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AliceCullen
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Re: Rooming with baby?
I sent him to the nursery both nights. This was at South Nassau and they gave me no problems. There were several other babies in there at night also.
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wishing2012
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Re: Rooming with baby?
Sent my first to the nursery at night, and plan to do the same this time around.
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| Posted 10/5/15 10:07 AM |
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PitterPatter11
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My DS was mostly in the room with me. At around 2 am, the nurse came in and took DS to the nursery and brought him back at 5am. Thank God cause I needed to rest - he literally would not stop nursing. He was crying, I was crying. It was a rough few nights!
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| Posted 10/5/15 10:18 AM |
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MrsO
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Re: Rooming with baby?
I will be sending the nursery at night. I wouldn't feel comfortable sleeping with him in the room for fear someone could sneak into the room and I want a little rest.
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| Posted 10/5/15 10:25 AM |
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klsnyc805
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Re: Rooming with baby?
Posted by bunnyluck
Honestly, I don't think it's something you can plan.
This...I planned to have DS with me but he had to go to the NICU for a collapsed lung so I didn't have a choice. 
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| Posted 10/5/15 10:42 AM |
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jams92
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Re: Rooming with baby?
nursery at night...and i let them give the baby bottles the last night i was there. I wanted sleep while I could get it. Both of my kids continued to breast feed successfully
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| Posted 10/5/15 12:14 PM |
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dlj97
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Rooming with baby?
It's definitely not something you can plan. I kept mine with me most of the time but sent them all for an hour here or there so I could sleep. Even if you sent them all night and gave them formula, it is impossible to sleep through the night while in the hospital. I ebf so I had them brought to me for feedings.
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| Posted 10/5/15 1:02 PM |
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ElizaRags35
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Re: Rooming with baby?
Posted by jams92
nursery at night...and i let them give the baby bottles the last night i was there. I wanted sleep while I could get it. Both of my kids continued to breast feed successfully
On this topic-
DD1 as I said in my previous post was with me the first night and in the nursery the second. First night I tried and tried and tried to breastfeed. I ended up pumping. The second night, I had them give her formula in the nursery because she wasnt having wet diapers and needed to eat. She never breastfed and I ended up pumping for her for 10 months and also supplemented with formula.
Before having #2, I was convinced that the reason #1 never latched was because we didn't get enough one on one time and bc we ended up having to give her formula so she would have wet diapers. However, once #2 was born via c section, I was in excruciating pain and they told me she needed to eat in order to make sure her blood sugar was ok. Her first feeding was with formula. I was able to get her to latch on a few hours later but I was still in so much pain and pumping was also painful that the remaining 4 days in the hospital, she was on formula. She's 5 weeks old tomorrow and while she does get bottles of formula (I have a low supply), she is all about the boob. So even though she didn't nurse the whole first week with the exception of one time in the hospital, she does all the time. I just thought that was interesting since I thought I was doomed to have to pump with DD2 since she started off on mostly formula.
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| Posted 10/5/15 1:58 PM |
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DaniJude
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Re: Rooming with baby?
Posted by Katareen
Kept baby with me
Same here.
BUT, I will say this, my son was abnormally good - he slept like over eight hours the first night. Not a peep. So, had he started waking up every ten minutes and was fussy or whatever, I'm not sure if I would have said OMG I need sleep and sent him, KWIM? He was a dream, I was super fortunate. I had a cesarean too so it would have made getting up and down and lifting/bending that first night kind of hard. I thank my lucky stars, he has been the same way - great sleeper, since day one.
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Lara&Aidansmommy
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Re: Rooming with baby?
Nursery only at night. I had a csection with both my kids and was in alot of friggin pain. I needed my rest at night
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Alexandra17
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Rooming with baby?
With my son, he was in NICU most of the time but on his one night out he was circumcised and I had not slept so he went to the nursery. With this baby, I'm on the fence bc I need sleep but also want to bond. I bet sleep wins lol.
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| Posted 10/5/15 5:53 PM |
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Sparrow
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Rooming with baby?
I'm just curious, for the people who BF and sent the baby to the nursery- Did they bring the baby to you to BF when hungry? If not, did you pump while they had bottles in the nursery? I know it's really important to establish a supply in the beginning so I'm wondering how this works.
For me, #1 was in the NICU so there was no option. With #2 I intended to room-in but he was up all night nursing then pooping then screaming and I got so tired that I couldn't see straight. I fed him then sent him to the nursery so I could sleep until his next feeding. By the time that I settled into bed and was just falling asleep, there was a knock at my door that the baby was crying so they brought him back. I didn't bother to send him again. It was the longest two night hospital stay ever.
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| Posted 10/5/15 8:52 PM |
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FirstMate
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I sent both of them to the nursery. TBH, it was the best decision because I was able to sleep but it was hard seeing them go. I had anxiety about them going but I also had anxiety about falling into a deep sleep and someone taking them. (Crazy hormonal thinking). I knew I needed to rest and I knew they would be cared for. I definitely felt rested the next day. You need that for healing.
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PitterPatter11
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Re: Rooming with baby?
