Did you have a nurse with you the entire time in recovery?

JG362009 · November 2011

I was just wondering if that is standard. I definitely did not click with my nurse and aside from not being able to hold my baby in recovery, it was really annoying to have her in there right after my c-section when I was completely out of it and just not happy. Just wondering if that's unavoidable. Ideally, I'd love to have a recovery where it was just me, my husband, and the baby, but I'm not sure if that's possible.

indy_chic · November 2011

Immediately after, I believe it's standard for 1,maybe 2 nurses to be at your side to be sure there are no side effects.

Usually within a couple of hours they will let you be...at least temporarily until the hourly checks start.

mdotm0904 · November 2011

indy_chic:
Immediately after, I believe it's standard for 1,maybe 2 nurses to be at your side to be sure there are no side effects.
Usually within a couple of hours they will let you be...at least temporarily until the hourly checks start.

*nods in agreement* thats how it was in my hospital. "private" time starts when you get to mother/baby and thats just until the other nurses come to harass you

aandg · November 2011

I had a nurse with me the entire time I was in the recovery room. She took me up to my PP room after an hour or two and then I just had nurses coming in and out to check on DD and me.

hopkins5 · November 2011

JG362009:
I was just wondering if that is standard. I definitely did not click with my nurse and aside from not being able to hold my baby in recovery, it was really annoying to have her in there right after my c-section when I was completely out of it and just not happy. Just wondering if that's unavoidable. Ideally, I'd love to have a recovery where it was just me, my husband, and the baby, but I'm not sure if that's possible.

This is exactly why the nurse has to be there with you in recovery. Someone has to be with you to make sure both you and the baby are okay and that there are no complications from the surgery. It might be annoying to have someone breathing down your neck, but it's for the best. Check your hospital's policy but I've never heard of not having a nurse in the room for recovery. The minute they send you to your room, you should get your alone time, but probably not before then.

pepomntpat · November 2011

I had more than one. Now it makes more sense why my L&D nurse was there and looked so confused. I thought she was new, but she wasn't. The surgical nurses were training the L&D nurses how to deal with patients coming out of anesthesia, since now patients at that hospital go to maternity for recovery instead of recovery. I was not left alone until I was in my regular room and had feeling below my belly button.

manbearpig31610 · November 2011

I was in a recovery room for an hour after the surgery and the nurse was there. I fell asleep while they were still stitching me up so DH with DD and her nurses while they cleaned her up and got her weighed, etc. I woke up in recovery with my nurse (who I did not care for) and she was there until I was taken to my room. She was not a very nice person so I'm just thankful that I slept through most of my time with her. lol.

rachbenn2007 · November 2011

Nope. She was in there for about the first 1/2 hour to help me with BFing but after that she left to give us family time. What was nice was I could see her from my bed through the door to the L&D nurses' desk and if I needed anything I just has DH get her and she did pop in few times to check on us. My OB came in twice to check on me too. (that was with DS, DD#1 was in NICU)

Daisy22 · November 2011

My hospital makes you go to a recovery room next to the OR for at least an hour to be monitored. It's a big room with curtains between patients (everyone in there is c/s patients) and you share a nurse with usually one other person if they are busy. The nurse came and went every 5 or so minutes. She had to check my incision and vitals the whole time. I was allowed (actually both times the nurse made me) do skin to skin with the baby immediately when I got into the room. And dh was in there the whoel time next to me. After the hour you move to pp room and it's a normal pp room

disbride061103 · November 2011

Yes, just after my sections, I had a nurse with me for about 2 hours while I was in recovery. After maybe an hour they would step away for a few minutes (and I actually told my nurse after my 2nd section to go eat lunch) but they were pretty much there the entire time. They checked vitals, helped me nurse and basically made sure that I was doing ok, but they tried to stay out of the way while we bonded with our babies.

magdalina.h · November 2011

I never went to recovery, just to my room. The nurse stayed with me until a certain time and then came back every so often to check me.

sabrina69barnes · November 2011

With DS1 I was in a large recovery room with a lot of beds and curtains. There were two nurses attending to all the patients but the only came in my curtain to bring in family and take my to my room.

With DS2 I was in a different hospital where they don't have recovery rooms, just regular L&D rooms. I had two nurses in there with me and I loved it. They were very nice and helpful with getting DS2 to latch on. The also let DH do a lot for DS2 that the other hospital didn't. DH was able to bathe LO, change his diaper, get him dressed in clothes we brought, and hold him for everything else.

nic5606 · November 2011

At the hospital I delivered, you recovered in your room. The nurse came in every so often to check vitals, make sure my uterus was shrinking and check my bleeding.

She never stayed in the room for a long period of time though.

HBaylies · November 2011

I didn't have someone the entire time. For a little bit she checked some vitals every few minutes, but she left to make me some tea when I asked her for a drink and left again when my IL's came in for a visit for a few minutes.

Mrs. Alice · November 2011

I'm sorry you thought it was annoying, but come on, you just had major surgery so it's kind of a medical neccessity. That is why it's called recovery. If something bad is going to happen, it's usually in the first 1-2 hours. That is why they watch you so closely during that time. Hopefully you click better with your next nurse. For me, I don't remember exactly, but I'm sure there was someone in there with me the majority of the time. She may have stepped out for a few minutes at a time, but not for long.

sillypit · November 2011

Yes, my nurse never left my side from the second I walked into the OR until I was in the mother/baby room in maternity.

moonfaerie · November 2011

There were nurses in the room, but not hanging over me. It was mainly me, baby, and DH.

f8hopelove · November 2011

My nurse was younger and sweet. She just kept popping in during recovery every 15 mins or so for the first hr, to check how I was and make sure my feeling was getting back in my legs.

My first experience was like that too. I delivered my first two in the same hospital but now I am in a different state so we'll see what my experience will be here. I definitely wouldn't want someone there constantly just the typical popping in to check kind of thing.

I remember I had this one nurse that I loved and she was my lifesaver when I was so sick, and sad. (My son was born at 24 weeks and had to be in the nicu right away obviously) And she was so kind and helpful. When I didn't want to eat she asked if she could bring something just in case, and brought me serbert and graham crackers and I felt like it was the best food I had ever eaten, lol.

Anyway, all that to basically say hopefully you'll get a good one this time if policy is for a constant nurse. Gl

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