Will your LO stay in your hospital room the whole time?

Oriam · October 2012

At the hospital I'm delivering at my LO will be in the room with me the whole time. They rarely go to the nursery unless you ask them. Just wondering how your hospital works and if you plan to keep LO w/ you the whole time or send them to the nursery for a bit?

Brummy14 · October 2012

Assuming LOs are in great shape following delivery, that's exactly how my hospital operates.

kimmlet · October 2012

That's how my hospital is as well, they don't even have an official nursery anymore, the LO stays with the mom. Of course if DH is out and you just had a c-section they'll take LO to be cared for in what used to be the nursery. I am hoping to keep him with me the whole time except when they're running tests or whatever magic they do in hospitals.

RachelG1016 · October 2012

I will be requesting that they take Henry to the nursery at night except for feedings. I will be having a c-section and it will be difficult getting up and down and doing basic care by myself. The first night I won't even be able to get out of bed with the catheter.

SPK926 · October 2012

That's how my hospital does it as well. They really encourage "rooming in" for bonding. They do all tests, baths, etc in the room with mom. The only thing they have to do in the nursery is circumcision. But assuming she's healthy she'll stay in my room the whole time.

EAMommy · October 2012

I don't know yet how our hospital works, but I'm requesting that LO stay in our room for everything and that if he/she has to go elsewhere for procedures, that DH be allowed to go along.

ETA: I just went on our hospital's website and apparently they only have a nursery for babies that need it (premature/other issues in delivery that require special care). Otherwise LO stays with us the entire time. I like that!

mest1215 · October 2012

RachelG1016:
I will be requesting that they take Henry to the nursery at night except for feedings. I will be having a c-section and it will be difficult getting up and down and doing basic care by myself. The first night I won't even be able to get out of bed with the catheter.

Same here! baby will room in with me during the day, but will be in the nursery at night and brought into my room for night time feedings so that LO and I can both rest up

this decaf life · October 2012

I'm not sure the policy but I'd like to have LO in room.

zonagirlie · October 2012

EAMommy:
I don't know yet how our hospital works, but I'm requesting that LO stay in our room for everything and that if he/she has to go elsewhere for procedures, that DH be allowed to go along.

This. If they take him somewhere either me or my MIL goes with him. Period. Otherwise I want him with me. If there's some kind of issue with him or me, we'll deal with it then, but I truly don't want him anywhere else.

erkie · October 2012

My hospital does not have a nursery just a NICU. Sending LO out of the room is not an option, unless it is necessitated by health problems, and I sure hope that doesn't happen.

bearkatjen · October 2012

Yep. The nursery is only used if the LO is having a problem. Everything is in room, and I prefer it that way.

LoveIsOwlYouNeed · October 2012

This is also how our hospital does it. I am planning to keep the baby in the room with me, but I will also not be ashamed to send him to the nursery if I just need to get some sleep or something.

mrsodonnell12 · October 2012

As long as their is no need for the NICU, LO will be with us 100% of the time in our room.

brianabrad · October 2012

My hospital offers rooming in or keeping baby in the nursery. They told us baby can be with us as much or as little as we like. BFF suggested allowing them to take baby to the nursery for the night before we are released so we can get some sleep but I don't know if we will do that or not.

As a FTM, its hard to imagine having baby anywhere else but right with us. She said they roomed in with LO#1 but had LO#2 in the nursery more because she knew just how exhausted she would be. She also had a c/s with #2 so that I'm sure made a difference as well.

mrsodonnell12 · October 2012

brianabrad:

My hospital offers rooming in or keeping baby in the nursery. They told us baby can be with us as much or as little as we like. BFF suggested allowing them to take baby to the nursery for the night before we are released so we can get some sleep but I don't know if we will do that or not.

As a FTM, its hard to imagine having baby anywhere else but right with us. She said they roomed in with LO#1 but had LO#2 in the nursery more because she knew just how exhausted she would be. She also had a c/s with #2 so that I'm sure made a difference as well.

As a STM I cant imagine not having LO right with us!

Alyssa102 · October 2012

Brummy14:
Assuming LOs are in great shape following delivery, that's exactly how my hospital operates.

This for us too. It is great. Me, DH and LO all get matching braclets to wear as well, for security reasons.

StarrSquared · October 2012

I had DD in the room with me the whole time. they did the tests and stuff in the nursery so I got up and walked her down there and back. no exceptions. I needed to get up and walk any way, it's important that you do. DD had a very regular schedual that we figured out VERY quickly as far as feeding went and it was easy to keep up with her even being so tired because i took my mom's advice and slept when she slept. unless i was eating or had visitors. even then the visitors that did come would only stay for a short while because they knew i was very tired!

Kie310 · October 2012

No. He will go to the nursey every night I am there. With my son every night b/t 11pm and midnight I sent him to the nursey & they brought him back to me b/t 6-630am. So I (in theory) have 6 hours of "sleep" each night. It really helped a lot and I will do it again this time.

