how long to stay in hospital after c-section?

Js_Other_Half

Eels100 wrote: »

Wow, I had a planned section just over 5 weeks ago and I walked out the door as my son turned 48 hours old!

I can beat that - he was 45 hours old when we left...lol. The midwives actually suggested I could go, as I'd made a point of walking around the ward, ensuring all tests for DS had been done, and letting them know he'd had a poo...
I too had a single room, as most of the rooms in the maternity unit were singles. I was also allowed to use my mobile phone, which saved us having to use the expensive patientline phone.

libbydoll

I was in for four nights after my first emergency c-section....midwife said she wasn't letting me out until I didn't match the colour of the white brick walls!!!
Second c-section, wee one born at 9.30am, on wednesday, out by Friday morning. Third section, wee one born 10.00am wednesday morning, out by Friday morning. That was Wishaw General...where the food was fab and so were the midwifes, wished I'd stayed longer, but my babies were those annoying breast fed starvers who roared all night to be fed and kept the other three mums in my room awake....I had to go home to give them peace!
Worst bit was getting the staples out after number three. I'd been stiched the first two times and stapled the third.....Tip...ask not to be stapled, it's soooo sore 17 staples...I'll never get over it!

Janepig

Not much different to add to what everyone else has said but here's my story anyway!! DD was born in 2003, born 11.40pm on Wednesday, I was out Saturday lunchtime. They counted the Wednesday as day 1 of my stay even though there was only 20 minutes of the day left. I was up on my feet about 10ish the next morning and was taken downstairs to the main ward that afternoon. I asked for a room (en suite) and afew weeks later a bill for about £50ish followed which was more than worth it. Luckily the charge was per night not day so I paid for the Thursday and Friday night.

DS was born 2005 at 12.35pm so of course that was day 1. The timings of when I was up and about and taken downstairs to the ward were the same. I got a room again but have never received a bill!!!! Only difference was that he was born at 35 weeks and I was fully expecting to be discharged on the Thursday (he was born on Monday) as I was climing the walls, only to be told that hospital policy was to keep prem babies in until they were "36 weeks" - cue hysterics on my part!!! So we came out on Saturday (New years eve!!!!). They wanted me to stay in another day but realised they were onto a non-starter when I was sitting at the end of the bed in my jeans and jumper with bags packed and bubba in his car seat!!!!!

My only other advice is don't listen to any midwife who tells you that you have to have a painkilling suppository. I argued with the midwife the day after having DD but she insisted, so I gave in. I pooed wax for days (tmi - sorry!!!!) Then the next midwife came in and said "oh no, you could have just had a tablet". I mean fancy that the first midwife actually preferred sticking something up your bum than just giving you a tablet and some water!!!! :rotfl:

Oh, and ask the surgeon nicely to try their best not to cut a blood vessel or you'll need a drain in, and you don't want that, trust me. The surgeon who did DS came around the screen at the end to reassure me that she hadn't cut a blood vessel (bless her). But she did manage to cut the side of DS's head with the scalpel though (dozy bint!!!!).

All the best with your pregancy and the birth!!

Jxx