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Plans for little ones during labor/ hospital stay?

SarahAnne1101SarahAnne1101 member
in October 2015 Moms
What are you all planning for your little ones when you go into labor and for the time you are in the hospital? Who is keeping them, bringing them to visit at the hospital etc?
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  • smlowe9311smlowe9311 member
    My parents (not sure which one it will be) will be watching her-hopefully at our house (but again not sure which) and bring in her by the hospital to meet her sister. I want them to meet on "neutral" territory at Iftar so to speak so dd1 doesn't feel threatened by dd2. We'll see how it all plays out...
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  • CupcakesandquiltsCupcakesandquilts member
    We have a family wedding in another state around that time, so if my mom and sis are out of town, our next door neighbor is our back up plan. I'm not sure at all how it's going to go down!
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  • mandy903mandy903 member
    My mom and dad will keep my two older ones and take them to and from school while I'm at the hospital. I'm hoping to only stay 24 hours as long as everything goes smoothly. I have some anxiety about leaving them with school going on..
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  • laceyjaeplaceyjaep member
    My wonderful in-laws. They live 10 minutes from us and 5 minutes from my hospital.
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  • bbiutmcphbbiutmcph member
    My parents will take the boys out for breakfast the morning of my c-section.  THey will then all come to the hospital once I am in my room and settled to meet their sister.  THey will likely stay for a little bit then DH will take them home.  ALthough they will visit me everyday I am there, hoping only two nights, they will be off doing "big boy" things with their Dad which they are looking forward to plus DH has to keep DS1 on his schedule with 1st grade and all that fun.  I'm looking forward to it basically just being me at the hospital to get back into the swing of things of an infant before coming home to chaos. 


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  • batmom05batmom05 member
    When my oldest was born, we lived with my parents for a while. When we moved out, they kept my son's room and toys for him there. He usually stays there when I have to travel for work (since hubby works overnight) and stayed with them for 2 weeks while hubby and I went on our honeymoon. Since he goes to school in their town and my stepmom and I work for the same company, they are willing to give her the flexibility in her schedule since they can easily cross reference it with mine. With all that in mind, he'll be staying with my parents the first week. It's just easier since he has his own room and they can so easily work around school schedules.

    We have also arranged with one of the moms in cub scouts to pick him up before meetings and drop him off so that he can still get to his after school activities.

    The trouble we are having now is determining what will happen if I need to go in over night. To drop him to my parents and double back to the hospital it could easily take us 2 hours if I have to wait for hubby to come home from work first. We are still trying to work out the details there, but haven't cemented anything yet.
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  • NukkeNukke member
    We're leaving our little one with a friend in the city.  We'll pick her up when I'm discharged from the hospital.

    OR, depending on when I go into labour, we may just drop her off at daycare. 
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  • spnobbespnobbe member
    My Mil is watching dd and bringing her to the hospital to meet her little brother. She will be staying at our house since I will probably have to stay at least two days.
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  • MamaOwl15MamaOwl15 member
    My inlaws have graciously offered to watch DS while I'm in the hospital giving birth. They live 2.5 hours away but they plan to book a hotel room for a couple nights, and have said if it's longer than a couple days they'll bring DS back to their house.

    I still have to figure out the logistics and we have to decide how much time DH will be taking off from work (I don't think we can really afford for him to be off more than a day or two).

    Also, as much as DS loves visiting Nana and Papa, he's never spent more than 24 hours away from home/me. I don't want to traumatize him, though he might be having so much fun with their big back yard and a dog and a cousin (possibly, depending on my BIL/SIL's schedules) to play with . . . He might not even be that worried about 2-3 days away from mommy.

    Then there's the question of who goes to get him/bring him back? My MIL would probably do it, but I don't want to impose . . .

    I still haven't decided if I am going to try for a VBAC or have a RCS, and I know that could affect my time in the hospital.

    This would all be so much easier if we lived closer to my ILs like we did when DS was born.

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  • komorebikomorebi member
    I'm hoping for a night baby so the kids can just sleep and then when the mom's come to help the next day they can let me rest.

    If it's daytime weekday, my sister will come get the girls. Weekend my sil.

    My 4 year old wants to be there. If the birth is like last time i wouldn't mind, but her birth was very rough and i don't want them to be scared of what I'm going through.
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  • komorebikomorebi member
    @MamaOwl15 I'm sure she won't mind, plus a chance to see the baby. ..incentives!

    I'll be half an hour away from my mom at our new place vs 1.5 hours currently. I can't wait to be closer.
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