TofuMama7 · October 2012

Our hospital is room in, so there isn't a nursery. DS was born in the room and didn't leave until we were discharged. If there was a nursery, I would still keep LO with me at all times.

luvindanimals · October 2012

During the day I plan on having him with me the whole time but at night the plan is to let him sleep in the nursery so I can sleep other than feeding times and recover some. I know once we get home sleep will be a thing of the past lol!

qteepie42899 · October 2012

LO will be with us all day and most likely sleep in the nursery at night. With DS he was with us the whole time and when we had DD my family highly recommended we try and get more sleep while in the hosp because when we got home we would have a 2yr old and a newborn to keep us up all day and night. Made sense....we weren't asshamed to send LO to the nursery those 2 nights. DD was brought to us for feedings and that was fine. This time I plan to do the same. Get as much rest as I can there.

MikeF&SarahC · October 2012

At our hospital lo stays with you unless the doctors feel he/she needs to get special medical treatment. Lo is with you even if you ask to not have them there, though I cannot imagine not having her with me.

+lisamarie+ · October 2012

LO will be in the room the whole time. All checks will be done in the room as well.

sbevmc09 · October 2012

My hospital offered to take baby to the nursery and actually tried to press me to do it (I had a loooong labor, which ended with a C/S), but DS stayed with us the whole time. First, I wasn't comfortable with him leaving me, Second, he was eating like... all the time so it was really a moot point anyway. We plan to keep this baby in the room with us the whole time as well unless something unforeseen comes up. It's good for your milk production to have baby close and pretty much constantly latched on at first anyway.

ungraceful13 · October 2012

My hospital operates the same way and we are happy for that as that is what we wanted.

Mommyluv384 · October 2012

By choice my dd never left my room.. I had an emergency c and felt good afterwards... So as long as I can get up a d feel capable this little one will be with me...

My dh did stay with me last time but I'm sending him home this time to be with out daughter ...want to keep her life as normal as possible

Mommyluv384 · October 2012

mrsodonnell12:
brianabrad:

My hospital offers rooming in or keeping baby in the nursery. They told us baby can be with us as much or as little as we like. BFF suggested allowing them to take baby to the nursery for the night before we are released so we can get some sleep but I don't know if we will do that or not.

As a FTM, its hard to imagine having baby anywhere else but right with us. She said they roomed in with LO#1 but had LO#2 in the nursery more because she knew just how exhausted she would be. She also had a c/s with #2 so that I'm sure made a difference as well.

As a STM I cant imagine not having LO right with us!

As a STM I feel it's even more important for this LO to stay with me... When we get home I'll have 2 children to take care of. This will be mine and LO only alone time.

wootownlady · October 2012

What PPs said - in my room the whole time, just like last time. LO only leaves for <30 minutes for a bath and a few other tests. When I accompanied my DD to the nursery for her bath (at 5 am, after I had given birth at 12:25 am), I was a little overwhelmed by the nursery and glad that DD was with me. The nurses come and go and shifts end/start, and babies sometimes are there crying without attention - not for long - but for longer than I'd let my newborn go! Everyone who works in a nursery obviously loves babies, but I feel like LO is my #1 priority, and she might be someone elses' 3rd or 4th priority.

I'll have this next LO room with me whether I have a vaginal birth (planned) or a c-section - my DH can do the heavy lifting if I am bed-bound. This is what the hospital encourges and this is what feels best to me as a mom.

Brit242 · October 2012

Unless it's medically necessary, LO will not be away from me for a second. I will accompany her to all tests/shots and she will sleep in the bassinet next to me until we are released.

jessrenee11 · October 2012

I plan on playing it by year. With DD they keep telling me to expect breathing issues and when she had none it was still burned into my brain, so I never slept and just watched her breathing. I was delirious when we left the hospital after having zero sleep for 4 days (one who really can sleep in a hospital anyways) and it was really hard when we got home for me since we had to feed DD every 2 hours for the first month. As much as I would love to say that I will be keeping him with us 100% of the time I am just going to base it off how I feel when he comes and I will feel zero guilt if I have them take him to the nursery for a few hours.

pitterpatter129 · October 2012

Our hospital also rooms-in. They do have a nursery though; with DS, I had them take him for an hour one night though because I really needed sleep after a csection/fever/etc.

karen_loy · October 2012

At mine they let you choose; I will be sending LO to the nursery at night except for feedings and maybe for an hour or 2 during the day so I can get some rest

Kay1029 · October 2012

LO will stay in the room with us unless there is complication

bandgeek08 · October 2012

LO will not be with me the entire time. I know I'll need all the sleep I can get, so the nurses will be in charge of overnight changes/ bringing her in to eat,

I was all for rooming-in last time, but after being in labor for 30 hrs ending in a c-section, I was tired and needed to sleep. Plus I was on pain medication for the c/s and I couldn't hear the baby crying, let alone get out of bed by myself that first two nights to get him. It was just easier and I was much more alert during the day.

landosmommy · October 2012

I did not want DS to go anywhere once I had him. I even freaked out in the middle of the night when the nurse said she needed to take him for a little bit to run some tests. She took a LONG time, and I ended up pushing the call nurse button because I did not like that my son was gone for so long. They brought him back to me. But I don't like him going anywhere without me or DH. So, to answer your question, no, LO won't be going to the nursery.

JennV514 · October 2012

Nursery at night.

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