I'm due baby 2 in August and I'm worried that I'll be in hospital for an extended amount of time after giving birth and won't be able to see my 3year old daughter - does anyone have any experience of this?
I'm based in Scotland and I see they've announced today that one person can visit however it's just made me realise that whilst my other half can visit me I may be without my daughter - it's made me so emotional.
With my 3yo. her blood type was different to mine so she ended up Jaundice on day 2 and had to go onto the billi bed with regular blood tests for a few days - we were in hospital until day 5. When I initially mentioned it to the consultant this time around she said there is nothing to say it will definitely happen again this time around so we will have to wait and see - essentially it's just a waiting game after baby 2 arrives.
I can't bare the thought of me being in hospital with baby 2 whilst my toddler is at home without her mummy. She's only 3 and I've never been apart from her for more than 2 nights. I really didn't think about it much before now I just assumed by August that things would be back to normal-ish as regards visitors.
I could be sick thinking about it now.
Has anyone else had to stay longer in hosp with other kids at home? How did you get on?
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Potential hospital stay - toddler can't visit
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floralf · 30/06/2020 18:46
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