Two cs here as well, and no there was no option for him to stay. At the Mercy if we had a low intervention birth, there are some double rooms that they have available for public patients but not for cs. I didn't really mind, he stayed til late each night to help me and then both times, bubs spent a few hours with the nurses so I could get some rest overnight before going home.

I had to express every few hours so nurses were coming in for J to feed, then would come to express my milk for me an hour or so later, so it would have been pretty disruptive for him. He got good rest as DD was with mum while I was in hopsy.