use your cell phones but dh texted everyone with the news while we wer ein there.

Foutzie44

At the hospital I had ds at both him and mh were allowed with me the whole time....I was in recovery about an hour until I could wiggle my toes then they moved us back to our regular room....there they bathed him and did what needed to be done! I also was able to bf in recovery....we took this time to just take it all in and bond as a family of three....mh went to the waiting room to tell everyone after I was back in our room! 

I would imagine every hospital does it a little differently!  

MDmama519

This is what it was like for me:

In the OR, they took DS out and DH went with him while they stitched me up (about 20 minutes). When they wheeled me in my 1hr recovery room, I was met by DH and DS. DS was already cleaned and wrapped up for me to hold. 

cynth1

I nursed the baby, I was texting, talking to people on my cell phone.  They took my LO into the nursery to bathe her and my DH went with her.  I was in there for 5 hours because they were not going to let me leave until all feeling in my legs returned and they said that is different for everyone.  I never threw up or felt sick to my stomach or got the chills.  I probably should have taken a nap and rested for awhile but I was just way to excited to sleep.

UsedToBeGoldie

i was with my babies in my room about 1 hour after they were born. ... i was in recovery for about 1/2 hour... DH came in and showed me pics he took of the babies while they were getting checked out... we talked etc - then i was wheeled to my room and the babies were brought in. 

BritanyV

At my hospital, you recover in the room you will be staying in.   My LO had to go to NICU so I didn't see him until the next day when I was ready to get up and moving.  I was so out of it, I'm sure if I would have pushed for it I could have seen LO sooner. 

samm1983

I was so drugged up that I couldn't even really tell you what it was like.  I do know it was a few hours before they brought LO to me and I got to finally hold him.  Before that he was with DH in the nursery for all the testing, etc.

Fluff28

I recovered in my room, a nurse stayed with me until I could move my legs.  I couldn't have told you what my name was at that point I was so drugged up.  I think I was drifting in and out of sleep too.  Definitely not bored or making any phone calls!

annabelle.27

I just lay there. Slept off and on a bit. They would not bring the baby in, which is my only real regret about having a c-section. I was only in there for about an hour.

KariChadDora

They only took the baby to the nursery for about 15-20 minutes to get a bath and this was done while they were moving me out of the OR and to the recovery room and getting set up in the recovery room.  The first 10-15 mins that I was alone in the recovery room with just my nurse I was pretty out of it because of some pain medicine they had given me. Right about the time I started being able to see straight the nurse brought the baby and my husband in and I did skin-to-skin with the baby and nursed her.  I only stayed in the recovery room for about an hour total, as soon as I could wiggle my toes and my pain was under control I could go. 

Amitchell0626

I had DD with me the entire time. My hospital doesn't even have a nursery. A nurse kept coming in to check my blood pressure, bleeding, clean me up, and see how the numbing was wearing off.

I think I was in recovery for 2-2.5hours

jjhp2018

I was in recovery for a hour. My DH and LO were with me. They also allowed a few other family members to come back one at a time. My dad came back and our older DD came back.

My OB came to check on me and took some pics with the baby. It went by very quickly and like someone else said, I was drugged and barely knew the time was passing lol. The nurses were with me the entire time and asked me questions, took vitals, etc but until the middle of the night (LO was born at 3:30pm) I really have no recollection of what I did, felt, or said lol.

CopsGirl11103

With my C/S I was alone for about an hour in a curtained off area outside the OR. Phones aren't allowed in my hospital until u f in ur actual room. I was so tired and I remember sleeping and crying. 

babyrichsmama

I had been in labor for 38 hours and had my epi put in at an 8 and I was at that stupid 8 for 14 hours. Therefore my options were general anesthesia or doing the csection with the old epi and running the risks of it wearing off. Just my luck...it wore off and I was feeling it all so they doped me up on morphine and benadryl (in case I was allergic to Morphine) and I was OUT in the recovery room...no tellin how long I was in there...but it wasn't a good experience and I didn't get to see my baby for quite a while. Hoping this time is much smoother!!

Christine&Mario

The recovery room is the fuzziest part of my memory. I know I threw up a lot from the anesthesia. My DD had to go to the NICU so I kissed her goodbye in the operating room, and it was just me in recovery. DH was back and forth giving me updates on the baby, snapping pictures and taking them back to me in my bed. I took the opportunity to get some sleep, which was easy to do with all the pain meds. Really it flew by, I wouldn't worry about boredom. If LO is with you it might be different than it was for me.

rac20585

I don't remember much about my recovery room experience because I was so loopy from all the drugs and fatigue.  I know they took DS somewhere else after the c/s (after I got to "meet" him in the OR) to bathe him and check him out.  I guess it was probably 30 minutes or so before I got to hold him, but I really had no concept of how much time was passing by because I just wanted to sleep.  DH was with me but no one else was allowed to come in for an hour.  At some point they brought DS to me and helped me hold and nurse him.  I wasn't in the recovery room very long before I was moved to my room.