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Baby wrap in hospital bag?

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Shadycurtain · 23/03/2023 23:19

Hi, I’ll be having an elective section next week. So you think it would be mad to pack a soft baby wrap carrier, to strap baby to me while in hospital? Thinking it could be handy as DH cannot stay so I’ll be on my own with baby? Maybe handy for when i need loo? Or is this a stupid/dangerous idea?

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dollypartin · 23/03/2023 23:21

Absolutely crazy!

dollypartin · 23/03/2023 23:22

You won't be able to walk, barely strap a baby to you. It will be warm and snug and safe in its bed so don't worry. And midwives there to help you xx

NeverMindTryAgain · 23/03/2023 23:23

Congrats 😍 I wonder if getting a wrap tied immediately post section might be a bit of a pain?
Look up the seraphine skin to skin tops. I had mine just tucked in there and held with one hand. I will admit to pottering about like this but naturally the safest thing to do is stick them in the Wheely cot like the midwives kept telling me 😁

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Shadycurtain · 23/03/2023 23:27

Our hospital is quite short staffed so unfortunately can’t rely on someone coming to help when call bell is pressed. Last time I waited over 30 mins and no one came, then burst my stitches picking up baby 😬

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FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 23/03/2023 23:31

You'll struggle with the movements needed to actually wrap it around yourself I think. The plastic cribs have wheels so you can up just push baby around if you need to. That's what I did when I needed to go to the loo or to the ward kitchen to make breakfast/drinks. I didn't have a c-section but was hobbling from stitches for a 2nd degree tear.

By the way if they ask if you want pain relief, the pain killer suppositories are the bomb!! Really undignified sticking a big tablet up your bum but they are astoundingly effective, I had one straight after giving birth and didn't feel pain at all for hours. Then when I was on the ward with gallstones and following emergency removal there was a woman who was in agony even on morphine, I suggested she ask for one of the suppositories and she was up wandering the ward within about half an hour. Fab stuff!

RhubarbFairy · 23/03/2023 23:36

Is this your first baby? The plastic fish tank like cots all have wheels on, and it's standard to just push baby around in them everywhere you go on the ward.

I had one emergency and one elective section and a babywore almost from birth until preschool age.
You won't be able to wrap immediately post section. I think I wrapped from about 4 weeks with DS1 (EMCS) and I had a Close Caboo with DS2 (ELCS) and wore from about 2 weeks as it sat much higher up.

Kcheey · 23/03/2023 23:38

I’m not sure where you live but I’m in London. I had C-section a few weeks ago and I was discharged from hospital less then 24 hours afterwards. Thinking a wrap would be pointless, you will struggle to walk yourself and I don’t believe, here they would allow you to walk around with your baby. They normally have to stay in there cot and your not allowed to even walk off the ward holding them. Plus don’t think you would want to go for a wee, especially while bleeding and struggling to get up and off the toilet with a baby strapped to you.

Garman · 23/03/2023 23:40

I brought ring sling to hospital for after csections, very useful. Can’t see why it’s crazy or any other ridiculous answers, you’ll be up and about the next day at the latest.

ThatsMsAtomicBob · 24/03/2023 00:21

I used a wrap from about two days post section in the hospital. It was fine, but you'll know yourself once you try if if it will be too sore for you.

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Shadycurtain · 24/03/2023 04:49

Thanks for the replies. Might try those suppository pain killers haha! They sound good!

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Nosleeptheo · 24/03/2023 05:25

Not sure if they will let you tbh, I had a v birth no stitches and wasn't allowed to carry my dc in the hallway bit to go and get some water. I had to out his I'm the cot they provide. Which after a c section it may help keep you steady. Hope everything goes well for you, I would also keep up on pain killers even if your not sore for at least a few days.

Caspianberg · 24/03/2023 05:33

I used the ergo embrace to carry Ds out the hospital at 2 days old. It was peak Covid first lockdown, and dh wasn’t allowed back in the hospital after birth. So I had to carry baby and luggage out myself. Was far easier than carrying heavy car seat and bags. Plus they took about an hour to discharge so I was at desk walking up and down with baby just waiting to go.

Used the ergo embrace every day after we got home also from that day. It’s a soft sling from newborn, but has two clips for easier fitting rather than full on wrap

shakeitoffsis · 24/03/2023 06:37

Absolutely not

Blip · 24/03/2023 06:59

Why would you need to take the baby with you if you need the loo?
I would just leave the baby in the crib by the bed for five minutes.

iknowimcoming · 24/03/2023 07:17

Blip · 24/03/2023 06:59

Why would you need to take the baby with you if you need the loo?
I would just leave the baby in the crib by the bed for five minutes.

My dc are in their 20s but I remember having to take turns with the woman in the opposite bed to keep an eye on each others babies as we weren't supposed to leave them alone ever!

shakeitoffsis · 24/03/2023 07:19

@Blip totally agree with you. I was in for 5 days and left the baby multiple times a day, to get her formula from the fridge on the day room, get my own lunch, take a shower etc.

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Shadycurtain · 24/03/2023 07:36

Not allowed to leave baby on ward alone. A perhaps they are worried about babies being snatched? Not sure. Tbh I wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving baby anyway.

thanks guys will try wheeling in the cot.

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ghostbusters · 24/03/2023 07:43

Have your wrap handy at home for your DH to bring in if you feel up to trying it. If you can get the wrap on, it's not a mad idea. Baby will still be squished up in a ball and should be up on your chest in a wrap (you should be able to miss the top baby's head) rather than down near your wound. Then you'll have both hands free for eating!

Wrongsideofpennines · 24/03/2023 07:44

Those cots are bloody heavy. Mine had cupboards under it where obviously I put all my baby's clothes and nappies and crap. I could barely pull it 6" closer to the bed never mind steer it into a toilet cubicle with me.

Coffeeandcrocs · 24/03/2023 07:51

I'd double check the loo thing, when I was innfor 8 days after DS was born via EMCS under general, I'd nip to the loo and no one batted an eyelid. Other option is asking for a private room.

They try to discharge within 24 hours with a section now too!

handslikebirds · 24/03/2023 08:07

We wheeled in cot but also took the pram in and wheeled about in that when going off the ward but that was when baby was a little older as we were in hospital a long time

Whiskeypowers · 24/03/2023 08:23

two different hospitals with my three and neither ward allowed you to carry your newborn baby around.

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Shadycurtain · 24/03/2023 13:28

Seems like all hospitals have different rules. I remember with my 1st, another mum got in trouble for leaning her baby, hence why I think here they don’t let you leave baby alone. Will try wheeling the cot and if that doesn’t work will have a think about what to do. I don’t fancy leaving baby alone, I know the risk of being snatched is tiny but I’ll be hormonal and worried.

really hate having a catheter in so want it out ASAP!!

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