One day old baby in pub

Who said she was in early labour

That sounds lovely. Was always freezing and lashing rain in the days after having mine!

To be fair I prefer this approach than the newer MN approach if not letting anyone else see you or baby for a few weeks.

Don't say you weren't judging her cause you absolutely were. People who aren't judging dont make posts on mumsnet asking for pub opinion on other people's business. Fix up.

I've had a 3rd borderline 4th degree tear which involved going to surgery to be stitched up. Did the school run two days later with 4 year old, 2 year old and newborn.

Not saying that as a 'look how amazing I am' thing, but because some of us do bounce back fast. After all my births, I felt absolutely fine and was up with makeup, dressed and out almost immediately. Other thsn the usual tiredness you'd expect with a newborn, I felt absolutely normal and back to normal life pretty much the second they were out.

Everyone recovers differently. One of my friends had a very normal birth and felt like she'd been hit by a truck. That as absolutely valid that she wanted to cocoon herself away,but don't judge anyone for wanting to be back to normal if they feel like it.

As if 😅

Dd is 23y. Advice was baby could be out and about as soon as I felt able.

I was out and about the next day with both of mine, dd1 got loads of silver put in her pram in our local! If she's feeling up to it, why not? We all recover from the birth differently, xh was straight back to work as no paternity leave, I wanted to show new baby off

I know OP, I had my one and only child 48 years ago. I could've no more been down the pub the next day than fly round the moon. I spent a week in a convalescent home run by nuns! I was really bashed up and I was only 19, so normally very healthy. It knocked me for six and I lost a lot of blood. We're all different.

we took dd to a pub for her first outing. She’d have been 5 or 6 days old. Was with family. It was a pub that is mainly used for eating rather than a boozer type joint.
It was very close to home, closest dining venue, and we knew it would be fine. It was..

Surely the fact that it was quite obviously, as you say, not for social media then would make you wonder whether it would be now? Lots of things people declare to be ‘just to post on social media’ are nothing of the sort. Because someone puts something on their socials doesn’t mean they only did it so they could do that.

Be happy for the new mother and mind your business.

I took my 18-hour old baby to the supermarket! DC wasn’t my first, but I had had a fantastic birth compared with some of the others and was completely buoyed up by feeling so great after birth.

Of course, the fatigue kicked in about 48 hours after that, but the point is, every birth experience is different, so if she wants to eat out, why not?

Not something I would do, no, but each to their own. Obviously there are situations you have no choice in, but we are all different. I'm not a pub fan to begin with though.

All these people saying to shield and not leave the house for six weeks... thats some PFB shit.

Whose going to look after the other kids while you refuse to let baby leave the house for no good reason?

I had school runs, Dr appointments for my kid, nursery meetings etc... the same week I gave birth, life doesn't magically stop just because you had a baby.

Her life, her baby, her choice.

I would’ve loved to have felt well enough to do that the day after so fair play to her I say.

My ds and I went out to a restaurant the day I was discharged. He was 5 days old - I’d had a Emcs and was kept in and it was abroad. Last day my family were there.

what will probably horrify you more (or MN in general 😂) is that I don’t think I saw him the whole meal. The owners showed him off and took him upstairs to their flat whilst I ate!

This just feels so contrived and attention seeking even, to me. I have a relative who would do something like this just to put the photos on social media as in “Look at how chilled I am, in early labour in a pub.” I know it wouldn’t have been about this then though - and each to their own!

I think it's fine, as pp say, pubs aren't smoky like they used to be. I would be impressed she was up and about so quickly, and probably wanted some normality and to show the baby off. It does sound like she's doing well, feeling ok and hopefully recovering well.

I was in hospital for a few days with both births, but then started going out soon after for short walks etc. It wouldn't be my choice to go somewhere public as I felt really broken and not up to looking presentable for at least a week.

My first two had complex births and we where in hospitals and NICUs for weeks.

My last was discharged the next morning... damn fucking sure I was out and about enjoying freedom and my new baby, stolling around and doing shopping. It was magical, why on earth would you not?

Being stuck in hospital on bed rest, in pain and unable to hold your baby is fucking awful, I would wish that coup up miserable torture on no one. Its not something to be idolised or falsely replicated unnecessarily.

I once worked in a pub. We had a couple arrive on their way to the hospital one lunchtime, and the same couple stop in on their way home in the evening with the new baby (same day) so the wife could have half a Guinness to keep her iron up.

It was the 80s. Life was different then 😬

This was Greece!

I took DS to see his siters Nativity play when he was round 8 hours old.
DD's keyworker grabbed him and I didn't see him for the next hour 😁

It's no longer recommended to keep baby at home for weeks and weeks.

Baby No 2 was going to playgroups on Day 4 because I wanted his 22 month old brother to keep his morning social routine as normal as possible. We were all fine... people brought me cups of tea and chatted with me at the different daily morning groups, lovely.

Everyone is different.