Hummingbird, that is wonderful to hear that you feel you are progressing with things In regards to having bub with you in recovery, it will depend. You may need to look into getting a private midwife to be there for you as hospitals will often say you can't have bubs with you because it comes down to a staffing issue. But there have been many BB'ers that have had bubs with them in recovery, but you do have to really push for it to happen.