i went public (at MMC) and i ended up in a room by myself - they were doing renovations & i got lucky & was put in a family birthing room that was up on the ward. i was very happy because i'm not a big one for sharing personal space. i don't think they offered for DP to stay & i'll be honest - i was absolutely gutted when he left. i had DS at about 5.30 & DP stayed until about 11pm that night. the next afternoon i started asking when i could go home & they were happy for me to go the next morning. they thought i might be lonely & offered to see if they could get me in a shared room but i declined

the only thing with going home relatively quickly was that i didn't realise i should take it easy (i felt fine) & i think if i'd stayed in hospital it would have forced me to take the rest i needed. but now i know better & will probably just be bossier & delegate more next time round