How long did you stay after birth?

[*TripleJ*]

with DS was admitted thursday night (born fri morning) and left sunday afternoon
with DD admitted monday morning left thursday afternoon i actually enjoyed the break except fir the lady coughin super loud on my last night

[UntoldAngel]

DS I stayed in 5 nights due to his weight loss / jaundice / difficulty feeding and my engorgement
DD I stayed 3 nights because I had to be assessed before being released

[~Hestia~]

With Moo I stayed overnight, with Buster I left early afternoon after having him not long past midnight. Though I had been in hospital since the previous afternoon.

[beansbeans!]

DD1 I stayed for 2 days (although they shouldnt have discharged me thanks to her health, considering we were back in there after two days and her being too sick but thats another story altogether)
DD2 had her at 3am and was home by mid morning (after an hour drive)

This time round I plan on being there the min 4hrs, if not less.

[raffy]

With DS1 I had him at midnight sat/sun and left Monday arvo
With DS2 I had him at 9.30 am and left by 4pm the same day of course that was only 2 days ago and I'm recovering soooo much better at home

[luna moth]

I stayed 40 hours. It was too long. If I could go back and change it, I would have stayed 17. (1 night rather than 2, leaving at 10am the day after DD was born.)
Althooooough, staying the extra night meant I was strong enough to walk home, which I always wanted to do.

[MissM]

Dd1 - 2 days. Dd2 I was gave birth in a public hossy (that's quite busy) and I stayed 18 hrs I had an episiotomy and they prefer you to stay 48 hours at least, but this was my 2nd and I was well enough to go

[BlackRose]

4 days - Standard for a normal vaginal birth at North Shore Private Hospital in Sydney

[Jewel]

With DS1 - He was born thursday morning, we left monday. - He had issues with feeding. He had the had a tube down his throat to actually get something into him. Once that was all sorted we left.

With DS2 - He was born Saturday night, we left wednesday. - I ended up with really high temps on sunday night/monday and some other stuff. Had tests and all that stuff so had to stay till that was all under control. DS2 needed an ultrasound on his kidneys so it worked out well we were still in hospital. We didn't have to wait.

[AwesomeFoursome]

DS - 3 days
DD1 - 6 hours
DD2 - 24 hours

[mummaT]

had drug free natural birth at 635am wen home at 3pm that day. where i went you had to stay minimum 4 hrs after.

[Bloom]

Yup, my birth centre had a 4hr discharge - that is the earliest they would let you go. With both boys I ended up staying in due to meconium - 2 nights for DS1 and 1 night for DS2 for them to be monitored, which I was completely happy with.

To be honest, I'd love to have stayed in longer with DS2, just to have the quiet time to get to know him, rest, have meals brought to me etc. Yes, I did miss DS1 during the 30 hours or so I was in there, but he was brought into visit me once. I am actually considering going private next time in order to get the longer hospital stay - but that's a story for another thread.