https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 16:18:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-599021 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:40:09 +0000 sunshineandsushi 599021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the crib from day one, but moved it into our room so we didn't have to go as far. Agree with others that getting up was harder. At first, I did the push up from side move that they recommend during pregnancy, then as a few days went by, I would put my arm behind my knee ans kind of rock myself up, versus having to use my abs. But in general, my recovery was very quick. I was off pain meds less than a week after coming home from the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-598968 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:10:01 +0000 jetsettermomma 598968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also used a rock n play which was right next to my side of the bed. I loved the convenience of it. DS was so comfortable in it. Unfortunately, I was not so cozy in my own bed. Couldn't sleep flat on my back, my side, or my belly so I slept kinda reclined on my bed wedge the first week or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-598917 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:05:21 +0000 twoofeverything 598917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, leaning over to pick them up wasn't that hard...it was the process of getting out of bed. But even that was doable, frankly.<br /> We used the Rock n' Plays for the first 8 weeks or so. I bought them before I gave birth, scared like you that I wouldn't be able to bend over. In hindsight, I would have just started them in the crib and spared us the transition, which was ten times harder! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-598646 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:18:15 +0000 LittleFox 598646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In a pack n play right next to the bed on the bassinet level. I had DH sleep on that side of the bed and hand the baby to me until picking him up was easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-598464 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:13:34 +0000 wheres_c 598464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the crib. I left the hospital 5 days after my c/s and by then I was able to lift LO in and out of the crib. As long as i was on the pain meds, lifting lo was the easy part.<br /> Getting in and out of bed and up and down stairs was the hardest part. The week after, I Was able to go to the mall.</p> <p>My advice - dont be a hero...take the full strength of the meds they prescribe. I tried not to take the meds and it was the worst decision ever. By a week, I managed to only take half, by 2 weeks I stopped.</p> <p>Also get up and get moving as soon as possible. The nurses really encouraged this, so did my SO and my parents. I really think it helped my recovery. Recovering from my appendix surgery was far worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-598410 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:41:42 +0000 LulaBee 598410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used the Arms Reach mini cosleeper. It was nice to have her so close without worrying about rolling over on her (which I wouldn't worry about now), but I couldn't lift her up on my own while I was lying down, so I would get my husband to help me sit up so I could pick her up. I took her to the couch in her nursery to nurse her, because it was more comfortable than sitting up in bed. I liked the cosleeper more after I recovered a bit and could sit up easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-598131 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:19:41 +0000 LaineysMom 598131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GreenThumb: I fed/nursed in bed. DH got up for every feeding, but he probably didn't have to.. </p> <p>My breast friend was great.. we ended up not being able to use it long term due to LO's reflux, but it was great the first couple of weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595259 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:32:02 +0000 Mrs. Twine 595259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The bad thing about the Arm's Reach is the "lip"-- it has a slight edge. Great for keeping baby inside and secure, but might as well have been the Great Wall for all I was able to lift baby over it several days post-section while I was lying down. And forget trying to sit up! I have seen some people build up the mattress part with foam. DH is an engineer (well, a farmineer he calls himself because he has an engineering degree, but farms) and he did that for us pre-baby, but I still found it easier to have her in the bed. But if you build up the mattress part you should just be able to slide baby over to you. That way you can mostly do it on your own. I hear you about wanting to afford DH some extra sleep, but I really think that if he is willing, I would accept all the help he offers in those first days. Soon you will find you are feeling better and can move more easily, and THAT would be a great time to repay him by letting him rest while you handle some nighttime parenting. The co-sleeper is nice, but if you are a former bed-sharer and are looking for something to just extend the length/reach of the bed, I think you will be disappointed. At least without some modifications. I second everyone who said that picking up/lifting baby was the least painful and that sitting up was hard. With my first I was married to someone else (first daughter's dad) and I remember that since she was in the nursery I had to try to get out of bed. He wouldn't help in the night, and once