Poll - Where did your baby sleep in the hospital?

[mpc]

The first night I was in bad shape (migraine, throwing up) so I sent him to the nursery and told them to give him formula. The second night he stayed in the nursery but they brought him to me to try to feed when he woke up.

[karinothing]

Aug 7, 2015 8:04:38 GMT -5 @simpledog said:

I asked about a nursery on my tour and I got told that once I become a parent my sleep isn't important.

Super.

That is messed up. One of the reasons my birth center discharges us so early is so we can take advantage of the initial sleepy period and sleep myself to recover.

[felicity]

Nursery for a few hours a night then our room the rest of the time. They even put a sign on the door to do not disturb so nobody bothered us with tests or surveys or whatever. They brought him back to nurse. One of the nurses suggested it and I'm so glad she did.

[bcarp30]

She slept in our room but for #2 I am so sending that kid to the nursery, especially knowing the toddler I'm coming home to.

[SallySparrow]

Aug 7, 2015 8:07:43 GMT -5 shortstax said:

Combo of room & nursery with DS, NICU with DD.

I'm floored at the # of responses where the hospital doesn't have a nursery. Is this a new thing?

It's part of this "baby friendly" initiative a lot of hospitals are doing. It's not terribly parent friendly, in my opinion.


A went to the nursery in between feeds on the second night. I needed some damn sleep.

[Deleted]

Ben they took for 2.5 hours after I begged.

Ethan they took for like an hour.

So combo I guess but not as much rest as I would have liked.

[SJ]

Mostly in our room, but the 2nd night the nurses took her somewhere for a little bit. I'm assuming that was the nursery? It was like 2-3 hours max.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

The nursery the first night, and our room the other three. Though when they'd take him for his checks around 11, they'd keep him for a couple of hours until it was time for him to eat again so I could get some sleep. There were only 2 babies there the first couple of days we were there, though, so I don't know if they would have kept him if there was a full house.

[Brie]

I sent C to the nursery so I could get some sleep.

Between C and P, the hospital started to work towards that WHO baby-friendly BS and no longer routinely took babies in the nursery overnight.

And THAT sucked, because 24 hours after my c-section, H had to go home to help with C, so I was flying solo. I could barely walk two steps and I remember being in absolute agony trying to lift him out of the bassinet and put the Boppy on to BF. Thankfully a very kind PP nurse noticed I was struggling and offered to take him for his NB hearing screen and said she would take a very long time doing it so I got a decent rest.

Baby-friendly, my ass.

[Ashley&Scott]

In my room the first night, but I didn't get any sleep because I was terrified someone was going to come in & steal him. (At like 2am, right after we had all settled down to go to sleep they came in to get him for his hearing test.)

Second night he was in the nursery. 

[countthestars]

Aug 7, 2015 7:53:31 GMT -5 @this said:

My @:!:^]* room! I begged them to take her to he nursery so I could get a few hours of sleep and they said no.

Same. Bastards.

[Cicero]

My room. This baby will be going to the nursery.

Unless they've done away with the nursery since M was born. Anyone know how I can figure that out so I'm not surprised when I go to deliver?

[christy082]

The nursery

[Velar Fricative]

Combo. When I needed a couple of hours straight of sleep I brought her to the nursery.

[bowies]

Combination. I delivered in a "baby friendly" hospital (God how I hate that term) so they encouraged rooming in. But, since it was also the high risk hospital, the nurses used a few tricks to bend the rules so we could get some sleep. They scheduled tests and procedures for the early morning hours and would take him over there early so the doctor wouldn't need to wait around. Those two hour bursts kept me sane and I feel zero guilt. My H and I also traded off during the daytime hours. He'd walk the halls with DS for a while so I could catnap.

[anaps28]

#1 in the nursery
#2 in my room ( baby friendly bullshit) which was horrible we didn't sleep he just camped out on my boob.

[dcrunnergirl52]

With DD and DS1, they were born at 5pm and slept with us the first and second nights. We sent them to the nursery the last night, I think. We really should have sent them every night b/c I came home feeling like crap and my PPD raged partially due to never giving my self a chance to recover.

