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How long before you were sent home after having your DCs?

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GettingObsessive · 03/03/2013 10:30

I was reading the thread yesterday about timing your birth correctly so as to avoid a MW change of shift (I do realise this is impossible, before you all start ) but I was shocked by how quickly some of the posters were ejected and sent home. Like, birth at 05:30, home by 9

Can you tell I'm expecting my first

How long were you in after giving birth?

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Numberlock · 03/03/2013 10:32

I couldn't wait to get home so that would have been perfect for me.

I had a section with the first (twins) so was in about a week and a sickness bug with the third so a couple of nights.

But hopefully you will get to stay until you feel ready to go home.

OneHundredSecondsofSolitude · 03/03/2013 10:38

6 hours is the standard I believe if all has gone smoothly. Although with both of mine they waited until they'd had two good feeds. Even if that meant pressuring and harassing me to give them formula

shushpenfold · 03/03/2013 10:40

With the first 5 days because I was having trouble with BF. Second one - 36 hours because there was meconium in my waters. Third one, 6 hours on the dot.....I was champing at the bit to be let out!!!

diamondee · 03/03/2013 10:45

I had ds2 at 10.30pm, they wanted dh to collect us at 4.30 am to go home. Woke us up at 2.30am to do checks etc so we could leave as soon as he came. He got there at 6am and we were home by 6.30am.
If I ever have another I'd like a homebirth. The midwives were great when I was in labour but I felt in the way after, I was left in the room I'd given birth in overnight and it wasn't cleaned (blood on floor I cleaned up myself) ds was born covered in miconium (sp?) and I'd to clean him up as best I could with a wipe.

Rikalaily · 03/03/2013 10:45

With my first I was in for 6 days (he was prem), second 2 days, third was born at 3am and I was out at 11am, fourth was born at 8.30am and I was home by 11am.

diamondee · 03/03/2013 10:46

Sorry I didn't mean to let go like that, it's a touchy subject for me.
I'm sure your experience will be a lot better x

GozerTheGozerian · 03/03/2013 10:48

Had DS at 11.30pm; out by 3am. He was my first. Way too early but they couldn't wait to discharge me as they were so busy.

MikeLitoris · 03/03/2013 10:52

Ds was born at 3.30pm stayed in until 10am next morning.

Dd1 was born at 3.20am and we stayed in 48 hours (mec in waters)

Dd2 born at 3.40am and again stayed in for 48 hours. She had feeding issues and i opted to stay so I could spend ad much time as poss in bed with her feeding.

All times I was told I could stay as long as I wanted to so I made the most of the peace and quiet.

Eskino · 03/03/2013 10:55

I had a c-section last time so i should have been in for 48 hours (born weds am, out fri am) but I had some redness and swelling at the wound site on Friday morning so they stuck me on antibiotics and made us stay another night. We came out on the Saturday at lunchtime.

Every birth is different.

insancerre · 03/03/2013 10:55

Ds was born in 1989 and the normal stay was 5 days. Longer if you had had a c section
DD was born in 1996 and I could choose how long I wanted to stay. I opted for 1 night ended up staying 2.
How times have changed

MissyMooandherBeaverofSteel · 03/03/2013 10:55

The longest was 2 weeks, the shortest was 5 hours.

dashoflime · 03/03/2013 10:57

I was in for 5 days. Ds was in for 14 in special care

PeppaFuckingPig · 03/03/2013 10:57

DD born early afternoon on the Monday. Discharged Wednesday afternoon.
I'd been in the hospital since the Friday morning so was champing at the bit to get out.

ShowOfHands · 03/03/2013 10:58

I have had two emcs. They were pushing me out the door after 12 hours first time round, discharge papers signed while I still had a catheter in and dd hadn't yet latched on. They needed the bloody bed. Second emcs and I was in for 2 nights. Much better experience. Brand new ward, staff who had all had mandatory bfing training and lovely, lovely midwives.

gardenpixie32 · 03/03/2013 13:07

EMCS and I was in for 5 days and my twins in NICU & SCBU for 2 weeks.

