Question for those who've had to stay in hospital after birth

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Baby due in over a week. So anytime now.

Due to being Strep B postive I've been told I will have to stay in 48 hours post birth.

I know it sounds silly, but I'm stressing already about the idea of having to leave the baby in a ward full of other people to do things like go to the loo and shower etc.

DH isn't allowed to stay on the ward overnight. I'm so dreading it.

Do people generally ask a midwife to watch the baby when they have to leave the bed?

You can leave the baby in the cubicle, it's fine. I asked the mum opposite to keep an eye for me and did the same for her

Hospital cots wheel along so space allowing you could take them in with you if you wanted.

DS was in for a while but only a couple of days on ward and I'd leave him with a nurse to supervise. We had a private room at one point and I'd just shower with the door ajar.

I stayed in with Ds for three weeks. In the beginning I wheeled him with me but after that I either gave him to a member of staff if I was quiet or left him for a few minutes. Tbf though the staff were keen to have Ds as he was poorly

I am dreading this too. With DC1 I had a private room and only left her to use the toilet. Anything else would have to wait until a midwife was free or DH was with me. In our hospital we have to get our own breakfast from a day room. I refused to leave DD and went without breakfast. Most mothers were quite happy to leave their babies sleeping to get breakfast.

Dreading a stay again this time around

Hi, I just pushed the cot in to the bathroom with me. Also it's nice to have midwives around who can help. I found it quite a positive experience really!

We had wheely cots so you could take baby with you everywhere, and were expected to do so. I got told off for leaving DS sleeping in the cubicle whilst I had a very quick shower. Ridiculous considering the security on the ward which meant that I couldn't leave, let alone someone with a baby in tow. Everyone pushed the cots up to the day room to have breakfast. It was quite sociable and got me away from the irritating woman in my bay.

I had to stay in for 4 days due to a combination of DS needing extra observations and my recovery from EMCS.

I was on a postnatal ward of 6 mothers. The times that my DH wasn't with me I did a few diff things If i needed the loo or to leave for a few mins. If it was quiet or DS was sleeping/peaceful, I'd leave him in the cot and draw the curtain round my bed. Sometimes I would ask other women to keep an eye on him as we were all in for days and got quite friendly. Otherwise I would ask the midwife to hold him. They were always happy to hold babies and carry on writing their notes- I suppose it makes their admin less full if they can cuddle a cute squishy newborn at the same time!

Best of luck with the birth and your hospital stay!