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Depends on your hospital. My husband stayed both days and both nights
It depends on your hospital. Mine was sent home after only 20 minutes of meeting the baby. They can stay 10am-10pm at my hospital but my daughter was born at 11:25pm (emergency section). Definitely check your hospital. It’s elective this time round so thankfully we’ll get a lot more time.
Definitely depends where you are. I was in for 6 days and my husband was by my side the ENTIRE time. They had a little pull out chair for him.
Yeah they can stay, I had my daughter via c section at 9.20 on the Friday and wasn't discharged till Saturday around 3pm and he stayed with me as I was breastfeeding he had to lift her to me xxx
Yes, but I sent my partner home as he was so tired and had slept less than me. I had baby on Christmas day, so he came back the next day with some picky bits he'd cooked for me. Wasn't fair to see him sleep on an armchair for another night, especially when the hospital wasn't feeding him either xx Sound add I'm UK based. South east. QEQM Hospital xx
My hospital sent my Husband home midnight and could return from 6am. It was the postnatal visitor hours.
What country after you in? In the US, my husband stayed the whole time. From what I’ve read on here, people in the UK have said husband is not allowed to.
That’s so crazy I have never heard of husbands not being able to stay the night after c sections ??
@Haley I would loose it if my husband and can’t stay ! Yes I am a nurse in the US and husband is an anesthesiologist and I have never heard of husbands not being allowed to stay the night ! Idk what would have done without my husband staying the night I needed him to hand me my baby and help breast feed !
I read on my local hospital notes, mine can stay until midnight
I'm in the UK, I had an emergency csection at 10pm and my husband was asked to leave just after midnight as 'visiting hours were over'. I could barely move and was completely overwhelmed! They have since changed the rules and partners can now stay 24/7 x
@Aspen in the uk, if your partners not there and you need help, there’s a buzzer you can press for nurse assistance
Oh I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 that might be why it’s different. It was not fun though. I’d had a really traumatic birth too. Hoping for a very positively different experience this time around.
I had a c section on Thursday just gone and didn't go down until 5pm my partner had to leave by 9pm rhe come back in the morning at 10am x UK based
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In my hospital my husband wasn’t allowed to stay overnight. They chucked him out after visiting hours were up!
@Jessica oh I hope I’m one of the earlier ones for mine 😩😩 I want to be up and about at least before he leaves. They kept putting the baby on me last time and I was almost completely out of it
@Victoria I had to be in the hospital by 12pm then I went down at half 4 but didn't start the section until 5pm as it was planned so chilled... But I wanted to be in by 7am but didn't work like that unfortunately 😔 so when my partner left I was still bed bound 😪 I was completely out of it and sooo weak I couldn't life my arms up x
Depends on the hospital and type of room you get put in on the post-natal ward. I was in a side room so my husband was allowed to stay with me the entire time, but my friend was put in a shared room with 4 other women so her husband wasn't allowed to stay over night x
My husband couldn’t stay overnight once baby worn born x
My partner wasn’t allowed to stay! 🥲 was pretty sad tbh. X
My husband stayed the whole time and the hospital fed him. We are at a different hospital now. They said he could stay whole time. Not sure about food though.
Depends on the hospital I think, mine stayed I was there from Tuesday to the next Monday, had my emergency section on the Friday but he was there all the way through. If you want him there just ask they may have a spare side room to put you in as you may need him. Personally my partner did everything whilst i was in hospital because i literally couldn’t get out of bed other than to go to the toilet.
You need to check your hospitals policy. My hospital (UK) allow partners to stay.
@Aspen oh I 100% agree. For my first, we stayed 3 days and I didn’t let him leave my side the whole time. I was so emotional he literally had to be in the room 24/7 or I freaked
@Haley I agree I’m glad they don’t do that in the US. That’s insane ! And I don’t care if you have a bell to call the nurse lol I don’t want a nurse I want my husband lol ! Plus I am a nurse so I know how long it can take a nurse to get to your room sometimes … I wouldn’t want my baby crying the whole time waiting for a nurse to get to my room just to hand me my baby …
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