I think I got a total of 5 hours the 48 hours I was there. We had visitors constantly and the nurses were in and out at all hours. This next time around I am going to really try and limit our visitors.
How much sleep did you get in the hospital?
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Almost none. The first night I was in labor, and the second night I had been in that bad for 2 days, and it was really uncomfortable, and the nurse kept waking me to pee, so I barely slept at all.
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Don't remember. Not much because we roomed in and she was fussy from the start.
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Broken sessions of an hour or two here and there. Maybe 8 hours total?
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Almost none here too. While LO was in the NICU the first two days, I had a C-section. The first night, I had boots on my feet that inflated and deflated every 15 minutes and a blood pressure cuff that went off every hour. Once we finally got LO out of the NICU, I wanted him in our room, so that was a rough night too!
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Not much. We has pretty much the same experience as you. I plan on limiting the visitors considerably next time!
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Barely any. Maybe 4-5 hours total (over the course of two nights). We had very few visitors, but I was determined to get off on the right foot with breastfeeding so we were either doing skin to skin or she was on my boob a majority of the time. It was worth it because my milk came in the night we went home from the hospital
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I catnapped, but never really got any real sleep. I think the very longest stretch I got was an hour napping on the bed with DH while my mom held E.
I probably could have gotten longer stretches if people hadn't kept coming in all day and night!
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I got generall okay sleep. The first night I was being induced was the worst I was so anxious and could hardly sleep, but after the birth the only interupptions was for my pain meds and to feed the baby
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i think ok sleep. I would say in the 48 hours I was there, I slept about 6-8 two hour stretches.
Our hospital implements a 1-3pm quit/nap time. No visitors, only 1 family member.
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Barely any. We had our share of visitors, which I plan to limit, next time. Our birth center had an open door policy, and allowed guests at all hours. Our DD also didn't leave our room once after delivery, and she would have none of sleeping anywhere but my chest.
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Not even an hour. I was awake the entire time. In labor for 16 hours (overnight), then a flow of visitors, baby who didn't leave my arms, nurses coming in every 5 minutes, more visitors, poopy diapers, breastfeeding....
We were there 37 hours.
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Ugh, barely any. This was the main reason I was so happy to get out of there. So many interruptions during the day and at night DD woke up constantly to nurse. It was fairly terrible!
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Not much. I didn't sleep because I was busy staring at this amazing creature we made, not because I was being interrupted all the time. Except there was that one time I had just fallen asleep and the OB came in....
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The night I was induced/in labor I got absolutely no sleep. The next night I had my c section and again got no sleep. An then the next two nights I slept wonderfully!
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First night none since I was in labor. Epidural didn't help me sleep. 2nd night, maybe three or four 2 hour stretches cause we sent R to the nursery since we got no sleep the night before. They jut brought her to use every 3 hours to nurse. The 3rd night, it probably about the same as the 2nd even though she was with us.
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Not much, maybe 3-4 hours total a day? It was all a blur!
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A decent amount. We banned visitors except our parents, and DH, DS, and I slept every chance we got.
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Almost none but it was because DD cried so much.
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like none!!
I gave birth just before 4am and although I wanted to sleep right after I had too many complications... so I didn't have an opportunity until 9-10am but I couldn't fall asleep at that point. When I went to sleep that evening, the nurses were coming in like every half hour - ugh it was so annoying.
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Not a lot but it wa because I had too much adrenaline not visitors. We didn't have many people visit in the hospital at all and at one point each night we were there I had the nurse take her to te nursery for a couple of hours so we could sleep. I figured it was our last chance to hand her off and sleep! The first day she was so sleepy and no one visited at all for goes but I just couldn't sleep. My parents said Dh looked more exhausted than me!
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Virtually none - and I was in for 5 nights!
Night 1: Two ladies in early labour in my bay on the induction ward kept me awake moaning and wailing all night. 0 sleep.
Night 2: A lady was brought up to the ward at about 2am after stalling at 4cm dilated. She screamed for the rest of the night (and was taken back down to labour ward the following morning, having finally reached 6cm). 2 hours sleep.
Night 3: Was having mild contractions myself but was kept awake by a lady who had been induced that day. She screamed all night. The following day, I discovered that she was no further dilated than I was (!) and, in fact, she went down to the labour ward just an hour before me that evening! Perhaps 2 hrs broken sleep?
Night 4: I was giving birth! I had DD at 2.14am and they said they had to fill in some paperwork before they could take me up to the wards again. They finally took me up at 9.30am. 0 hours sleep.
Night 5: Was on the postnatal ward, in a bay with three other ladies and their babies. There was at least one baby crying at all times during the night. 0 hours sleep.
Day 6, I was so tired I could barely function. They wanted to keep me in another night because breastfeeding wasn't working for us. I fed my baby a bottle just so they couldn't insist I stay in..... beginning of the end for breastfeeding? I think so!
