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brooke&ryan&baby
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How long did DH stay in the hospital?
brooke&ryan&baby
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Just curious as to how long your DH actually stayed with you after birth of your LO. I'm guessing he will want to stay at least the first night, depending on the time of birth - but we have a dog at home that needs to be let out / fed and I'm sure he'll be exhausted and want to get some rest.
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Re: How long did DH stay in the hospital?
DH never stayed overnight. He had to take care of the dog & this time he'll have DD to care for too.
He came during the day, and that was plenty for him. He got bored!!
It's sweet that they want to stay, but honestly I think an H can help a lot more if they can recharge. Lord knows there will be enough nights that he will feel the exhaustion.
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Other than to run out and get himself some food and fresh air he stayed with us. We had friends from the neighborhood who didn't have pets or kids of their own stay at our house for the dog. But DH slept on the chair-bed thingy in the room with me while I was there he didn't go home to sleep.
My mom is coming in to town to stay with DS so that he can have the option to do the same. Although he will probably go home for dinner/bath/bed time since that's when DS is used to seeing him on a regular work week schedule anyway (that's their special "daddy and me" time).
ETA: I was in for 5 days. I was admitted on a Monday night, DS was born the next day and we were sent home that Saturday. Hopefully this time things go smoother or he will be home much more I think.
He stayed ONLY 1 night the first time and that was it. He can NOT sleep in the hospital, and we are only 10 minutes away.
Now, he is the one taking care of the other kids.........so he can't stay at the hospital anyway.
That, right there, is true fluckin love.
DH will PROBABLY not leave my side the entire time. Not cause I'll ask him to, but I'm pretty sure he won't want to put the baby down (we've already agreed he and I are going to fight over holding him more than our families!
) I think it is incredibly adorable of him. I'll probably send him home to go shower or something just to give him a few minutes to himself to process cause thats how he is.
With DS, DH stayed in the hospital the entire time. He did leave for a bit to go get some food (and feed the cats) one day, but he stayed overnight every night. I was only in the hospital for 2 days though.
This time, the plan is that he'll stay over the first night, since I'll still be pretty out of it from the spinal & having a hard time moving - this way LO can room-in with me - and then for the remainder of the time I'm in the hospital, he's going to go to work during the day, bring DS up to visit in the evening, and then go home in the evenings to take care of DS. (My mom will stay with DS at our house the first night)
I have always assumed that my husband would stay with me the entire time.
If for some reason I (or the baby) have to stay longer than 2 days, he may want to go back to work...but I doubt he would have to, as he could try to find someone willing to work for him (which wouldn't be hard to do).
If he does go back to work and I'm still in the hospital, my mom is here and she has time saved up to take off if need be (which I am really thankful for).
Sorry for the long answer....
DH stayed the whole time, but as pp said, he did ran home to shower/nap during the day so I stayed with my mom that time. I had a C-section so I needed help to the bathroom and shower. This time around DS will stay with my parents and DH will stay as well. Our hospital provides a full size bed in the room for the spouse, so that def. makes a difference.
After babes were born? I dunno, an hour or so? DS1 was born midday so maybe longer for him. But DS2 was born in the wee hours and we had called my mom to come and sit with DS1 so I'm sure he was home within the hour of that birth.
He was back and forth a couple of times during my hospital stays (2 and 1 days) but he sure didn't stay at the hospital.
Dh stayed with me the the whole time except for one trip to the store.
Our hospital only requires a stay of 24 hours after a vaginal delivery so it wasn't too much to ask for him to stay.
'Til He returns, or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I stand.
This. I told him to go home and sleep since there was no point in both of us being sleep deprived since the baby has to room in with me. The 'bed' at the hospital was terrible and he's a real grump without sleep. This time he'll be helping my mom out with our daughter and taking care of the dogs. But I'm sure he will be back and forth with me and little man.
This time he will probably just stay the first night. He'll go home to be with DS after baby is born.
He stayed the entire 4 days with me last time. Our fur baby went to her grandparents while we were away.
This time will be a little different and that makes me sad. The bonding we did, as a family, those first few days was wonderful.
But this time we've got a child at home. The plan is for him to stay until we have the baby. And then he'll go home to be with DS. He'll bring DS back to the hospital to see me and I'm sure he'll come visit also. But we live a good 40 min away so its not a simple trip to run back and forth.
My DH is going to stay with me, end of story.
The rooms at our hospital are amazing suites, so... he'll have no cause for complaints, and I will pound on him if he leaves me! (I'm not really going to pound on him; it would just not be my ideal... so I say now. I might change my mind when the time comes.)