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My hospital was 1 day after birth for vaginal, 2 for c-section with 5-6pm being the cut off for the next day. I delivered at 14:00 and was out at 14:02 the next day
They do the PKU at 24 hours after birth so that's what we were waiting on.
Also we started pitocin at 9am and the nurses expected LO to arrive between 5-6pm he didn't listen
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@Ree723: I would love this! I hate the hospital!
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Another one 24 hours vaginal, 48 hours C section. I had a C section & delivered at 7:30pm. We could have left that late two days later I guess but we stayed a third night and checked out in the morning.
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Definitely be prepared for your induction taking longer than that...
And the question really more likely be will you stay two nights or only one -
My induction began at 8am on a Tuesday, and I had my daughter at 5:30pm that night. Since my birth was after 5, we didn't go home until around noon on Thursday. I enjoyed having the help of the nurses. It was also nice to put baby in the nursery for a bit the next day so I could rest. L+D is intense, and you definitely need some rest afterwards. I don't know how home birth mamas do it.
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Man I could go back to the hospital RIGHT NOW. They were so nice and helpful. They had blankets that were kept warm they would give you. And everyone asked if you needed anything. Even the guy who changed our trash or who did the paperwork would ask if you needed coffee or juice. Plus TV in the room and a bed that adjusts? About the closest to a resort stay I've ever had! I could use someone bringing me my meals every few hours. Also they had room service and really good pie.
Seriously though, I thought I would want to go home but having the lactation consultants around was really helpful. And I was bleeding so much it really just felt better to be in a hospital bed with hospital pads those first few hours.
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@jedeve: YES! To all of this. Plus a shower with a bench. And an unlimited supply of those huge pads/underwear.
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If you are going to be induced in the morning, you might not have a baby until morning the NEXT DAY! It could (and is likely) to take a long time. Not guaranteed, but you just want to be prepped for it!
I left about 22 hours after my girls were born.
Good luck!
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pretty sure the standard in australia for hospital birth in a public hospital is 2 nights for vag, 4 nights for c-section. As a private patient or in a private hospital its 4 or 5 nights for vag and 6 nights for c-section (i think). I stayed 6 nights with a vag birth because of jaundice.
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In the US, my insurance covered 2 nights starting from birth. I don't think the drs would have let me leave beforehand though.
In Austria, they absolutely didn't care how long I stayed. I could have left within 3 hours of the birth if I proved that I had follow-up midwife care at home, or I could have stayed a week (I stayed 4 days).
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In the US, in my experience, it's mostly a matter of getting the 'stuff' done that you need to do prior to leaving. There are a bunch of tests/checks (heel prick, bili, hearing, etc) that the hospital will basically insist you do (you could try to opt out, but see my second paragraph), you have to get you and baby cleared by OB and ped, and then there will be some sort of checkout procedure that the hospital staff controls. Even if you know exactly what you need to do to leave (they won't give you a checklist, they'll just tell you as they're ready), there's no guarantee you can make it all happen quickly.
Here's the deal, in my opinion: you need to show the nurses that you're ready to go, competent to take care of baby and yourself, and willing to work with them. The latter point is the most important. Their jobs are hard as it is and they're operating under all the stresses of modern medical practice to boot (read: liability concerns). My strategy was to show my good faith by doing all that I could to make their day easier.
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