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Not much at all. I got there at 1am the first day and was I'm labor until that afternoon. I dozed for about half an hour once my epi kicked in. The second night the baby was with me and I was trying to get him to latch/he only slept while I was holding him so I slept in maybe a few 20 minute stretches. And that's it.
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Honestly, quite a lot. I slept through most of my induction and the beginning stages of labor. I was induced at like 10pm and they didnt start pit until like 4am, to be fair. I slept probably until shit started to hit the fan around 6am, thisis when my epi wore off.
After having her, I actually got a lot. I had a fever and lost a ton of blood, so I was really lethargic. I actually dont remember most of that first night.
Once we were in the ward, i slept in 3 hour stretches from like 11pm until 8am. I was there for 3 nights.
I was in the hospital 5 nights total.
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I honestly have no idea... Delivered at 3:30 on a Friday.... Got to room at 7, went to sleep at 9 or 10 then up quite a but that first night, maybe cat naps.... I think I slept a little but more the second night, but can't remember! I was so enamored/scared I just stared at my son non stop.
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With both girls I got zero sleep. Zero! I don't know how anyone sleeps at all in a hospital.
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A decent amount!! DH did all the diaper changes & feelings and let me sleep
all our visitors came between 5-8pm
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Ugh, next door to none. 25 hours of labour followed by c-section, didn't get to my room until 3 hours after, then I was so wound up by my new baby, that I couldn't sleep to save my life. I stayed in hospital 33 more hours and I slept maybe 7 hours total. The baby roomed in with me, plus I didn't have a private room, so I was woken up by nurses, dr to see me and my roomie, plus my baby and roomie's baby. I was so desperate for sleep that I left the hospital 12 hours early.
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I basically did not sleep. He had his nights and days mixed from the start and I am sometimes awful at sleeping out of my home. Also all the nurses and beeping etc? Awful. I had a 6 am delivery and had to stay 2 nights after that. I may have binge mapped at home the first few days at home.
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I think I maybe got an hour of sleep each day? I was WIRED! The hospital was great, I was just bonkers on adrenaline and hormones.
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Not much at all. Not really because of visitors but m was nursing every minute already.
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Almost none. I didn't sleep a wink the night he was born. I was too afraid! I keep looking to see if he was breathing. The second night the nurse took him to the nursery for 2 hours because she was adamant I slept for at least a little. So I think I got 2 hours total!!
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Hardly any for the first few days- I felt very on guard keeping an eye on the new little guy the first night. The second night he got taken to the NICU at midnight, so I was an emotional wreck and went down there for feedings every 3 hours for the rest of the night and the next one (no wonder my blood pressure stayed high).
And the last night I was discharged and got to sleep in the nesting room- I finally got quality sleep there since I was right next door to my boy and didn't have to walk all the way across the hospital to get to him. I got up for the first two feedings, the third feeding the NICU nurse came to get me but said I was sleeping soooo deeply that she just let me sleep. I love her still for that
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@Cherrybee: that sounds like pure hell, I'm so sorry you had to go through that. You are so, so strong to get through all of it.
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Not much. We were there two nights and I probably got maybe 8 hours total of broken sleep. I delivered DS at 7 pm and we got to the postpartum room around 11 pm. Then the dang nurse was in and out all night long bothering us and trying to get DS to nurse. The second night, we got a little more sleep but someone was coming in our room every hour! So annoying!
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A few hours per night...I don't sleep well in strange places + the nurses would bust open my door all night. Oh, add newborn sleep to the mix
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Not much, maybe a few 2-3 hour stretches? We had a few visitors, but it was mostly the doctors and nurses who were in and out of the room constantly. We stayed 48 hours and they insisted on coming to get DS for his bath around midnight both times.
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Pretty much none. In labor the first night of 2 nights total, then it was just too noisy with nurses coming and going, visitors, fussy baby roomed in, the bed was uncomfortable, DH snored. I couldn't wait to get home!
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Ok, I'm clearly the odd one out but I got loads of sleep in the hospital and felt well rested when I went home. I napped on and off through labour once the epi was in, which was great for restoring energy for pushing, and then slept fairly regularly once LO arrived.
DH spent the night (even though partners technically aren't supposed to stay overnight) and took care of our fussy baby whilst I got a five hour stretch of sleep (whoops, was supposed to feed every three hours but that's ok) the first night. After that, for the remaining 24 hours of our hospital stay, I slept in three hour blocks around the clock. It was great!
LO roomed in (no option otherwise, although I wouldn't have sent her away regardless), and we EBF from the start with no supplementation. I also had a roommate who had lots of visitors, but our families all live in other countries and all our friends, bar our closest friend, waited until LO was home before coming to visit.
I should mention though, I can sleep through anything, so I'm sure that helped!
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A few hours night 1 (labor), A few hours night 2 (post-delivery), Went home the day after!
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