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Yes. I had GD so I had to have my blood sugar checked regularly (I was admitted early for an induction). And afterwards they still had to check me, so I was woken up multiple times. It didn't really matter to me.. I was like in the twilight zone anyway!

Umm, I don't remember. There were people in and out all the time. The nurse came to check vitals at certain points throughout the whole night. I will say though, oftentimes on-call doctors still have a practice and need to do their rounds before they start seeing their regular patients.

I had nurses checking me EVERY HOUR for both stays.... I couldn't wait to get out of there and get home, where I could get a whole 2 hours between wakeups lol

Actually, im fairly sure the nurse washed me (??? i couldn't tell you exactly what she was doing) in the middle of the night when I was really out of it.

not the OB herself but a resident. She kind of just poked herself in and asked if I was okay. I said yes, and that I was sorry but I was really tired, and then I just closed my eyes (I could barely control it) and went back to sleep.

I slept until 11am that morning. Maybe that shot of dilaudid after the c-section on top of all those extra pain meds wasn't such a great idea.

Yes. Super early. I was told OBs due their rounds super early to avoid conflicting with other labors and also bc they go to various offices. The pediatrician also came really too. It's unfortunate and annoying but I liked that they came early before the hustle and bustle of nurses, visitors, etc.

Hmmmm. I had my son at 630pm. Done being stitched up by almost 9pm. Went to "sleep" at 1030.

Nurse came in to do vitals like at 11? Blood work to check platelets at 12. Had to pee but couldn't at 2am so catheter replaced. OB came in right at that time! Nurse again like a hundred times. For vitals/drugs/waking baby to nurse. Janitor popped her head in at 6 and said "oh I won't wake you" (good job!) blood work again at 7 and OB came then.

I don't think I was really woken because I was never left alone to sleep. Omg. It was horrible. The next night we asked for no one to come in and they didn't.

It still makes me rage a bit about how often they came in. If you're coming to check vitals and give me meds, get the baby then... Not 40 mins later.

Anyway. Rant over. Lol.

The pediatrician did! He was in our room at about 5am. It was the worst!

I don't remember but its not like I was really sleeping anyway. Between feeds and all the vital checks. It didn't bother me.

My nurse woke me up at midnight so I could walk the halls.

@mediagirl: not my ob but the nurses did.

Not my OB, but my nurses did. They had to give me meds, check my blood pressure, remove my catheter, etc. I'm not bothered by it. They have to do their job.

People were in and out all the time. I didn't really have any expectation of getting long stretches of uninterrupted sleep so it didn't surprise me - on the contrary, when we were left alone for a few hours at night I got a little nervous that DH and I were solely responsible for LO for that whole time. NO clue what we were doing, obviously.

I want to say the nurses were taking my/LO's vitals every few hours at first? Maybe that was a GBS thing. But yeah they definitely never left us alone for more than 4 hours at a time. I'm glad too, I think the morning after she was born, I said to a nurse "Um she's been asleep for 4 hours..." and the nurse was like "Wow um you should definitely wake her up to feed her."

I honestly can't remember postpartum, but when I was on hospital bed rest the drs would peek in my room to see if I was up. If not, they would come in later. They said they hate to wake a sleeping pregnant woman. Not sure if they do that with post partum mamas. I always thought it was nice.

I'll also say that I'm not grumpy in the morning so it didn't bother me. I was a little tired when the ultrasound tech would come in at 7am to do my ultrasound. Everytime, I would think couldn't you do this after the dr comes in after 9am.

The first time this horrible nurse did, and turned on all the overhead lights. Jerk.

The second time was just the one night and we were mostly left alone.

All the effing time! I was having 6 he blood drAws at one point so 2 am, whatever, they woke me up. And always something around 6, shift change at 7....

Not the OB, but the nurses were in every 2 or so hours, either to check on me or check on E (I had had a hemorrhage, and they were concerned about his blood sugars).