How long were you in hospital for with your first child?

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I'll start this by saying I know it's going to be different for everyone depending on the type of birth they had but assuming all was well with the baby how long were you kept in for before you were allowed home?

Was chatting to my mum last night and it came up that most people I know have stayed at least overnight whereas in her day if people had their baby in the early hours they'd be out same day.

A week. No problems at all, really easy birth and baby fine. This was in the late 90's.
I hated it, and couldn't wait to go home.

Just over 24 hours. Baby and I were both fine, but as there was more than 24 hours between waters breaking and baby being born, the policy was to keep me in due to risk of infection.

Had him around 6pm. They would have let me home the same day but he was a bit cold so they kept us overnight.

8 days, that was normal in the early 70s. No husbands at the birth, let alone staying overnight !

2-3 hours

8 days. Had a few stitches, otherwise fine and a healthy 9lb baby. It was standard for a first baby at the hospital I was in (and most others I think) back in the early 70s.

Visiting was an hour in the evening, on Wednesdays and Sundays there was an afternoon visit as well. One visitor at a time, if you had other children you could only see them if you could get to the day room on Wednesday or Sunday. Baby born at 8.30 am and father got to see him at 7 pm.

Pretty much 24 hours on the dot after my emergency c section, as soon as DS’s observations were completed. I’m a midwife though so felt like I was wasting a bed really when I wasn’t unwell and could do the basics for myself at home.

Dc1 and dc2
Went home 6 hours after they were born or
10 hours after I arrived at hospital ready to have them. (Pretty quick labours)

Born at 7.17am and they said I could go home by lunchtime, I chose to stay overnight for help with breastfeeding as they offered it, at left around 3pm the following day. I really struggled to keep my eyes open that night and found the first night exhausting due to being in labour the night before, so wish I'd gone home for that reason, however the breastfeeding help was great

6 days on the Antenatal ward for monitoring and induction (stupid pre-eclampsia)
1 day on Delivery Suite
2 days Postnatal ward (to make BP was ok)

1991 - 6 weeks. Apparently that was normalish. They showed me how to wash and feed baby before they let me go home.

2002 - 16 hours.

Sorry !! Above is wrong. Was six weeks pre-birth because I was sick. Was two weeks after birth.

14 days. 🙄 emergency section at 36 weeks with complications due to partial abruption

7 nights with first DS and 3 nights with DD. I'm all for heading home to recover but I think it's worth staying in for a bit for most women. It can be a dangerous time and even though the wards are a bit crap it's a short period of time to make sure you are ok. I think some hospitals really rush women out and I also think some women don't understand how risky the time immediately after birth can be.

Baby born at 5.35pm, straightforward birth, out of hospital by 6pm next. Most of that day spent all packed/dressed sitting on the bed waiting for a doctor to complete the discharge process.

DS1- 24hrs
DS2- 12 hrs to check his blood sugars as they suspected undiagnosed gestational diabetics. All clear and sent home. He was born at 4am so home for tea.

27 hours. He arrived at 9.38am, 3 weeks early, so technically term, but was 5lbs, I was also in the delivery suite waiting for a bed for 5 hours, so I guess it was easier to keep me in for checks the next morning than to send us home to come back.

Ten days. Baby in SCBU and they couldn't get my blood pressure under control

1st: daughter was born mid morning. They wanted to stay overnight and I left as early as I was allowed the next day.

2nd: home birth.

Both late 1990s.

Baby born at 7pm, no complications, they allowed us to stay overnight and did all the newborn tests the next morning, so we were out by about 1pm the next day. Ca 18h...

Born at 6.21, we left at about 11.30pm. Vaginal with forceps. I was desperate to go home, there was a heatwave and it was hotter than the sun. DD had been discharged at about 4pm but it took them all that time to discharge me, I was practically crying when they finally got around to me!

2016 - around 3 hours from birth to going home. I was waking around/ showered within 15 minutes or s! Stayed for monitoring/ checks then went home that morning

5 days

I’m due in four months and am desperately hoping I’ll be in and out the same day - I cannot stand hospitals and have heard postnatal care is often shocking!