with DS i was in a shared room with no other ppl i think it might have been the same as previous posters where they fill the private rooms first and one person in each shared room till they are full DH stayed for the first night coz i was in the family birth centre with a double bed and my parents stayed as long as they could i only spent my last night actually in the ward lol

with DD small hospital and all the rooms were private DH would have stayed but he wanted to go home to DS but he was with me all day they didnt really enforce visiting hours unless i wanted them to