How long after birth until you took a shower?

[Cherryrainbow]

Just as the title says, I was just wondering when people had a shower after giving birth? Did you go when there were visitors to supervise baby or when you were on your own? Did you wait until you got home? X

[RHTawneyonabus]

A couple of hours. No en-suite. Midwife gave me a sheet to use as a toga so I could walk down the corridor. DH had to come and supervise in case I collapsed and she looked after the baby.

[ShowOfHands]

I had two emcs. First was at 10pm so not until 9am the next morning when the midwife ran me a bath.

Second emcs was at 3.30pm and had a shower at 6pm so within 3hrs.

[Colouringinbook]

The next morning - baby born in the evening but in theatre with spinal block. HCA looked after baby while I had a quick shower. Best shower was when I got home two days later and could enjoy my lovely boiling hot high powered shower!

[Flippyflo]

I didn’t shower until 7pm!! I had her at 3:45am I just didn’t have the energy to stand up, and the loss of blood was making me feel so weak ( hate blood) I had baby’s dad in the room, and visitors I did attempt to go why I was by myself but couldn’t be bothered in all honesty!

[TimeWastingButFun]

A couple of hours after. The shower and toast and jam were amazing. I felt sooo much better after that!

[Gazelda]

About An hour, I think. Vaginal delivery with gas & air.
The midwife sent me off, with DH, while she sorted baby. I wonder now whether that was a factor in me struggling to bond with DD.
We had to walk along a corridor to get to the shower and I remember thinking that I must look like shit, my arse is probably on view to everyone in the corridor and blood dripping along the floor but Fuck It.
I bled quite a lot in the shower and nearly fainted. Thank God DH was with me to hold me up.

[sylbunny]

About 18 hours. I gave birth about 3pm but passed out for a few hours not long after and then wasn't on the ward until it was past visiting hours so I waited until my OH arrived the next morning.

[saraclara]

Emergency C section at 6pm. I was given a bed bath when I got on the ward, then had the best shower of my life the next morning.

Natural birth at 11pm. I have no recollection whatsoever about that one, but I imagine I had a shower next morning before I went home.

[NellMangel]

4pm birth and showered the next morning. Id had spinal injection so had catheter all night and confined to bed. I sobbed in that shower, I hurt all over and hadn't slept. The ward was a birth factory and my first taste of how mothers become invisible.

[krispycreme]

When I got home the next day. The facilities in the hospital were vile, I hated using the toilet never mind the shower.

[Thatcouldbeme]

Had EMCS at midnight, shower next day at lunchtime at midwives insistence. DP minded baby. I was very weak and had a drain in the wound which I had to avoid getting wet (failed miserably, ended up tugging it by mistake and the bastard thing then leaked slowly on me until I begged them to remove it the next day). I fell over getting out of the shower too. I shouldn't have been out of bed thinking back on it, I was really not very well.

[Wewearpinkonwednesdays]

With my first a few hours because I had an epidural. With the second, about an hour I think.

[Wewearpinkonwednesdays]

I managed to go myself both times with no help. Was a bit. Wobbly but was fine.

[JeSuisPrest]

4am vaginal birth with epidural. Had a shower about 8 hours later after catheter was removed. Nurses looked after baby. XH had gone home "exhausted" after my 25 hr labour (which he slept most of the way through..)

[Megan2018]

About an hour or so? In the delivery room, DH and midwife there. So much blood! But it felt good.

[Beetlebum1981]

I had a lovely bath a couple of hours after both of mine - only because there wasn't a shower. It was bliss though!

[ProtectAll]

It’s been 20+ years since my first, she was born in the wee hours and I had an epidural and stitches, didn’t shower that day as I had a catheter in, next morning as it had been taken out and I got up and pushed Her in the cot to the shared bathroom and took a quick shower. From then on I showered daily either whilst DH was home or when she was sleeping.

Next baby was more considerate an was born late evening so I showered the next morning, still in the shared bathroom. The maternity unit was built when I was born 60s and was not really improved in the 30 year gap to my D.C. Thankfully it has now been pulled down.

[CremeEggThief]

I didn't have one until the evening of the next day. The shower on the ward was broken and I had to stay in overnight, instead of being discharged the same day, as I'd expected.

[hoppos]

A couple of hours after giving birth and having a few stitches. Had an en-suite on the delivery room both times. Nurse just told me to leave the door open between the shower and room so that DH could hold baby but keep his eye on me at the same time. Apparently with DD1 I looked wobbly when I got up and they didn't want me to faint. I think I had overdone it on the gas and air when having stitches

[Whitelisbon]

With my first it was a couple of days - crash c section which went a bit haywire and I wasn't allowed out of bed. Baby was in nicu.

No 2 (vbac) was an hour or so, still in the delivery room, my friend (who worked on the ward) had ds.

No 3 and 4 (elcs) they were born at 9.30am, had a bed bath at midnight ish that night after I'd bled everywhere going to the toilet. Think I probably had a shower the next day? Can't really remember.

No 5 (elcs) as soon as I could feel my legs again, so 3 or 4 hours after she was born? Dh was there to have baby.

[Noti23]

Nearly 3 days. I had a traumatic birth (induction, forceps, emergency c-section). I was too weak to walk for the first 2 days (despite getting little sympathy from the midwives on the ward). Luckily about 10 hours after I gave birth a lovely midwife on the recovery ward helped me have a sponge bath and clean my teeth (I had a catheter in).

[Samtsirch]

@Cherryrainbow
Are you due to give birth and are particularly concerned about something, or did something happen which concerned you ?
Apologies if that’s not the case 😊

[Ohnoherewego62]

20 mins-30mins after I'd had my tea and toast though

[7dayslater]

Perhaps an hour? I can't really remember!

[Sleeplessnights1234]

As soon as epidural wore off. Ds was born in the middle of the night so was only us in a private room with DP.