Posted by Sparrow
I'm just curious, for the people who BF and sent the baby to the nursery- Did they bring the baby to you to BF when hungry? If not, did you pump while they had bottles in the nursery? I know it's really important to establish a supply in the beginning so I'm wondering how this works.
For me, #1 was in the NICU so there was no option. With #2 I intended to room-in but he was up all night nursing then pooping then screaming and I got so tired that I couldn't see straight. I fed him then sent him to the nursery so I could sleep until his next feeding. By the time that I settled into bed and was just falling asleep, there was a knock at my door that the baby was crying so they brought him back. I didn't bother to send him again. It was the longest two night hospital stay ever.
DS clusterfed from like 9 pm -1:30 am - it was absolute hell if I'm being honest. The nurse took him around 2 am to the nursery and said he'd be fine with her since he wouldn't smell me and want food. She was correct. She brought him back at 5 am.
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| Posted 10/6/15 8:23 PM |
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Sparrow
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Re: Rooming with baby?
Posted by PitterPatter11
Posted by Sparrow
I'm just curious, for the people who BF and sent the baby to the nursery- Did they bring the baby to you to BF when hungry? If not, did you pump while they had bottles in the nursery? I know it's really important to establish a supply in the beginning so I'm wondering how this works.
For me, #1 was in the NICU so there was no option. With #2 I intended to room-in but he was up all night nursing then pooping then screaming and I got so tired that I couldn't see straight. I fed him then sent him to the nursery so I could sleep until his next feeding. By the time that I settled into bed and was just falling asleep, there was a knock at my door that the baby was crying so they brought him back. I didn't bother to send him again. It was the longest two night hospital stay ever.
DS clusterfed from like 9 pm -1:30 am - it was absolute hell if I'm being honest. The nurse took him around 2 am to the nursery and said he'd be fine with her since he wouldn't smell me and want food. She was correct. She brought him back at 5 am.
That's great, I'm jealous! I wish my DS would have gotten that memo.
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evrythng4areason
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Rooming with baby?
I had dd with me the whole time. I nursed, and I couldn't imagine not having her there with me. When the time comes, our next lo will be with us too
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Lillies
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Re: Rooming with baby?
DS-- kept in room with me. He slept beautifully in intervals with nursing in between and was perfect. I also had a quick labor and delivery with sleep days prior so I wasn't exhausted.
DD-- kept in room with me. Was hell! She was not a crier but was and still is a cluster feeder. She latched the minute she was born (literally) and refused to sleep at all unless she was nursing on me. I was so exhausted from no sleep, visitors and not sleeping a few days before giving birth that my BP spiked and I became an emotional and physical wreck. I agreed to let the nurses take her the second night for a few hours and it was heavenly and just what I needed. She Is still a very sweet but high maintainance baby.
You won't know until you go through the labor and see how your baby adjusts. It's perfectly okay to let the nurses take the baby for a few hours though. It was hard for me to allow it but they respected my breastfeed only request and I felt much better after.
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soontobemommyof2
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Re: Rooming with baby?
I didn't do it with my first one but actually did it with my second one specially because I wanted to ebfeed. I attempted a vbac but after a day and a half it didn't work out and I ended up having a C-section, rooming in wasn't really hard, maybe because he was a pretty calm baby that I didn't feel it that much. I delivered at Stony Brook and although the nurses can take the baby to the nursery if you ask them to, they do encourage you to room in with the baby.
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MrsS2005
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Re: Rooming with baby?
Both times, my boys went to the nursery at night. When they were hungry, the nurses brought them in to BF. I had c-sections and needed to recover.
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| Posted 10/8/15 7:29 PM |
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drpepper318
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Re: Rooming with baby?
With both kids, they stayed in the nursery over night. Probably from about midnight to about 5 in the morning, when the nurse would bring him to me to bf him. I told them if he was hungry in the nursery, just give him a bottle, so I could get several consecutive hours of sleep. I remember one nasty nurse had something to say about it, but all the others were always very nice & understanding. I was just too tired to be up all night.
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| Posted 10/8/15 8:50 PM |
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KStarfish82
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Rooming with baby?
Sent my son to the nursery. I figured that while I had 24 hour care for him, why not utilize it because it will just be me and my husband when we got home! I also did not breastfeed so the nursing staff could take care of it. I always made sure he wasn't the first baby back in the nursery at night though :)
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loveus
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Rooming with baby?
They took the baby at night to check him so I just said to keep him until he needed to be fed. They kept him a few hours and always returned a hungry baby which was good for breast feeding.
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| Posted 10/8/15 10:36 PM |
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LadyBug1209
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Re: Rooming with baby?
I EBF all of my kids with the exception of the few nights I was in the hospital. I sent them to the nursery from 10/11pm until about 6am. Don't feel bad about it! You need your rest in order to take care of baby. See how you feel and make the decision then. That's what the nursery and nurses are there for!
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| Posted 10/9/15 8:24 AM |
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nycgirl
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Re: Rooming with baby?
The first 2, I kept them in room.
Last one I sent to nursery as she only wanted to sleep on me if she heard or smelled me or whatever.
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| Posted 10/9/15 9:05 AM |
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RocPin
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Re: Rooming with baby?
He stayed in my room the first night and went to the nursery the second. Learned my lesson. I was exhausted!
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