I did with both kids at night only, and the nurses brought babies back for regular feedings. I really needed the sleep because I was so pumped with adrenaline, and no way I could have slept with the baby.
Did you send your baby to the nursery?
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No. That's not really an option at our hospital since they are considered "baby-friendly" or whatever. The babies are supposed to room in with the mom at all times.
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@coopsmama: same at our hospital!
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Yes! I needed the sleep and was staying alone. They were super about bringing the baby as soon as they needed to eat.
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I tried to, but they kept bringing him back! On the second night they brought him back every 15 minutes it seemed saying he was hungry, and then he wasn't that interested in eating. I ended up keeping him in the room, though I actually called a nurse to watch him while I went to the bathroom. Silly in hindsight... where was he going to go?
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We did the first night. I had gotten to my postpartum room around 10 pm and was so exhausted from labor that I needed sleep.
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Isn't an option at my hospital. Had it been, I absolutely would have.
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Nope. Was rough bc I didn't sleep well Sunday night, got induced Monday am and labored overnight having lo at 4am via c section on Tuesday morning. Tues night I got maybe 2-3 hrs of sleep. Wed and thurs prob 3 hrs each. Went home Friday. Didn't actually know I could function on that little sleep but it was sort of fine. I didn't want her going anywhere without us.
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No, not an option at our hospital. I wouldn't have even if it was- my first was in the NICU at 24 hours old and it was a very sad thing for me. They did a great job with him, but I was in constant tears. I wanted to be with him, but only got to hold him every three hours. The second time around, they couldn't have pried him away from me.
Things were a bit different with the nurses with each experience. With my first he wasn't allowed to sleep in the bed with me, with the second they encouraged it. It was a much better experience the second time around.
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Not an option at our hospital. The only babies in the nursery are c-section babies while mama is still in recovery (so DD was there for a short stint before being in our room full time).
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No. I also don't think it was an option at our hospital. It was never mentioned, and I didn't ask. I was only there one night.
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With my first, it seemed very frowned upon. I think if we had pushed they would've done it, but it was considered a "baby friendly" hospital. I definitely could've used it though, as I hadn't slept in 4 days by the time she came.
With my second we were at a different hospital. I had some complications resulting in 2 blood transfusions and a long day before they finally sent me to postpartum. My nurse suggested sending him to the nursery so we could rest and I did not argue. We actually sent him there both nights. It was so great to rest. If I had been dead set on BFing though I probably wouldn't have done it.
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No, I wanted them to stay with me, and the second hospital was "baby friendly" anyway.
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I was in the hospital for four nights after my c section. Two of those nights, I sent DS to the nursery, but both times I started feeling super guilty and burst into tears and made them bring him back. Ugh, hormones. Like, four weeks later I was like, "gah! Do you think they'll take him for the night if we bring him back to the hospital now?"
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She had to go to the NICU for a few hours after delivery. We went and cuddled her there and tried to nurse. After that, I simply had to go to sleep. They brought her back to us at 6am. But the next night she stayed with us.
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Also, I really hated the "baby friendly hospital!" thing. It made me feel like sending my son to the nursery so I could get a few hours of sleep after 72 hours without sleep was somehow "baby un-friendly." The mommy guilt starts early, I guess.
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Nope. Not with either but it wasn't really an option anyways. They only take the sick babies to the nicu and they did not have a nursery for well babies.
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Ours didn't have a nursery but if we needed a break, the nurses would have wheeled her out to their station for a bit. I never felt the need.
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@KatieBklyn: completely agree. I hadn't heard the term "baby friendly" hospital until reading this thread, and it makes me feel awful!
My DDs both went to the nursery at night and were brought in for feeds when they asked or every three hours if they didn't. I was relieved because had they been in my room I wouldn't have slept - I would have been checking the girls every 30 seconds to be sure they were ok. I could relax and sleep knowing that in the nursery someone would stay awake and watch them!
Incidentally DD2 got kicked out of the nursery on night 2 for being "naughty" (loud) and disrupting the other babies at 2 AM!!
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No, but I would have if it were an option. 8 birthing/recovery rooms and the nursery was only used if NICU type care was needed before a transfer.
