I felt that I did need it both times, mainly because I was getting the nurses to help me all through the night to express every 3 hours, and feed him every 3-4 hours as well so I was pretty exhausted from that, but was determined not to have to wait until day 5 for my milk to come in. It did finally come in on day 3 which was great and we had lots of help with DD at home with ILs and mum mum so it worked for us and for me to get some extra rest before going home. I also had my own room at the Mercy - just happened to be a 2 bed room but with just me in it. If I was sharing with someone else I am sure it might have been a different story!:
