https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 07:36:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1261952 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 12:01:01 +0000 Boheme 1261952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went in at 6 pm on Friday and was already dilated to a 6, and I didn't have him til 5:15 the next morning...but I was in complete agony the whole time, so I wouldn't call it down time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1261829 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:44:25 +0000 fairy 1261829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I was induced and labored for 20hrs before my c-section so it did drag for a while! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1256048 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:47:19 +0000 mrsmate 1256048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Technically yes, but it didn't feel like it. We arrived around 4:30am, and after we went through triage we napped for several hours until it was time to push. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255480 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:44:35 +0000 Alivoo01 1255480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! I was induced though. Was admitted to the hospital at 7am, start and stopped pitocin shortly after. Had my water broken at 11:30am and restarted induction and had DS by 6:19pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255407 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:12:15 +0000 Adira 1255407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was at the hospital for 9 hours before Xander was born, but it didn't feel like I had much down time! I know I spent 3 hours in the jacuzzi, but that time seemed to fly by!! And all the times around were spent getting checked in, getting blood drawn, getting IVs, blah blah blah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255382 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 07:56:16 +0000 mediagirl 1255382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I went in when the OB told me to (when I was in the worst pain of my life). Got there at 5, was dilated to 5. Had her at Noon, was in labor the whole time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255376 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 07:53:00 +0000 sslm 1255376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! My water broke around 6:30pm and labor was intense right away, didn't go to the hospital until around 11:30pm, baby came at 5:15am, but the whole time things were so intense!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255370 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 07:47:55 +0000 Ash 1255370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, no! I had 20hrs of back labor (between home &amp; being admitted) and you can't find down time during that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255336 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 07:20:19 +0000 Bookish 1255336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At first, yes. Water broke at 630am and we were at the hospital by 7. The first few hours I just laid there watching HGTV until the contractions kicked in. After that it just felt like an eternity! LO wasn't born til 11:47pm, and it felt like forever...but also definitely wasn't down time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255319 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:46:40 +0000 Dandelion 1255319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at all. Everything spiraled out of control once I got to the birth center. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255305 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:08:06 +0000 googly-eyes 1255305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I wish I'd had more (medicated!) down time. Technically we were there for awhile (6-7 hrs) before pushing but it was the middle of the night and I hadn't slept much at all the night before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255294 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 05:48:26 +0000 rachiecakes 1255294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lots of time.<br /> I was in the hospital for monitoring/ultrasounds twice a week for three weeks leading up to induction and then got really sick after giving birth and spent another 5 days there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255289 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 05:43:43 +0000 singingbee 1255289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. I had a section because she was breech. We got to the hospital at 7:30 ish and LO was born at 10:52. Once they got my Iv's in, it was just a waiting game for the operating room to open up. They were a little behind schedule because of an emergency section. So, some down time, but not a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255259 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 03:56:07 +0000 Brassgiraffe 1255259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. My labor experience was short though. Contractions started at 9:30pm, we got to the hospital around 2:15am, and baby made her debut at 3:50am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255255 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 03:16:30 +0000 birdofafeather 1255255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Got to the hospital around 1, baby was born at 315. No downtime at all until day 2 when guests left. Then DH and I watched downton abbey on the iPad bc LO was under the bili lights for jaundice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255237 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 02:04:12 +0000 BabyMats 1255237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Too much down time. My water broke at 6am he was born at 11:30 the next morning </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255220 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:41:22 +0000 DigAPony 1255220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No! My entire labor was only 3 hours, and was intense right from the start. I was at home for the first hour and in the hospital for the second and third hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255210 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:21:49 +0000 Pepper 1255210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lots of downtime. I came in at around 7 am because of bleeding, contractions started naturally a few hours later. Waited in the L&amp;D suite to progress... walked around, visited with friends. They broke my water in the afternoon, and I got my epidural (which only worked a little). Waited and waited through the early evening. Things went at lightning speed once they started me on a low dose of pitocin! But from 7 am to about 6 pm it was very relaxed and non eventful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255208 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:18:03 +0000 sarac 1255208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, because I went in with suspected cord issues/low fluid issues, then I was induced the next morning, then it too 36 hours. 48 hours from check in to baby out. Then she was taken straight to the nicu, so I was just hanging around waiting for her to get better. It was an entire week of downtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255204 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:13:54 +0000 lemondrop 1255204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I had all sorts of things packed to keep me busy since I was expecting a long labor. I was in the hospital at 4pm and C was born at 9:50pm, all active labor and I could think of nothing else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1255191 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:34:40 +0000 Sapphiresun 1255191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kind of. My water broke at 9:30pm and I arrived at the hospital around midnight. I didn't have any contractions until 4am, but from there it was pretty much game on and baby was born at 11am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254665 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:26:45 +0000 septca 1254665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a 45 hour labor, with about 18 hours in the hospital. But I wouldn't call a second of it downtime. Once at the hospital I didn't do anything but just try to make it through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254649 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:19:28 +0000 Running Elley 1254649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little bit but not much. With my first we had 8ish hours of downtime between when I checked in (after my water had broken at home) and when they started Pitocin since contractions weren't starting on their own.</p> <p>With my second I was only in the hospital for 7 hours before DD was born and most of it was pretty busy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254629 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:03:53 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1254629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I was in transition when I got to the hospital and LO was born 2 hours later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254624 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:01:56 +0000 Andrea 1254624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not too much downtime. I labored at home for as long as possible both times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254613 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:55:04 +0000 Ree723 1254613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, lots of down time and I loved it! We went in when I was finding the contractions pretty unbearable (I was only 3 cm at the time as I found out), waited two hours to get set up in our room, which totally sucked, and then got the epi. Once the epi was in, I napped, read a book, chatted with DH and the midwife, and watched tv, until the midwife said I was at 10 cm and could push this baby out. An hour of pushing later and she was born, exactly 8 hours after the epi.</p> <p>Once she was born, I had lots of down time as well as she slept a lot and fed pretty easily. We didn't have too many interruptions from midwives so all in all, it was a pretty chilled out experience! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254606 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:52:38 +0000 MamaBehr 1254606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had downtime with both. DD was induced, and once I got the epidural I just sorta napped and waited. DS was a c-section, but since my water broke unexpectedly, we had to wait for the OR to get ready, them to do the blood test stuff, and the doctor to get there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254600 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:48:48 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1254600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I was admitted at 5am on Thursday for low amniotic fluid and LO arrived at 11am on Saturday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254579 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:33:55 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1254579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No downtime at all! Laboured at home for 36 hours, headed to the hospital when I was at an 8, and though it took another 8 hours to get to baby, I was in awful active labour the whole time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-down-time-at-the-hospitalbirthing-center#post-1254573 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:31:02 +0000 Greentea 1254573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My labor was hell.itty.hell! Just had an epi at the last moment for delivery and that was one push. The 17 hours before that? I try not to remember. No. No downtime here! </p>