https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:13:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-370384 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:37:41 +0000 Mrs. Pen 370384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-370377 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:35:15 +0000 sotomorrow 370377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just one that happened to be working at the hospital where DD was born. She got very upset with me because she works in the lab. Another baby with the same last name as us was born a few days before DD and she saw his test results. She thought I didn't tell her that I had given birth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-369607 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:49:17 +0000 chopsuey 369607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a bunch of friends visit us at the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-369459 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:01:11 +0000 cyndistar3 369459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, just close family! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-369446 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:58:20 +0000 AprilK 369446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had so many people come visit us - some friends who stayed briefly and I appreciated but some family came and stayed for hours and hours and hours. The tough thing was that my son was in the NICU and only four people could be back there so it was a constant struggle. After the whole thing and how annoyed I was I will never visit someone at the hospital ever again. My childless friends think I am totally rude for being annoyed by having so many people in and out visiting us but there is no way they can realize how stressful having a baby is. And I hope they NEVER have to realize how stressful it is to have a baby in the NICU so I don't really care what they think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-369405 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:50:14 +0000 kokobee 369405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my 2 closest friends came to visit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-369311 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:16:11 +0000 mediagirl 369311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, we had two sets of friends come visit us in the hospital. Other friends came once we were home and settled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-369039 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:30:22 +0000 heffalump 369039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had some friends, some family friends, and some family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-368881 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:32:53 +0000 lemondrop 368881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we just had family visit the first day and Skyped with the rest of the family, I really wasn't up for more than that. At 1 day old he had to go under the bili lights in the NICU for a couple days, and I was very stressed about that and nursing. My hormones were all over the place at that point, I couldn't go an hour without crying, so I wouldn't have wanted to see anyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-368778 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:53:38 +0000 glimmersnaps 368778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I was only there for 24 hours after DS was born, but 5 of my best friends (and one's mom who worked at the hospital) came over to visit. I was soooo high on PP hormones I had a blast. </p> <p>It's really interesting to tell the labor story for the first time (just a few hours after it's over) and to begin to formulate what happened. </p> <p>BTW Hubby was slightly annoyed because they stayed for a few hours and HE wanted to sleep... lol!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-368754 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:44:01 +0000 HLK208 368754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Three friends visited with my first baby, none with my second but I preferred that because I wanted DS to visit more than anyone so he could get to know his sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-368742 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:36:24 +0000 pinkcupcake 368742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just a couple. I'd rather they visit at home maybe the second week... the early days are so hard with breast feeding, lack of sleep, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-368032 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:39:14 +0000 Mrs Checkers 368032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. The day after she was born, we were seeing visitors almost non-stop from 10 AM until about 9-10 PM. I was so exhausted. While it was exciting to have everyone visit, next time we'll probably wait for people to visit us at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367986 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:16:02 +0000 birdofafeather 367986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>assuming i have a normal, vaginal birth, i want to be home pretty soon after i give birth and only have family visit at the hospital. i would rather friends visit at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367947 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:01:52 +0000 twinmama 367947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mostly just immediate family. We had some neighbors stop by that.called the hospital to find out if I was there, and came to visit..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367872 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:21:31 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 367872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have kids, but I visited my friend after she had her 2nd babe! I was there for like.. 2 hours and no one else was there (not even her hubby) so I didn't want to leave her. She seemed lonely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367871 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:21:12 +0000 mrskc 367871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I just had some family visit. My friends have been coming by our house for a visit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367839 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:10:12 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 367839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - we were there for 2 days and quite a few people dropped by. Most of our close friends are living all over the U.S. right now (NYC, Boston, etc), but it just so happened that my LO was born at the tail end of their winter holiday vacays... so it was perfect timing and I loved seeing all their loving/doting faces. However, it was pretty tiring having so many visitors, and we probably will wait til we're home to have visitors this time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367808 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:52:25 +0000 Boogs 367808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I had several friends stop by. My boss at the time found out I was there before I even told her and she just popped in one day! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367806 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:52:15 +0000 Adira 367806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not there yet, but I know my BFF will visit. She wants to be in the delivery room with me if I'll let her, haha! Not sure if any of my other friends will show up or not - it will probably depend on how long my stay is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367770 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:39:05 +0000 duckduckkristen 367770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. We were only in the hospital for 24 hours after LO was born. Our friends visited us at home in the week after LO was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367759 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:35:49 +0000 Alivoo01 367759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haven't been on that side of the birth, but we always drop by and see our friends when they've given birth. We come with flowers and food for the momma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367712 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:17:58 +0000 Springtime 367712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I had a friend who I was really close to in High school drive an hour and a half to see me.. And 2 other friends visit me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367707 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:15:17 +0000 KT326 367707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had quite a few. One couple came down that night. The husband is an amateur photographer so he took some photos of LO for us. The next day we had people stopping by throughout the day. No one stayed for too long, thankfully. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367705 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:14:26 +0000 mrsjyw 367705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>not there yet, but i know my bff will be there, so will dh's bff, and maybe a couple more gfs that will be in town for thanksgiving (if i'm in the hosp around then) :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-any-friends-visit-you-at-the-hospital#post-367693 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:10:34 +0000 autumnlove 367693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had two friends visit us in the hospital after LO was born....one drove 70 miles to see us and one worked at the hospital and dropped by after her shift!</p> <p>Did any friends visit you at the hospital? </p>