I'm currently looking into my birthing options. I don't want a home birth as it is my first pregnancy and my mum had 2 complicated labours leading to c-section. I want to ensure I have specialist medical care and hospital facilities if me or baby require it. However everytime I read about pros and cons of hospital birth, people say the food is horrible and it's difficult to get a wink of sleep and they miss their home comforts. It makes me wonder, if everything goes smoothly, can I not just say "OK I've had the baby, me and baby are OK, I'm going home now". Or do I HAVE to stay the night/a couple of nights? Not too fussed about horrible food as I'm sure I can just have cafe food if necessary, but I do like the idea of spending the first night with baby at home with my fiancé...
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Birth in hospital - do I have to stay at the hospital?
PregnantAndEngaged · 04/01/2015 13:33
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