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No but only because DD went straight to NICU. If she had not, she would have stayed with me. I delivered at a baby friendly hospital.
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Wasn't an option, but I would have been overwhelmingly tempted if it had been. We didn't sleep our first night since we didn't feel like we could just leave her "unattended" in the bassinet with us both asleep, even in the same room. It was hard but I'm glad we had that experience since as it turned out we needed 100% of the help we could get in starting out breastfeeding, so she really needed to be skin-to-skin with me more or less constantly. (Plus, we had so much adrenaline that maybe we wouldn't have slept anyway- she was an evening birth).
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No. I didn't want her away from me.
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Yes. He was born screaming and basically didn't stop ever. We were in a baby-friendly hospital but you could send your baby to the nursery with an appointment. My husband sent him to the nursery so I could sleep after not having slept for days (failed 36 hour induction, C-section, recovery, no milk, screaming baby). Unfortunately, they kicked DS out after 2 hours because he wouldn't stop screaming and was waking the other babies.
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There's no nursery at my hospital. But with DD they sent her to the NICU the first night because she had a slight fever - though really I think the Dr saw how exhausted I was after 28 hours of labor and 3 hours of pushing and threw me a bone. I was eternally grateful because there was no way Dh and I were physically or emotionally equipped to deal with a newborn right away. We both got a decent night sleep and after that first night she roomed in with us and we were fine.
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yep, DD went in on the 3rd & 4th night, because she was jaundiced and was under the lights in the humidicrib thing. They were oohing and aahing about keeping her in the room until I cracked it about trying to get a bit of sleep with a bright blue UV light in the room.
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I did with dd but not with ds. They were born at different hospitals. He was pretty much asleep constantly so it wouldn't really have made a difference
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YES! Our hospital is "baby friendly" AND a "top 50 in the U.S. Hospital" and the nurses were more than happy (and not judgmental) about taking them at night so we could rest. We have to have the lights on low if the baby stays with us and its hard to sleep that way! I'm all for resting as much as possible postpartum
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D was In the NICU.
I sent M to the nursery for a few hours the first night to sleep. My pain meds made me too sleepy. The next I only took ibuprofen and felt more able to handle him.
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Nope, they don't offer it any more.
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Nope. No nursery at he hospital. "Baby friendly" and all that crap.
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Yes, and fortunately felt very supported by the nurses in doing so even in my Baby friendly hospital. They brought her back every 2-3 hours to breastfeed, but the few hours of sleep really helped. I would have been too terrified to sleep with her in the room since DH wasn't staying overnight with us -- New mom anxiety!
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We could have but I wanted her in room and I don't regret it for a second. Our hospital encourages it both from a bonding standpoint and a BF standpoint (which they also encourage) Plus, newborns sleep more than people think. Esp, right out of the womb newborns. We actually had to wake her to feed her at times.
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No, she only left the room for the hearing test. I've known others at my baby friendly hospital to use the nursery at night though. Rooming in is encouraged but not mandatory.
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Yep.
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@coopsmama: Same with our hospital. There was no nursery to send babies too. Though I probably wouldn't have wanted to anyway.
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I don't think it was an option in our hospital. But anyway, I wanted her in my arms all night
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No for DS1 because everything I read and heard said you had to keep them with you for bonding and breastfeeding. Yes for DS2 because I knew it was the last opportunity I'd have to sleep for awhile. We had no problem bonding or bf'ing
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It was my first lesson in parenting humility.
A few people had told me to take advantage of sending her to the nursery, before she was born, and I nodded and smiled and thought, well that's fine if YOU didn't want to spend the whole time with your brand new baby but of course I will want her with me the entire time.
Then she wouldn't settle down and I was so so so tired and I realized that this was the last time anyone was going to take care of her besides me and Dh for the next 18 years or so... So I asked the nurse to take her for a little bit. It was not really encouraged at our hospital but my nurse was nice about it no was dead set on BFing and they brought her to me for that a bunch of times. She probably was only there for a couple hours each night and I barely slept anyway but at least it was restful.
I think if I had just slept with her in the bed wth me she would have been fine but I was way too nervous.
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No. I couldn't imagine her being away from me. My husband wanted to at one point (and pre-birth i thought I would have been fine with it) but I was mad when DH even suggested it!
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