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Mandy Ellsworth · February 2009

Will your baby/babies stay in the room with you? or will you send him/her/it/them to the nursery?

I, at first thought, they will stay with me, but knowing that I'm going to be paying for the hospital for a 4 day stay at 10%, I have the most expensive babysitters in the world at my disposal. Lord knows I'll have a bunch of time with the boys, I do believe I will let the nurses deal with the sticky tar diapers and they can just bring them to me when I feel like bonding.

brandistrionfo@gmail.com · February 2009

I have no idea. I'll probably send him to the nursery so I can get some sleep. that or just hand him to my mom and MIL.

wec5473 · February 2009

I'm gonna be sending the kid in when I need to sleep. Once we get home I won't be getting any!

W111MRP · February 2009

Good call on the babysitters... I too will probably not sleep with Baby in the room

Bellisimo · February 2009

To the nursery! I did that with DS and it was a MUCH needed break. He was breastfeeding so they brought him to my room every 2 hours on the dot without fail. So, technically I wasn't getting great sleep, but when he was in the room with us he was such a noisy sleeper that we'd get zero sleep with him in the room. During the day he would be in our room the whole time so we could feed, change, hold and show him off to visitors.

reiljen00 · February 2009

Yeah, I am debating this. I guess if I have a C Section she can stay in the nursery over night until I feel up to it over night. It will all depend though, I know once she is born, I am not going to want her to leave my side.

lwilkinson · February 2009

From what everyone is telling me - take advantage of sending the baby to the nursery and get some sleep. I'll be doing that.

laurmarie7 · February 2009

As of right now, I would like to have him stay in the room with me - but I may very well send him to the nursery so that I can get some sleep! It'll be a game-time decision.

jll1881 · February 2009

Our hospital doesn't have a nursery except for babies that need extra care. They only have a room-in option.

jgat33 · February 2009

laurmarie7:
As of right now, I would like to have him stay in the room with me - but I may very well send him to the nursery so that I can get some sleep! It'll be a game-time decision.

Ditto.

I'm sure I'll send her to the nursery some so I can get some rest, but I have a feeling I'm not going to want her to leave my side.

csuram · February 2009

Our hospital is really small and chances are high our baby will be one of the only ones there. Plus I work at the hospital so I know the nurses well. Therefore I will defn be sending the baby to the nursery for a little rest before home.

KateVA · February 2009

Emotionally, I wasn't able to send DS to the nursery. Every time they took him out of the room, I would get very anxious. I was worried no one would pick him up if he cried in the nursery. Probably totally irrational, but I had terrible anxiety for 4-5 days after DS was born.

He slept a lot anyway and my husband held him when he was fussy.

karskaren · February 2009

With DS and DD, I hated letting the nurses take them. With DD, they never did, unless it was for some sort of blood draw they couldn't do in the room. With DS, he was in the NICU for the first night, which was torture for me. And my husband was out of the picture from the time I was 4 months pregnant with him, so I was alone at the hospital all night. So while I took a shower, the nurses took him. I have never felt like so much of a failure for asking a nurse to watch my baby while I showered, but I was terrified someone would walk in while I was showering and take him.

So, now that I have a new supportive DH with this baby, I don't think there will be a time that I have to ask a nurse to take the baby at all.

vhab · February 2009

DC will be in with me during the day like DS was, but will be wheeled right on down to the nursery at night. You bet I'm getting as much sleep as I can while I'm there, cause I know I won't get any at home. I tried to tough it out with DS and keep him in the room, but not this time! Plus, DH won't be there most nights, and with DS, I wasn't allowed to take him out of the bassinette alone because of the c-section and meds, so I'm guessing the rules will be the same with this one.

Plus, we called the nurses in for every poopy diaper change in the hospital. They tended to look at us like, "are you stupid, do you not konw how to do it yet?" but seriously - this is going to be my poop free vacation.

melrrr · February 2009

I want my baby in my room so I can better respond to it. he/she may want/need to feed more than "Every two hours on the dot," and I also don't want nurses bringing in a screaming baby that was probably showing signs of hunger earlier. If it's screaming it may be harder to settle down for feeding.

C&B2006 · February 2009

I told myself I would'nt send my DD to the nursery, she would stay in my room always! But then when you are actually at the hospital, and exhausted, and there are people there to watch her, I changed my mind and got the last little bit of sleep I could.

martine24b · February 2009

With my first baby, he was with me the whole time I was in the hospital. I tried for a couple hours one night to send him to the nursery but everytime I heard a baby cry I would think "oh no is that my little guy". So then I felt so bad that if he was crying and he needed me I wasn't there so I just had the nurse bring him back to me. It is really hard to have carried something for 9 months and then just send him/her away once he/she arrives. You will be suprised that you just won't be able to get enough of your new little bundle/s!

AshleyKass · February 2009

I will send her to the nursery. I want to get all the sleep I can before we bring her home.

jenber77 · February 2009

The info I have from my hospital simply states that baby stays with mom in her room. I'm not sure sending him to the nursery will even be an option.

babyluv82 · February 2009

We will be keeping the baby in the room with us. I have to much anxiety about letting them stay in the nursery and so does my husband. So he will be staying with me throughout our stay and then my mom will keep our daughter overnight and be bringing her to the hospital to visit.

lailak42 · February 2009

I thought I wanted DS in the room with me, but the nurses made me so paranoid with their warnings and paperwork saying the hospital wasn't responsible if he died that I sent him to the nursery at night. It was a good thing, though, because I was able to sleep in between feedings instead of being up worrying about him.

I'll probably do the same thing with DD.

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