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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
mavilabride
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If you could pick the perfect time to have your next LO...
mavilabride
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when would it be and why?
midnight-6am?
6am-noon?
noon-5pm?
5pm-midnight?
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Re: If you could pick the perfect time to have your next LO...
This! I think around 2:00 sounds nice...
I was torn over timing when I started thinking about it. Overnight (12am-6am) is nice because you get no visitors but you've also been up for most of the day so you really get no sleep.
I had DD at 5pm which was ok but we got way too many visitors and dealt with a switch in the nurses.
I'd say 2pm-5pm. Hopefully I won't labour for over 30 hrs like I did with DS, I can get a good nights sleep, wake up, go into labour, deliver, enjoy the babe with family, and then go to sleep again that night.
Since we're talking hypotheticals, I figured I'd go all out.
5pm-midnight. Dunno why. DD was born at 3:15 but I like the idea of an evening birth. I would also like to have next baby in May or June. I love the outdoor birthday party. It made for sooo little clean up lol. We were done cleaning up after everyone in half an hour!
I think every time slot has its pros and cons, but I think ideally I'd love the midnight-6am slot because it's less likely the whole family would be there ready to pounce.
Then again, my family waited in the waiting room for 12+ hours, overnight, to be there for my daughter's 6:52 am birth (despite our warnings not to come too early).
I had Jacob at 7pm. I think that was perfect. Only a few family members came to see him that night, and then we had the night to sleep/rest/enjoy Jake just the two of us.
Then I got to shower and the morning and felt much better when we had visitors.
Daytime hours please. I had DS at 9:32pm and didn't get moved over to the mother baby room until close to 12am. The cafeteria was closed and I was starving. They found a sandwich for me to eat, but it was horrible. Next time I'd love to be able to get something to eat afterwards!
I would do noon-5pm and hopefully have had a good night's rest the night before.
T was born at almost 1am and I was beyond exhausted. I had been in labor for 19 hours and didn't sleep well the night before. We really didn't get to celebrate his birth like we wanted.
I think we had Moses at the perfect time. He was born at 11:48 am, so we got the whole day together and we hadn't been up all day and all night, which was nice. We didn't have to worry about visitors, because we just told people we weren't accepting any until the next day lol.
But 5 pm sounds nice too, because then visiting hours are over, so you don't have to worry about it.
5pm-midnight.
I had DD at 7:40pm. It was perfect. We had our alone time as a family and then our family stayed for a little while and then left.
Plus, DH does not believe any babies are born in the morning or afternoon. He is joking of course. All the babies in his family have been born at night or in the middle of the night.
6am - noon would be convenient. LOL!
Hmm... I'm thinking about a quarter to never.
But seriously, I liked having him in the evening, I was so tired after 22 hours of labor and the C/S that I just wanted to sleep, and it was dark.
I had DD at 6:59 am which was nice because I got two FULL days in the hospital to recover a bit before going home. On the other hand, being awake for 24 hours straight in labor, and then having an entire days worth of visitors was pretty hard. It wasn't until that night that I got any rest AT ALL.
So maybe early afternoon or the middle of the night would have been better.
Early morning.
Only because I plan on having another c/s, and last time I puked because I had eaten breakfast already. I want to be at the hospital before I have a chance to eat anything . . .