I had Matthew at 5.15pm on a Tuesday, I was transferred to my post natal hospital on the Thursday and stayed there until the Tuesday morning, so 1 week but I could have stayed longer if I wanted, it was all left up to me as to when I wanted to go home and DH stayed with me all except for 1 night so that was great as I had his help when I had a shower, he had to dress and undress me as I couldn`t bend to take my undies off or put them on.