Svrider · 03/03/2013 13:19

It depends on lots of variables op.
Your type of birth, how you and the baby are, support at home and yes whether your bed us needed for someone higher risk
IME it's been more a case of me asking (pestering) to go home rather than been "kicked out before I was ready
Good luck

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GettingObsessive · 03/03/2013 15:18

Thanks all. I can imagine that a busy, noisy postnatal ward is not the most restful of places to recover, so it's good to know that the stay could be as long (or short) as you need.

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ilovepowerhoop · 03/03/2013 15:26

5 days with dd - she needed phototherapy for jaundice. 3 days with ds as he had a suspected heart murmur.

Radiator1234 · 03/03/2013 15:29

I think it depends on many factors....type of birth, health of you/ child, whether there is space, yours/hospital choice etc. personally I gave birth ( all "normal" and a healthy baby) at 11pm on Friday night. I was in the delivery ward being stitched/napping/ midwifed writing notes etc until 5 or 6 am when I was transferred to the labour ward. They said they would have happily sent me home that day but I wanted to stay and when they looked down below I was quite injured (!)so said they'd happily keep me in overnight to check I was ok. I left on the Sunday afternoon. Sure if I'd have wanted to leaver earlier I could have done though. I was on a ward with 5 other women some pre labour, some post. Food was rank, nurse/midwife service wasn't particularly speedy on the ward, but hey I guess my expectations must have been low in the first place because it suited me fine at the time and I was glad to have stayed.

I am expecting DD2 and going to a different hospital as I have moved now. mws are leading me to believe that assuming I have a normal birth and eveything is fine then I will be sent home within a few hours. Indeed for most women I know who have had their babies at this hospital that has been the case. Good luck :-)

ThedementedPenguin · 03/03/2013 15:33

I was induced, went in Thursday morning, ds born at 10.03pm Friday night, went home around 4ish on Sunday, they wouldn't let me leave on Saturday even though I begged as they said I would need help that night from Mw and I would have no help at home.

I didn't see a Mw all night even though ds screamed for hours. I refused to stay any longer as they weren't sure about letting me go home on the Sunday.

For my next I will be going home as soon as I can.

NoTeaForMe · 03/03/2013 16:06

I understand I suppose about being out quite quickly and not staying in long if all is well, however, I am shocked and horrified that people were made to leave in the middle of the night/early hours of the morning. Can you not ask to stay until a more reasonable time?

This is my second by the way, but I had to stay in for 2 days with my first due to GBS.

sausagesandwich34 · 03/03/2013 16:18

Dd1 I had a temp so they kept us in for 36 hours

Dd2 was born 5.20am told at 9am we could go as soon as the paediatrician had been which because it was Sunday wasn't until 6pm gah!

I am shocked at people being sent home in the middle of the night though!

laurieleigh · 03/03/2013 20:22

DD (my first) was born in local midwife led unit. went in at 10pm, she was born at 1.30am and we were back home by 4am!
3 days later i was back at another local midwife unit due to anxiety/panic attacks due majorly, i feel, to being booted off home in the middle of the night with a newborn and no real idea what to do with her!

AllBellyandBoobs · 03/03/2013 20:29

Dd born at 4.30am, I left the hospital at 4.30pm after all checks had been done. I had the option to stay the night but wanted to be home. With hindsight it might have been better to stay so at least dh could have had a good night's sleep and been better prepared for what was coming :)

lemontwist · 03/03/2013 20:33

DS1 about a day and a half. He was born at 5.30am and they expected me to be home that morning but then decided to monitor him for a bit.
DS2 was born at 4.30 am and was snuggled up at home by 9.30 am (half an hours drive away). It would have been sooner but had to ring my dad to bring the car seat (unprepared as went into labour at DH's work christmas do!). It was fab being home so early as I'd hated staying in with DS1 and got no rest.

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