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Most comfortable thing to sleep on on hospital floor

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arlequin · 14/08/2023 23:03

I am hoping for a private room post birth and if so would really like DH to stay with me overnight (it's allowed). He's a terrible sleeper and so I wanted to find the most comfortable possible sleeping mat/air bed he could have. Could be 2-3 nights as I'm having a section.

Any thoughts on best bed to get?

Many thanks!

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MBailey99 · 14/08/2023 23:23

lovewoola · 14/08/2023 23:20

And you may not get the room, is it first come first served? mine was.

Yes, I had a room because baby was unwell and I was too (only got the room a few days later after I ended up with sepsis). You're always at risk of either no available rooms or being asked to move. Someone else kicked up a massive fuss because they were kicked out of the room so I could use it. Was horrible.

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arlequin · 14/08/2023 23:24

Hear what you're saying about the private room. Hoping it'll be ok - think they have quite a few. I'll ask a midwife friend who works there.
Thanks for all the bed recommendations, will look into them!

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LittleRebelGirl · 14/08/2023 23:24

There won't be space for anything like this. It won't be allowed in hospital as it would be a h&s risk. If you are unsure, ring the hospital and ask.
Fold out chairs are potentially avaliable. Just bring a pillow and light blanket for him.

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LouLou198 · 14/08/2023 23:27

arlequin · 14/08/2023 23:18

@LouLou198 it's NHS but they have private rooms you can pay a bit extra for and partners can stay 24 hours in all parts.

Well in that case I would check before purchasing, they may well have those fold up beds like they have in paediatrics.
Hopefully you will get the room, it sounds like things have improved in the last few years, this would have been of great benefit to me. I am still traumatised by the post natal "care" I received,

lovewoola · 14/08/2023 23:27

Good luck!

lovewoola · 14/08/2023 23:27

for the birth that is

Moveoverdarlin · 14/08/2023 23:28

Personally I think he’d be more use to you properly rested than sleeping on a hospital floor. Let him go home at 9pm, sleep well and come back for 9am. With my second I had a section at 4pm and was home by 2pm the next day. I can imagine he’d very much be in the way lying on the floor.

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 14/08/2023 23:36

Nevermay · 14/08/2023 23:09

wont the hospital have camp beds? if fathers are allowed to stay

Not always.

We were in for 3 weeks post delivery of our twins and, for various reasons, my husband stayed most of the time. He was given a mattress on the floor in our cubicle (the hospital generally has reclining chairs for relatives who have to stay; on a couple of wards they have z-beds) but my stepson was left with just the normal bedside chair to sleep on when his partner had their son on the same ward at the same time as we were in.

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arlequin · 14/08/2023 23:38

I've just had a google and there have definitely been dads staying over on camping mats on the floor at this specific hospital so hopefully fine

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ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 14/08/2023 23:48

There's a whole load of advice online about how best to sleep in a chair if he has to. He'll be fine. Try not to worry.

Believeinmarmite · 14/08/2023 23:52

No way would we allow a bed like that or anyone sleeping on the floor in the hospital I work at, it would be a hazard. We need to be able to get round the bed in an emergency. It would the chair only I'm afraid

6WeekCountdown · 14/08/2023 23:59

He'll be far more useful if he can go home and eat, sleep, shower and then come back in the day, staff are there to help outside of this.

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arlequin · 01/09/2023 07:22

Just to say we're here now with air bed in our private room 😊 thanks for all help everyone!

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AliceS1994 · 01/09/2023 07:27

Congratulations

PinkRoses1245 · 01/09/2023 07:29

Walkingtheplank · 14/08/2023 23:12

Why are you worrying about him when he should be worrying about you, and sorting himself out.

I dont mean to be harsh, but this time is about you and your baby. If he's staying over, he's not there to sleep, he's there to help you.

This!! If he wants to stay, he can sort himself. And all the dads I know went home to sleep. Why both be tired.

User56785 · 01/09/2023 08:08

This!! If he wants to stay, he can sort himself. And all the dads I know went home to sleep. Why both be tired.

But that's not what they want to do. They want him to stay. Regardless of what all the dads you know did. Confused

And why shouldn't she research camp beds? Presumably she was on maternity and he was at work when she wrote the post as she's since gone in to have the baby. Perhaps when he gets home she would like to spend some time with him or maybe they have other things to do.

They are a couple. Most people in healthy relationships do things to help each other. It's not a work relationship.

IrresponsiblyCertainAboutSexualDimorphism · 01/09/2023 08:23

Congratulations! Hope your DH is comfy on whatever airbed you (plural 😉) bought.

People really ought to RTWT or at least the OP’s contributions.

Iliketulips · 01/09/2023 08:51

Hope all goes well. Let us know if it's a boy or a girl!

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