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NervousNell
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Re: paying for private room
Posted by Katareen
And a newborn cry sounds like a kitten--if you're tired, and its not your baby, it won't keep you up.
You never met my DD as a newborn!
Her cry, from day 1, was on the level of a horror movie. 
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ANR1211
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paying for private room
I can't justify it. I would like to be alone, but I didn't mind my roommate at all. We both had 9lb babies on the same day. She had a few visitors, but I was so tired I could've slept through anything! Plus I had a lot of visitors too!
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readyfor3
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Re: paying for private room
I have done it and I would do it again! It was the best money spent! I am a pretty private person and I liked having my own space with the baby for the time I spent in the hospital. It mad everything more comfortable for me.
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HoneymoonBaby
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paying for private room
Totally worth it!
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Lillies
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Re: paying for private room
I had a private room and it was worth it. We ended up not paying for it bc it was the only room available (lucky) and I loved having the private bathroom!!!!! Not to gross you out but you bleed a lot after birth and it tends to get everywhere so you don't want to have to see other peoples blood :( that's my personal thing.
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Re: paying for private room
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by Katareen
And a newborn cry sounds like a kitten--if you're tired, and its not your baby, it won't keep you up.
You never met my DD as a newborn!
Her cry, from day 1, was on the level of a horror movie.
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EnV-McC
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Re: paying for private room
We are planning to do the private room. I just can't deal with the "what ifs" of having a bad room mate and even worse- their visitors. I am not a nice person when bothered or annoyed so knowing this, I'm going to save myself the anxiety and potential aggrevation and get a private room.
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PitterPatter11
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Re: paying for private room
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by Katareen
And a newborn cry sounds like a kitten--if you're tired, and its not your baby, it won't keep you up.
You never met my DD as a newborn!
Her cry, from day 1, was on the level of a horror movie.
The second night in the hospital DS was screaming bloody murder - definitely not like a cute kitten!!
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Alli06
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I shared a room with my first and hated it so much I switched hospitals for second and third. What a difference a private room is especially a bathroom. So I say you have the money, it's worth it.
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whoababy11
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paying for private room
Oh hellllllll yes it is worth it
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| Posted 6/13/14 8:00 AM |
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babyvibes
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Re: paying for private room
My hospital is all private rooms but I would absolutely pay if I needed to. If you can afford it, go for it. Postpartum is no joke, I couldn't imagine sharing a bathroom with another postpartum woman, in addition to their family members coming & going, their baby crying when mine just stopped, etc.
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Sparrow
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Re: paying for private room
I had a private room both times and I cannot even imagine sharing. Between the visitors (I really didn't even want my own visitors, I just wanted to rest and bond with the baby), the thought of a roommate's baby keeping me up, the bathroom mess . . . No way!
I didn't have to pay luckily but I would have been happy to if that's what it took to not have a roommate!
eta- DH didn't stay either time, although I'm sure he could have if he wanted to. He wanted to go home and get rest and I wasn't about to tell him to sleep in a chair. I didn't need him there and I think he even went to work for a bit during the day. I'm not the type to "need" him around though.
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Honey2223
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paying for private room
If you can afford to and want to, do it. I had a difficult labor and recovery so having a private room was great.
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Re: paying for private room
Posted by Katareen
And a newborn cry sounds like a kitten--if you're tired, and its not your baby, it won't keep you up.
This has to be, quite literally, the biggest lie I have ever read on here
FWIW, I delivered at 2 different hospitals that only have private rooms. After my DD, there was a newborn in the next room that kept me up all night. Not even my own DD!
For me the privacy was all about having my own bathroom - whether you have a C or a vaginal birth you are bleeding a lot for the first day or so and I cannot imagine, not even a little, having to share a bathroom with another woman while leaking all over the place. Just... no.
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MrsT809
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I really cannot imagine sharing a room. The anxiety of worrying about who I could end up with for a roommate, dealing with someone else's family on top of my own, worrying about my stuff, my hormones, someone's baby crying all night, sharing bathroom. The list goes on and on. I'm sure the majority of the time things work out just fine but if I had the money to pay, I wouldn't take my chances.
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NervousNell
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Re: paying for private room
Actually it's tied for the biggest lie with this statement that I hear all.the.time.
