Just found out my hospital has shared PP rooms!

aussiebabies · February 2011

I delivered DS at an amazing hospital with gorgeous private rooms and even a grand piano in the lobby. This time around my insurance has changed and I'm with Kaiser. I was already bummed since I would feel so much more comfortable sticking with what I know, but I just found out that you have share your PP room with a total stranger Indifferent

. I know it's only a couple days of your life and it may just be these raging hormones but I'm feeling devastated by this news...and terrified. Anyone else had to/have to share a PP room?

MommaA117 · February 2011

I know most hospitals charge a little extra for a private room. Maybe look into that if it's really bugging you?

I know ours does have all private now, they just remodeled to make it that way.

fozzy923 · February 2011

we paid OOP the first time for the private room, the second time we tried, but some chick with a herpes outbreak (overheard her and the drs when we were in the pre-op room) who came in after me "took" my room -- they had to give it to her... so I had to share a room with some woman who kept the over head lights on all night, but at least she didn't get TV and she ddn't have any visitors until her BF came at 9pm and stayed for an hour or so, could have been worse. I'd definitely pay OOP again, it's so much more relaxing. But especially since you have one already, I'd see about spending the money for a private one, treasure the peace and quiet with your new LO.... and your recovery time at the hospital while you still don't have any real responsbilities.

andrea922 · February 2011

I had my son in the UK and shared a room with 3 women and their newborns. My dh had to leave when visiting hours were over, at 8 pm. Honestly I thought I would hate it but everyone kept their curtains closed and I never saw the other women, and we left the next day.

Sazhrah · February 2011

ew no. I had that with DS2. I was begging for them to let us go 12 hrs after delivery. I am a very private person and that is something I don't feel like sharing with someone else.

Ask the hospital if they do have private rooms for an extra price.

megd06 · February 2011

I didn't with my last pregnancy, and won't with DS, but when DS was 4 months old he had surgery and had to stay overnight in Arkansas Childrens'--and he had a roommate, a baby that was the same age. It was HORRIBLE--she cried and cried! I spent the night with DS on the pullout chair (H stayed at a hotel) and I think I got maybe 4 hrs of sleep. If you can swing it, I'd definitely try and get a private room.

Yellow_Daisy · February 2011

Maybe you'll get lucky and it won't be busy when you deliver. Everyone I know that has gone to hospitals with shared rooms has said that if it wasn't busy they got they put everyone in their own room and only added roommates if they had too. So even if you can't get a private room keep your fingers crossed that it's slow when you go in.

goteamgo · February 2011

We had a shared room postpartum when I had James, but only for a few hours until a private one became available (and we forced them to move us). My roommate was fine- very quiet and there was a privacy curtain between us. The problem was that the room was tiny, my husband wouldn't have been able to stay overnight with me (nowhere for him) and it was very cramped for the visitors who came.

Even with a private room, I wanted to go home ASAP. Had the baby at 2pm, and was home by 5pm the next day.

They are renovating the hospital to only have private rooms, but I don't think it will be done before July. If I have a shared room again for any length of time, I'll deal. I'll probably just go home ASAP again.

aussiebabies · February 2011

Thanks ladies! I didn't think paying extra for a private room could even be an option. I'm going to check into it on Monday and if they allow it, that's definitely what I'll do!

MrsAllison33 · February 2011

With the hospital we're going to, they have rooms with up to 4 women for no charge, semi-private with 2 women but you have to pay and private rooms but the private rooms are about $200 a day. We're going with a semi, unless we hit the lotto lol

mooninlv · February 2011

i wouldn't care for that at all. our hospital has private rooms standard, and they're pretty spacious (thankfully). i'd check in to paying OOP for a private room if you can swing it

Pearly609 · February 2011

With my 1st child 23 years ago, I shared a room with a young lady from Haiti who couldn't speak very good English. I had to help her talk to people and find her sick baby one time. 15 years later, I went to visit my mother's great aunt and she was there! My aunt had emotionally adopted her and her children a year after that and she's been in our family ever since.

