After I gave birth to my first child I was sent home 4.5 hours after I had given birth. I had a temperature and I hadn't established breastfeeding properly but was still sent home without being admitted up onto the post labour ward. I felt like this wasn't a great start to my parenting journey as I went home with various health anxieties about myself and wasn't aware our breastfeeding latch was poor until poor weight gain was identified and by this point my mental health was suffering from an unhappy and hungry baby. And I also had a really awful chest infection the day after my baby was born. We eventually got help with breastfeeding but can't help but think this would have been avoided if I was kept in hospital for a few hours longer and had feeding assistance and identified I needed antibiotics sooner.
so my question is - when I give birth to my second child (I understand that you get discharged even quicker with second baby) will I get the option to get admitted onto the post labour ward or will I not be given that option? Any advice / experience welcome.