https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 18:02:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-437000 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:15:41 +0000 MamaBehr 437000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a wonderful 5 weeks with my Mom. I loved loved loved having her here with me, she was so helpful. I think my Mom is the reason my daughter didn't have jealousy issues with the new baby... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436994 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:14:26 +0000 BelugaBean 436994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL stayed with us for two weeks. It was so nice because she cleaned for us and cooked such good meals! My mom was going to come after that but some things happened to where it didn't happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436957 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:54:18 +0000 Weagle 436957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, for about a week. I wish it was longer and cried so much when she left. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436948 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:42:35 +0000 MamaMoose 436948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom came the day after we got home from the hospital and stayed for four nights. It was nice to have an extra set of hands to cook/clean/hold the baby. And it was also great to be able to ask her questions. But I was ready for her to go when she did. It's nice to have time just me, my husband, and the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436926 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:24:13 +0000 T.H.O.U. 436926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom stayed about 10 days PP. I originally wasn't sure about her coming and staying with us, but since my husband had to go back to work immediately (we were discharged Saturday, he went to work Monday). It was really nice and I was sad to see her go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436923 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:16:20 +0000 hellobeeboston 436923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES!! Only for a week - but it was so great. She is very low key and helped out when she could with the baby and cooked us awesome dinners every night. DH had to work so it was great having her the first week home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436919 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:10:01 +0000 Arden 436919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Mom is coming the first week of March, my due date is the 19th. She'll be staying in the USA through the Summer (my Dad is joining her in May), but they won't be with us that whole time.<br /> I think she'll be with us until May? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436916 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:08:07 +0000 blackbird 436916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom wants to, but we aren't having house guests for the first couple weeks since my husband will be home, too. She and my dad will be staying in a hotel. So they'll be over, but not staying the night. She is coming up for a week when DH leaves for some military training, though. I love my mom, but she'd drive me batshit crazy if she lived with me for two solid weeks. DH is very adamant about doing all this new baby stuff with me, which I love. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436782 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:18:10 +0000 sera_87 436782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom didn't come until a week after he was born (she was in China for the summer) and stayed 3 days. She was surprisingly hekpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436768 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:46:04 +0000 tysonja 436768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom came from across the country for a month, and my dad for 2 weeks. It was the best thing ever! Amazing food, kitchen was always clean, and she would take care of him from 9pm-midnight every night so I could get some sleep before the night began:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436756 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:08:29 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 436756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Mom lives about an hour and a half away. When we went to the hospital she came up and stayed at our house for two nights while we we're having the baby - she cleaned my whole house, did all our laundry and babysat the dogs.</p> <p>Now she spends every Wednesday night - DH is in a pitch league so she keeps me company that night, brings dinner, does all our laundry and cleans. Today she babysat LO so we could go in our first "date." I call her the " grandma fairy." I thought we'd want family bonding time, but I'm so grateful for her help!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436749 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:56:43 +0000 holdonforonemoreday 436749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom went with me to the hospital both times! She stayed until after the kids were born. In my DD's case she stayed with me overnight both nights because my DH had to go home to be with DS.<br /> She lives about 1/2 hour away so I see her fairly often. And sometimes I take the kids to visit her at work which is 20 mins away from my house.<br /> She is the best mom ever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436743 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:46:31 +0000 Mrs. Pen 436743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish! She lives 15 mins away so she visited but not nearly as much as I wanted her to </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436736 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:42:22 +0000 DillonLion 436736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mil stayed for a week after birth and there was no way we could have survived without her. Since then my mom has been coming over almost daily to keep me company and help out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436711 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:24:44 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 436711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No!! She wanted to but I just wanted to just spend time with DH and our new baby. I didn't feel like I would need the help and she would just stress me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436699 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:14:43 +0000 sarac 436699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Mine came the day I went to the hospital and stayed at my house. She took care of all the pets, cleaned it all up, and got us everything we needed and didn't have. We were gone almost a week between my three day labor and then long recovery. Then my baby was in the nicu so we just stayed. It was so nice to not have to wrangle dog walking and to come home to everything all perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436666 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:51:31 +0000 luckypenny 436666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She stayed for a week. DH was really nervous because my mom is crazy and usually we don't get along but I insisted. I can't imagine her not being there. I had all my favorite meals home cooked and my bed was made everyday and she did the laundry. It was so nice to have someone doing all of that so I could bond with my new baby. </p> <p>I wish she could have stayed longer too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436623 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:35:51 +0000 chopsuey 436623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: my mom and I made a list of all the food she's going to make us. Going to the Korean market tomorrow.. I'm so excited!!<br /> She brought 2 suitcases full of banchan and food too!</p> <p>Moms are the best!<br /> I wish I could keep mine here forever :T </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436617 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:34:44 +0000 doodlepoodle 436617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, DH and I don't have any spare space in our house, she's allergic to our dogs and we're pretty independent from our parents. We wanted to figure things out as much as we could on our own and then ask questions/ask for help when we needed it. It was different that DH was home with J longer than I was though since he was on summer break from school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436615 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:34:05 +0000 SAHM0811 436615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10 days both times... not long enough :( but I was very grateful for the time she was there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436607 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:31:10 +0000 lovehoneybee 436607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, she flew up a few days before he was born and stayed for about 2 1/2 weeks after. I was really grateful since he was born on a Wed and DH had to go back to work on Mon (and he often works 12 hr shifts on Mondays). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436585 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:26:25 +0000 Mrs. Bee 436585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my mom stayed 2 weeks. i wish it were longer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436578 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:25:07 +0000 littlecasita1122 436578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I wanted time to bond with LO and my husband the first week. The grandparents came up to visit on weekends and then my mom came one day during the second week so I could do some errands, but other than that we were on our own! I think if we had an extra bedroom and more space in our house, we may have considered allowing guests to stay over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436540 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:13:50 +0000 keiki_mama 436540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom stayed with us for five weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436530 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:10:41 +0000 mediagirl 436530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She and dad came into town when I was in labor. They stayed 2 days after she was born. I wanted them to stay longer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436527 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:08:06 +0000 mynoahbear 436527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom came to Japan to stay with us for 4 months but she would go visit my aunt for a few days every couple of weeks to give us some family time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436429 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:19:53 +0000 MamaCate 436429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, for like 2 1/2 weeks and then has come back regularly for a week or two at a time even though she lives across the country. It is such a big help for me and DH and LO loves her. I am soo thankful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436397 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:10:21 +0000 T-Mom 436397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom lives close so she came over every day for a month. And when the month was up, she stopped coming. For #2 DH stayed home for a month so she barely even came. I was a little disappointed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436333 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:57:11 +0000 Maysprout 436333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She came up the night LO was born. I was kinda surprised my DH seemed like he wanted her there, I was only half way into the idea. But it was really helpful. She stayed while I was in the hospital and watched the pups and then I think 2 nights after we got home. I thought I'd want family bonding time but I was soooooo tired. It was really nice to go and hand her to my mom in the early morning and just fall back to sleep next to DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-mom-stay-with-you-post-labor-how-long#post-436304 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:52:36 +0000 prettylizy 436304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom lives 5 minutes away so she just popped by all the time. My sister was here every day the first week of LO's life. </p> <p>So happy that your mom is there with you now! </p>