2nd and 3rd time I had a private room which was great because my husband at the time was able to spend those days with me. Not sure what's happening this time but I'm open to anything given my experiences.

momtoRaegan041008 · February 2011

I find that very weird. I couldn't imagine just sitting there with my boob hanging out or having my husband come help me put my giant pad on with someone else in the room. Sorry, hopefully there won't be many that give birth that day and you won't have to share a room.

JaqiDec04 · February 2011

How is it even possible to put two mothers and two newborn babies in the same hospital room? I didn't even know hospitals still did this.

Is there anywhere else you could labor and deliver? Another hospital a bit of a drive away? Or maybe you could request/pay extra for a private room?

I can just see the other womans baby crying all night long, etc. and there would be no privacy, and no ability to sleep.

redshe · February 2011

With DD I was lucky enough to be put in a Private room (even though I don't have private health insurance in Australia) it was great, I LOVED it until midnight on my 2nd night when they decided to move me down to the public ward....It was such a shock to the system and I hated it and did my best to get sent home the next day.

But this time, I live in a small city and the hospital only has shared rooms, so I'm hoping that there aren't many woman giving birth at the same time as me.

Also at the time I had DD they were in the process of building the new Mothers Hospital which had bathrooms in every room, thankfully the hospital I will be going to this time has a bathroom in every room (but depending on the position of the room it might be shared between 2 rooms), so when I had DD even in the private section I had to walk down the hallway to the closest toilet and shower and I was so paranoid that someone would do something to DD when I wasn't in the room.

2BWEDN2007 · February 2011

I'm so sorry! That sucks.

It's not even the room sharing that would bother me, but the bathroom sharing! All the pp bloody mess and I had to have one of those catch basins to check my urine output (not sure if that was c-section related or standard after delivery), but I would not want to walk in the bathroom to someone else's pan sitting in the toilet. EWWWW!

forensicmama · February 2011

I didn't realize I was so lucky to have a spacious private room as a standard thing when I had my DD. I didn't realize they made women share in some places until after I had her. I honestly couldn't imagine sharing a room.

JaqiDec04 · February 2011

Walking down the hall to go to the restroom, and having to leave the LO alone? Thats crazy.

Wow, I'm really really REALLY grateful for our private rooms and bathrooms now. I promise not to complain about the size or anything when I'm there, as long as I'm alone.

akayf · February 2011

The hospital I delivered DS in and will be delivering at again only has 3 private PP rooms. I think it's $300 additional OOP for the total stay?

The other rooms are semi private(2 beds) They try not to give you a roommate unless they need to. Whether or not you have a roommate, you are not allowed to room in with your newborn in a semi private....rooming in is only allowed in private rooms....at night, baby goes to the nursery and they bring the baby to you for a feeding if you are BFing(I think they will do the same for FFing if you request to do the overnight feedings)

I didn't have a roommate my 1st night but did the 2nd night. It was a bit of pain. She slept with the TV turned way up all night. Plus she had a c-section so the nurses were in there a lot in the middle of the night doing care(they moved her into the room around dinner time) So I didn't get a lot of sleep that night.

However, the next morning, we had a blast. She was a TRIP!!!! She was one of the funniest women I've met. I was in pain from laughing so hard. She was very sweet.

I am on the fence about asking for a private room this time. I might ask for one so I can get a good night's sleep!!!!!!!

mari_gold · February 2011

Yikes! No, I paid out of pocket for a private room after I had Zack because I knew I would not want to share with a stranger and deal with a stranger's visitors. Is that a possibility for you?

coachswife24 · February 2011

Oh gosh! I would HATE that!! Yuck!

I'm a very private person as well, so this would not work for me! Hopefully, I won't have to deal with someone else in the room; that just wouldn't work for me. I would do what others have said and see if they can offer a private room. I know it's more money, but geez, it might be worth it.

It could come out ok though - I'm sure they try to make it as private as possible! I'm sorry your are having to deal with this!

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