I fell to the floor trying to get out of bed to get to baby when she cried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595090 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:35:42 +0000 Sweet T 595090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GreenThumb: I nursed sitting in bed with pillows propped up behind my back. DH had to go back to Afghanistan when DS was 10 days old. He helped for the first few nights, but after that I was on my own with wake ups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595087 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:34:26 +0000 oliviaoblivia 595087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did the same as @Monkula: sitting up and then twisting to pick up LO out of the cosleeper was so painful in the beginning. Despite the warnings of bed sharing she slept next to me and we did side-lying for nursing. Now she is in the cosleeper for most of the night and next to me after her 4am feed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595070 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:28:57 +0000 GreenThumb 595070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sweet T: Sounds like the lifting isn't too bad, but where did you nurse/feed at night? Did DH get up every time to help?</p> <p>@Monkula: I'm worried about DH having to help me every time she needs to nurse... I know he'll probably get up with me even if I don't ask him to, but I thought the Arms Reach might help us all sleep a little more in the beginning since she will be so close that I'll just have to sit up or have her nurse next to me rather than get out of bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595056 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:26:11 +0000 BlueWolverine 595056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a couch in the nursery, so I fed her while sitting on that and used My Breast Friend.. I haven't tried feeding her while lying down yet. Everyone recommends it, but I have this irrational fear of trying it, falling asleep, and rolling over on her. Need to get over that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595042 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:22:46 +0000 GreenThumb 595042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaineysMom: @yoursilverlining: @BlueWolverine: Thank you! Interesting that sitting/getting up in general was worse than picking LO up. Before we learned about the need for C-section, I was hoping that she would just sleep in her crib (since we are right across the hall), so I wasn't really thinking about her being in our room with us. </p> <p>Did you nurse/feed her in bed, chair, or couch at night? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595030 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:19:36 +0000 Mrs. Twine 595030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bedshared. I got the Arm's Reach because DH was worried about safety, but as I read somewhere, it became the "world's largest nightstand." It still is, as I keep my book, glasses, etc. in there and baby sleeps in the bed with us. I have had two c/s and the first time I had baby in a crib. I found that to be much harder recovery-wise. This baby, for the first few nights I slept in a recliner and DH (wonderful DH!) brought her to me for night nursings and did the diaper changes, or she just slept on me. That was the best in terms of comfort. It does get better... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595026 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:18:19 +0000 Sweet T 595026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS slept in his crib from day 1. It really wasn't bad lifting him since the mattress was at the highest level. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595020 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:17:07 +0000 LaineysMom 595020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Either her bassinet or swing. It wasn't too horrible picking her up.. Sitting up was worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-595012 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:15:01 +0000 yoursilverlining 595012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was in a bassinette on my side of the bed for the first few weeks, then she moved into our bed in a co-sleeper. It didn’t bother/hurt me to pick her up out of the bassinette or the co-sleeper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-594996 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:10:13 +0000 BlueWolverine 594996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby A slept in her swing for about three nights, and then in her crib (with the mattress as high as it goes) thereafter. I didn't feel like picking her up out of the crib or the swing was too much. It certainly didn't hurt. I found that trying to use my abs alone to do anything hurt. I couldn't lean forward from a sitting position and had to pull myself off the couch, etc. I had to use my arms to push my body around in bed - couldn't just sit up without assistance from my arms/DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-lo-sleep-during-your-recovery#post-594962 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:59:14 +0000 GreenThumb 594962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've learned that I am going to need a C-section when our little girl is born and I'm concerned about where she should sleep after we come home. I'm considering the Arms Reach co-sleeper mini so that DD could be right next to me for nursing and I won't have to get out of bed and fully lift her out of her crib or a bassinet. </p> <p>Where did your LO sleep at night during your C-section recovery? </p> [attach=1933/13/miuiar.600x400.Arms-Reach.jpg]