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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Clicky Poll..showering in hospital
Several people I have talked to said things about not showering at the hospital after having their baby because the showers were gross.. Just curious about everyone else!
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Re: Clicky Poll..showering in hospital
Oh yeah, a shower was definitely necessary after c-section and all that. I don't see why a shower would be nasty... it's a hospital! Mine was perfectly clean.
YES!!!
I just wore flip flops -- no big deal. I focused on the water, and the fact that nothing felt better after days in bed and a c-section than getting clean and dressed. It made me human again, kind of, and I never would have passed that up.
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Any shower is so welcomed at that point, IMO
Mine was either freezing or scalding hot. I had to stand out of the stream, gather hot water on a washcloth then squeeze it on myself once it cooled off a bit. And those showers were sill welcomed.
I can't imagine not bathing for those few days
How could someone NOT shower after birth (or shortly afterwards)?????
I mean, they could have put a kiddie pool on the floor and I would have found a way to get in it.
Unless they went home the very same day, I have to say that is very gross. After all of the stuff that has come out of you........ Ewwww.....
ditto! I could have cared less! I did hate that the towels were not thick and soft, but was not bringing my own (for obvious reasons
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Heck yes! I was showering less than 24 hours after my c/s.
DH did too because I wanted him to stay with me. But the showers at my hospital are nice, very hotel like. I did wear flip-flops in there though.
As soon as I was able to get up and move, I only wanted to be with DS in the NICU. I never even thought of a shower. I was only there post-DS 2.5 days.
ETA: The first thing I did when we got home was shower though. Then we went back to the hospital.
I was in labor for 25 hours and then had a c/s. I was also unexpectedly induced, so it had been about 18 hours since I showered before I was admitted into the hospital. I felt like I had about 17 layers of sweat on my skin, not to mention practically being covered in lochia from the waist down.
A family of possums could have been living in my shower and I would have used it.
I was in the hospital for 5 days... I definitely showered! That time was the only time it was quiet and just me during those 5 days.... no visitors, no nurses, just me and the water! The shower was nice at my hospital but I had to have ILs bring me my toiletries because the ones the hospital had weren't working for me
Yes. Oh yes, this. Taking that shower was one of the best feelings in the world.
I cannot imagine not showering after giving birth, unless something traumatic happened, like having your LO in the NICU.
I took one of the longest showers, I felt so gross before I got in. I had been in labor for 24 hours before my c-section and it was another 20 after my c-section before I was able to take one...eww!
I did take flip flops and didn't think twice about the cleanliness.
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Yep. This. I was so gross, that shower made me feel human again. It was amazing.
This. Word for word. I just brought my own toiletries and wore a crappy pair of target $3 flip flops in the shower. Tossed them after my hospital stay.
The shower after labour/birth was heavenly. I think I stood there for a good 20 minutes after cleaning up. It was AWESOME.
I was asking about when I was allowed to shower not too long after DS was born.
If my hospital shower was gross, I didn't notice. I went into PTL on a Thursday afternoon, and DD was born early Saturday morning. My first shower in that time frame was later Saturday morning, and it was much needed. Especially after going through labor and feeling pretty gross. I didn't go home til Monday morning, and I could not imagine having to wait that long to shower.
This. Except I was there for 7 days, not 5. I showered at LEAST twice.
This exactly.
i can't imagine not showering in the hospital.
eta: and i take one every day while im there.
Where are some of you all having babies? Third world countries? I mean really, hospitals clean their rooms and bathrooms. Of course I showered and didn't think twice about the cleanliness of the shower stall.