At the risk of sounding like an utter drip, I didn't want to come home!

I had a natural vaginal birth with Olivia, no complications, but she was in the nursery for a couple of days (as her temp was very low).

I loved the fact that there were hot and cold runing midwives 24 hours a day to help me with breastfeeding etc.

I was in a private hospital where they give you the option to stay for as little as 1 day, or for up to 10 days. My OB asked me how I felt, and he suggested "Stay as long as you can Lucy.....your medical insurance pays for it all, so stay as long as you like....."

I ended up staying for 6 nights and was glad I did.

Do bear in mind that most women, on day 4 after having a baby, have a huge drop in hormones, which brings on a lot of tears and fears.......I know this happended to me.......totally irrational, but I couldn't stop crying. It was nice to be in hospital for this period, so the midwives could support me without me feeling like a total nutter!