"all newborns do is sleep"
Yeah, um, my DD obviously did NOT get THAT memo either.
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PennyCat
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Re: paying for private room
Posted by PitterPatter11
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by Katareen
And a newborn cry sounds like a kitten--if you're tired, and its not your baby, it won't keep you up.
You never met my DD as a newborn!
Her cry, from day 1, was on the level of a horror movie.
The second night in the hospital DS was screaming bloody murder - definitely not like a cute kitten!!
I'm going to assume you either had a rare child or a very LOUD kitty 
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Re: paying for private room
I delivered at the Methodist. I hope for all the other babies and moms, that you do get a private room.
that sounds rude. what I mean is, if you think everyone is going to annoy you or you want your dh to say, you should spend.
but it really wasn't that bad sharing. my roommate was really nice. even her family didn't bother me (and I hope mine didn't bother her)
we are all there for the same reason lol. I am not beyonce.
the Methodist was great though. great delivery staff. night time nursery nurses are AMAZING. I delivered my first at another BK hospital and I am so glad I went with Methodist this time around. Good luck
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Kitten1929
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Re: paying for private room
Posted by ElizaRags35
I would. I delivered at a hospital where all rooms are private and it was fantastic. I can't imagine having to share a room.
Ditto.
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Lucky09
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Re: paying for private room
Posted by wakemeup
For me the privacy was all about having my own bathroom - whether you have a C or a vaginal birth you are bleeding a lot for the first day or so and I cannot imagine, not even a little, having to share a bathroom with another woman while leaking all over the place. Just... no.
ITA with this. If you have the money and the option for a private room, I would wholeheartedly recommend the private room!
Not sure if you are going to attempt to nurse, but I spent the better part of my time in the hospital with a boob hanging out trying to feed my DS / get him to latch. I am extremely private and I would not have been comfortable AT ALL trying to do that with a stranger in the same room. It was bad enough doing it around my OWN DH and family. I think my SIL is still scarred from seeing my whole boob hanging out, lol.
Also, I was EXTREMELY swollen after the birth of my first DS. I was barely recognizable, was so swollen that I needed assistance getting to the restroom, and was extremely dizzy from a post-partum hemorrhage. I could not imagine going through all of that in front of a stranger and/or their extended family.
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MichLiz213
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I lucked out and never got a roommate. We live 5 min away from the hospital so DH staying wasn't even discussed, but the chair in L&D that messed up his back for a week after the few hours he slept in it was the same chair they would've given him to sleep on in the private room.
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katiebug
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Re: paying for private room
I have never had to share a room because I have never delivered in NY, however, if I had the means and I would totally pay for a private room. I couldn't imagine sharing after delivery.
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Eireann
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Re: paying for private room
For $200/night, I would--and have--done it in a second. That was my first birth; my 2nd, it went up to $350/night and I coerced my DH into paying again, but he kicked me out after three nights (c-section) ; my last birth, they jacked it up to like $550/night and we both said NO WAY! I was there for three nights and the first night I had it to myself. After that, I had a roommate and I barely saw her and she was super-quiet. No problems. About six months after I gave birth for the final time, both hospitals at which I delivered turned into all private rooms...of course.
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IVFmiracle
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Re: paying for private room
Before deciding take a look at the size of the rooms. Private and not private. Think about who will be there. I chose not to do a private room, and it worked out well. I didn't have a roommate until 2 hours before I left to go home, and I was there for 5 days. I had unlimited visitors and didn't feel over crowded.
My SIL delivered at the same hospital and chose a private room. It was hot and when there was more than 4 people (which there often was) it was really crowded!!!
My girlfriend delivered at another hospital and the private rooms were much bigger. That would have been worth it to me.
As for DH staying, the hospital I stayed at didn't allow husbands to stay period. I was extremely sick, so I put the baby in the nursery at night and was only woken up to feed her. DH went home and came each morning rested and able to help. DH is a diva so having us both be tired would have been a disaster!
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wakemeup
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Re: paying for private room
Posted by NervousNell
Actually it's tied for the biggest lie with this statement that I hear all.the.time.
"all newborns do is sleep"
Yeah, um, my DD obviously did NOT get THAT memo either.
I love that one. I also love "my DC will have to adjust to MY schedule."
Oh, you dreamers you
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