Anyone thinking of doing this? I had my girlfriends over tonight and the 3 who've been pregnant said champagne after delivery is a must. They did it after the doctors and nurses left and said it helped their milk come in.
I like the idea but at the same time I would feel like a teenager hiding liquor from my parents, as I'm sure if a doctor or nurse caught us it wouldn't go over well.
Wdyt?
Re: Champagne after delivery
The hospital I'm delivering at gives you a celebration dinner that is really nice and they give you a bottle of champagne to celebrate with. So I don't have to worry about it :]
DH will likely have a bottle & glasses on hand, but when we open it depends on how I feel post delivery, etc.... He's also supposed to have send out for a platter of my favorite nigiri & sashimi immediately - heavy on the tuna...
Our hospital does a lobster & filet dinner w/champagne for the parents the last night in the hospital, so I guess they feel champagne is somewhat acceptable at that point. Perhaps the lactation consultant will also teach me proper pump & dump technique. ha!
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This! We got an awesome steak dinner with champagne. Now if only MIL got the hint to get the fluck out so we could enjoy our special dinner privately that would have been great. But she dragged her feet so much that we finished eating and she said "well since your done I can stay longer". But DH kicked out quite rudely, he was pissed.
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This. I think I had a few sips.
I totally thought I'd want a glass of champagne and a brownie after I gave birth the first time around (I had GD). I didn't, at all. I mostly just wanted FOOD, and since it was after-hours, all I got was a couple packets of graham crackers. But, man oh man, those were the best graham crackers ever in the entire world.
I think dark beer helps with milk production.
Although when my youngest was born April 2012, we got home from the hospital around 7pm. We put our older two girls to bed and my aunt and uncle came over so H and I sat out in our front porch with them and had a celebratory beer. I could only manage half but it was wonderful.
ETA. I have no problem with it if the hospital allows it but I know the one in my city doesn't. I would side eye the teenager like sneaking not the want of said drink.
I say if it sounds appealing to you bring it... You can always not open it if you feel ill.
I was born at four in the morning on New Year's Eve. My mom had gone into labor early in the evening of December 30th, so it had been a long and arduous process to get me into the world. After I was born, my Dad went home, took a shower, got changed and came back, bringing with him a bottle of champagne for that evening. He asked the nurse if it was ok. She was incredulous that he would even bother to ask for permission, basically giving him a look like, "if your wife wants it after what she went through, why are you even asking? Just give the lady what she wants." They shared the bottle with the other couple that had delivered earlier in the day.
I've known this story since I was little. DH always buys me a bottle of good champagne for my b-day. I saved the one from this year for the day I give birth, probably because I know what happened on my bday.