Sleeping with your baby whilst still in hospital?

[sneakysparkle]

I was advised not to by a midwife (she had to as hospital policy) but she did suggest ways in which to co-sleep safely!
Talk to your dr, but I dont see how they could stop you co-sleeping if thats what you want to do

[feeb]

i was advised not to co sleep in hospital for safetys sake when in single bed. In queen size they didnt say anything.

Saying that in single bed he stayed with me on my chest. They never tryed to stop me and I actually got comments saying he knows where he wants to be.

[Antheia]

I went to a public hospital with DS and co-slept with him. No one said anything about it. I was only in there for 1 night. He slept on my chest the whole time. I couldnt really sleep though due to the high of just given birth!

[STARRYSKY]

I lost count of the times I got told off for having Jacob with me on my chest, id just had a csection and it was damn hard trying to get him out of his little wheelie bed, so once I had him out to feed him, I wanted him with me, damn midwives kept taking him off of me and telling me I would suffocate him (mind you, I was on some serious drugs, but it really peeved me at the time.)

[visitor1]

With DD1 my hospital actually put her in the bed with me....pulled up the bed rails and had a pillow behind her (she was laying on her side as she had alot of yucky stuff in her belly they wanted up).

[smiles4u]

Oh, i would have LOVED to ... but my bed was single and OMG my baby would have fallen out for sure ... i wouldn't have risked it if i had fallen asleep and we were squished in a single bed together

Hope you can get a bigger bed so you can co-sleep with bubba !!!

[Girl-23]

DD slept with me during the 2nd night at hospital. I gave birth in a public hospital and was given my own room, which had a double bed. The midwives didn't say anything. However, if I were in a single bed, I probably wouldn't sleep with my baby. I wouldn't feel safe especially after giving birth, all you want to do is sleep and feel exhausted.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I had DS in a little cribette thing attached to the bed, so he was right next to me. Then later (in the special care unit) he was in this cot with wheels on so he could be taken into the nursery at night.

I was told that I wasn't allowed to sleep with him - mind you, this was post-birth and I couldn't move let alone put DS in the crib on the other side of the room. So I slept sitting up with him snuggled against my chest. I had to keep waking up every time someone walked in the room to check I wasn't sleeping with my baby, which wasn't allowed! I was finally "allowed" to sleep 7 hours post-birth (33 hour labour with no sleep after 7am the previous morning!) when I was taken into the ward and DS had his own sleeping space on the bed.

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

I'm really surprised that hospitals have a policy about this, and particularly surprised that some are so determined to enforce it! I co-slept with DD in hospital (and her dad lol!!) and no one said anything.

[Mum0809]

I was in two public hospitals with DS (there was no midwifes at the one he was meant to be born at) I spent 1 night in each hospital and co-slept with him in both hospitals. They never said anything. I would have agrued with them if they had, I wasn't going to try to get out of bed every time he cried with 3 layers of stiches.