With DS2, I knew how important my sleep was and how critical feeling recovered when I left the hospital was to keeping my PPD at bay. So, DS2 was born at 1am and I sent him to the nursery that very night from 3am-8am and for each night after that from 8pm-7am. I was EFF so I didn't have to worry about feeding him overnight. It was glorious and perfect. It felt like I was at a spa where they let me cuddle this perfect baby and recover. I felt so, so, so good physically when I went home.

I had a few friends side-eye what we did with DS2 but he doesn't remember it obviously (and it definitely didn't impact our bonding..the boy would crawl back into my belly if he could) and it started off my maternity leave on the right foot--a leave that I tell friends was one of the best times of my life. 

[t]

Nursery from 11-6. With DD1 the nurses acted like I was terrible for it, but for DD2 they encouraged it. I really struggled getting in and out of bed on my own after c/s. And I was the patient, goddammit! I had my talking points ready if they judged me again. lol

[Deleted]

DD slept in the nursery for a little bit of the first night. They took her after I passed out going to the bathroom. I think she stayed with me the second night. My hospital encouraged me rooming with her but immediatly took her when I had an issue without questions. Then they just kind of came back and asked me if I was ok taking her again. I think I could have sent her back.

[shortstax]

Aug 7, 2015 8:15:13 GMT -5 SallySparrow said:

Aug 7, 2015 8:07:43 GMT -5 shortstax said:

Combo of room & nursery with DS, NICU with DD.

I'm floored at the # of responses where the hospital doesn't have a nursery. Is this a new thing?

It's part of this "baby friendly" initiative a lot of hospitals are doing. It's not terribly parent friendly, in my opinion.


A went to the nursery in between feeds on the second night. I needed some damn sleep.

So this was the one upside of DD being in the NICU for a few days.  Silver lining?

[jr009j]

Aug 7, 2015 7:56:36 GMT -5 purplecow0206 said:

We had a combination of room and nursery.

My H and I were both exhausted, naturally, and one of the night nurses came in and offered to take her to the nursery for a few hours and bring her back when she was hungry. We looked a her with a "you can do that?" sort of look and I think I started crying.

They took her right out.

This happened with both my girls. They took them to do the hearing test and then to the nursery until they were hungry.

[osulori]

Mostly nursery. I didn't sleep the greatest either way, but needed the time to decompress more than anything else.

[Deleted]

The hospital here has no well baby nursery.

[glitzy07]

In my room. The only time they took him from me was for his circumcision, otherwise he was there the whole time. They had a nursery, but I don't think they ever offered or that I ever asked to send him.

The hospital where I delivered has since become a "baby friendly" hospital. I'm really curious to see what changes were made when I deliver this baby.

[pattieice]

I gladly sent DS1 to the nursery so I could get some much needed sleep after a long labor.

2.5 years later I was at the same hospital delivering DS2. I pushed him out and was ready to send him to the nursery for the night. That's when I was informed that there was no longer a nursery at the hospital! WTF!

When my mom had kids in the late 70's they had a Stork Club at the hospital. The babies were kept in the nursery and my parents got to enjoy a steak dinner and champagne provided by the hospital!

[somersault72]

With us. Unfortunately. The hospital I delivered DS in is considered "baby kind" and they push leaving the baby in the room. The second night he screamed almost all night and my H had to get up at 5am to go to work. I spent a good part of the morning worried my H was going to die in a car accident (thanks pp hormones) because neither of us slept at all. Oh, I'm sorry--we did finally get to sleep for a hot minute, then at 4am they came in and got DS for his hearing test.

[glinda]

Aug 7, 2015 8:07:43 GMT -5 shortstax said:

Combo of room & nursery with DS, NICU with DD.

I'm floored at the # of responses where the hospital doesn't have a nursery. Is this a new thing?

Ours got taken out as part of the breastfeeding initiative.

Howver, the nurses asked me every time they came in if I needed a break and if they needed to take him for a while. It was really quiet in the floor when I gave birth/was in recovery so they were more than happy to take babies to snuggle. We also had a quiet time of 2.5 hours every day where the floor is locked down and only 1 support person can be with you, so they usually took babies to give mom/dads a break then as well.

[KaraOrNot]

NICU. I honestly have no idea if they have a regular nursery.

[aspentosh]

My room.

[MNH2013]

NICU. She was released a few hours after me. So our first night together was our first night at home. She's still in our bed