To think an overnight stay in hospital after childbirth is standard?

[MaisyN]

I had a planned c-section at 1pm, was walking around by 9pm, and discharged the following day at 5pm.

Friend thinks this is unusually quick, even for a straightforward birth.

YABU it’s weirdly fast
YANBU it’s pretty normal

My baby was born at 1.30am and they ok'd us for discharge at 5am. Why stay unnecessarily where the chance of catching infections increases when you could go home...

Can’t really vote because it must vary so much.

I think it’s within the normal range but that said I didn’t have a CS.

A C-section is major abdominal surgery (even if planned), so, yes, I'd call that very quick.

It’s normal for nowadays but fast for a first time mum as not long enough to help establish BFing.

I think c-section is a bit different but for a straightforward vaginal delivery you are usually send packing within a few hours of birth and don't spend the night there.

I had overnight stays with both my babies as I needed iv antibiotics
But some mothers get discharged hours after giving birth.

I had a C section with baby born 8.30pm and the next morning the dr came and said I could probably be discharged later that day so would have been less than 24hours later! In the end my BP went out of range so I had to stay another night.

My hospital if all is well sends you home the next day after C section as standard

For VB I would agree, for a CS I think it is very quick. (I had 4 nights with a C/S 15 years ago)

Overnight is common for all births but when born early in the day not always the case, for c sections 1-2 nights is normal depending on time of birth and healing

In many other counties mum and baby stay for a few days. Helps to recover, to establish breastfeeding. I had a horrible time to get to grips with BF with DC1 and would have really benefitted from an extra night or two. Instead I as send home, my nipples were bloody by day 3-4, I developed a horrible mastitis which needed 3 round of antibiotics to clear. Not everyone is ready to just swan off. also, not everyone has a great support network.

An overnight stay is pretty standard I think but after a C section most people I know were kept 2-3 nights.

I've always been out in less than 24 hours but had very quick straight forward births
DS was pretty much 24 hours from when I walked in the hospital - born just after 5pm, left just before 5pm the next day. The only delay was waiting on paperwork to be discharged.
DD was quicker. Born just before 5.30pm (less than 10 mins after arriving at the hospital). I was out the birth centre and into postnatal in just over an hour and a half. Discharged from postnatal about 1pm the next day - only delay was waiting for visiting hours to be picked up (hospital was still in lock down procedures). I could have left at 9am if they would have left DH in to collect us.

It's normal for NHS, I think it's too quick but no one wants to stay in a hot noisy ward postpartum. I went private for all my births and stayed for 3 nights and felt better for it

I was gagging to get out by this stage after both my c sections.

The post partum ward is akin to hell and not somewhere I'd want to spend a second longer than needed

I was in for about 30 hours each time but I wanted to go home a good 10 hours before this, they just couldn't find the staff to discharge us

It very much depends. If mum and baby are healthy and happy even after a csection then why wouldn’t you go home as quickly as you can? Most things like check ups etc can be done at home.

If there’s a need (within which I include establishing feeding) then of course the stay should be longer but IMO most hospitals are not a brilliant environment for mums and newborns anyway. Too hot, noisy and bright and too many annoying people dads about shouting on phones and behaving like arses.

I had a waterbirth with 2nd at a birthing centre. I was the only patient that day 😅 me and DD were home 3 hours after giving birth

With my 3rd I gave birth in hospital, stayed overnight and was home the next day

DD born 4am - we were cleared for discharge and midday

Is it? I've had 3 straightforward vaginal births and did not stay overnight for any of them. Latest was born around noon; we left by 5pm for each (not us wanting to leave, the hospital encouraging us)

Son was born 08.30, I was in my own house before 13:00 and thats including the journey home.

Yeah, I had a CS in Spain and was in 4 days plus an extra one because my daughter wasn´t going to be released until day 5 and the doctors wrangled it so we could be together (she was in ICU and we lived more than a hour away). I don´t know anyone kicked out the same day, they all stay until the next day in normal VB with no other circs.

Did you have a CS?

I was in for 3 days after C section and still wasn't helped to establish bf. Baby didn't feed properly the whole time I was in and no-one helped just said she'd feed when hungry. There was no benefit from being kept in it was just delayed by not getting paperwork done for the discharge.
The midwife that visited at home couldn't believe it when I said nothing was done while in hospital.

I had planned c section in the afternoon and was discharged first thing following morning

i I had emergency c section sand had 2 night stay in hospital

My 2nd elective section, baby was born at 9.30am and by 10am the following day I was discharged so just over 24 hours and it was fine. First was EMCS and was in for closer to 48 hours and going crazy being stuck in there.

I was in for a week because ds was 6 weeks early there were feeding issues and jaundice. The lady (or one of!) next to me came in in the morning had her C section and was gone before dinner time. With no issues I think yours sounds usual

They tried to discharge me the same day as my c section. I was having none of it.