I've got my c-section next week and the hospital have just told me that they've changed the visiting hours for partners down to 2pm-6pm. I understand why obviously at the moment but am now panicking a bit - this is my 2nd section and with my last, partners weren't allowed overnight but could be on the ward 9am-9pm and my DH helped a lot with everything as I was quite immobile! The midwives were not helpful at all, particularly overnight and would ignore the buzzer because they were too busy. One of them was really rude when I asked her to help me pick DS up and rolled her eyes/tutted. I found it very stressful not being able to get out of bed to pick my baby up when he was crying and the relief I felt in the morning when DH turned up to help was immense! I pretty much spent the whole night awake worried and was completely exhausted when I got home.
Anyway I told myself this time I'll be a lot stronger mentally as I know what I'm doing (sort of!) but the news today of new visiting hours has thrown me a bit 
I knew they'd been shortened down but not to only 4 hours in the afternoon.
Just wondered what the visiting hours are like at the moment at other hospitals? Did anyone find the midwives were more willing to help? I'm trying to be positive!