What was the first few days/ nights home from hospital like for you?

Mel says:
The first two nights were a nightmare, Kylah was awake most of the night. Daniel and my mum looked after her while i got some sleep! After that she woke around 12, 4 and 8 for a feed until she was about 2 months and she started sleeping right through!
Tawnya says:
Relief to be home. Stressed trying to get Grae to latch. Stressed about falling asleep while feeding. Happy, happy, happy to have my sweet angel boy.
Kristin says:
Scary but wonderful... was very sore and had some scares with my own physical problems
Amy says:
not bad. matt and i switched feeding times. so it was better than what i thought it would be.
Beth says:
excellent, yeh she woke every four hours for a feed but she was just so good.
Virraina says:
OMG, they were horrible(had a really hard time breastfeeding)
Angie says:
exhausting and exciting....we literally couldn't sleep we were in aww
Sarah says:
really good
Debbie says:
Scary but really nice to be starting our new life as a family of three!!
sarah says:
awful was homw for 2 weeks before adam joined us
Amanda says:
good... a little hard the day after we came home cause all the family rocked up out of no where... so a little stressfull
Takara says:
Visits from family during the day, sleep time at night.
Ashleigh says:
ok. a little overwhelming but we have gotten use to it : )
simone says:
was fantastic and relaxing to be in my own home
kerry says:
i loved it when we got home
Lauren says:
a distance memory
Rachel says:
great
Tina says:
like a dream . tired, but wonderful!
Nic says:
A mix of emotions - joy at bringing my baby home and at being out of hospital. Fear about how I would cope at home by myself (I wasn't able to move much, and couldn't do any washing for a while). I was pretty emotional, but started to settle down after a few days.
Skylor says:
Good :)
Katie says:
Loved it Hospital was horrible until i was all fixed up and home i went and it felt so much better being able to relax
Bryony says:
He didnt sleep much but it was the best time of my life!
Sarah says:
Painful
Katie says:
Hard, Matt was really sick so he wasnt much help, then I got sick
Kari says:
OKAY
Angie says:
hazy/sleepy/painful
Alicia says:
First nyt was fine second was a bad one but had all good nyts since
Michelle says:
not good at all not till 2 1/2 weeks till our baby girl came home for the first time then it was great!!
Anonymous says:
first nights a hospital are ALWAYS bad for me, first night at home is alway soooo much better.
Crystal says:
very scary and nerve wracking
Kelly says:
Tiring, Painful
Mallory says:
Well, with Gavyn, walking was difficult, so I spent all day and night upstairs in the bedrooms. Besides that, it went well. With Wyatt, it went much smoother.
Kate says:
Rough because I tore a ligament in my hip giving birth so I couldn't get off the couch for a week and a half. Thank goodness my husband was home to take care of him.
ERIN says:
Very tiring. I had to feed him every two-three hours. He was a biliblanket for jaundice and he didn't like to sleep on his own.
Bobbie says:
nice and quiet
Stephanie says:
I didn't sleep.....AT ALL......I just couldn't stop looking at him.
Jill says:
The first week was ruff becuase the back of my neck hurt so bad I couldn't turn my head from side to side, after that because it was good
hayley says:
a bit of a horror and still is.Riley wakes up every 2 hours for a feed and is awake for about an hour between
Kelly says:
NICE TO BE HOME BUT HARD WORK
jamie says:
lonely and depressing bcuz my baby had to stay at the hospital 2 extra days
Emm says:
Trey was good he was waking up every 3-4 hours and sleeping straight after he fed... now Trey being almost a month old is very spoilt and can only fall asleep and sleep when he is in your arms..
Estell says:
lonely, I had to leave her behind every night for 2 months
Connie says:
Rough with both had a husband at the time that wouldn't help
Shiralee says:
Hard
leanne says:
was very very sore and tried.xxx
Emma says:
Tiring but great... Also quite sore cause of my stitches!
Kate says:
fantastic! Was so good to finally have our little man at home with us, and he slept very well for a newborn.
april says:
great as just sat looking at her when we finally got her home an scary
Rhianne says:
really good he's slept all night from when i brought him home.
Kim says:
Sore but kai was so good he has always slept riht thru da night from 2 days old lol
Vickie says:
1st........ very sore n tired but nice 2nd..... strange lol
Lisa says:
really good
Katie says:
Fantastic!
ana says:
a blur lol
lauren says:
tirein, sore
Natalie says:
i didnt mind. i kept asking for more cranberry juice because i loved it. They put zach in the NICU the first day, so i would still get up to go down to there to feed him during the night.
Sharon says:
tiring and sore
Maz says:
brilliant slept right through since
larissa says:
tireing
Trina says:
hectic, had all the family n friends round but enjoyed their help. thank you mum xx
Alyssa says:
wasnt as bad as i thought they would be......
Sarah says:
i was ill with a chest infection and every time i coughed i woke her
Danielle says:
HELL! She screamed all the time, my milk wouldn't come in so fast and I could never eat!
Julie says:
it was hard at first adjusting to being woken up. first night home I held her most of the night because if I put her down she would cry.
Kayleigh says:
different
Brandi says:
Very rough... she woke up every 2 hours or so. So Adam & I worked it out where I would get up at 6am & stay up with her during the day. He'd sleep during the day. He'd stay up with her all night while I slept. It didn't make sense for neither of us to be sleeping.
Jenny says:
Not to bad. She was a pretty calm baby until she got colic.
Jessica says:
Stressful, I was constantly awake to make sure she was okay.
Mandy says:
good
amy says:
not much sleep, she spits up alot so everytime i would lay her down i would have to grab her and clean her up or keep her from choking.
Jessica says:
NOOO SLEEEP AT ALLLLL... AND PAINFUL
Jenna says:
scary, we were clueless we both sat up all night and complained that she wouldnt sleep but if she did sleep we both freaked out all the time thinking we had to take her temp cuz maybe something was wrong lol
Megan says:
i was beat--single mommy in a brand new house by myself
Nicole says:
Lonely since his dad was in Iraq and he didn't come home until 6 days later. But it was a little rough at first trying to figure out how to get him to sleep!
Jolene says:
Pretty good - my boobs were engorged for awhile which was uncomfortable but Siobhan settled into a 3 hour routine in the dy and 4 hourly at night pretty much from the start
Tricia says:
A little pain, very little sleep!
Emily says:
i stayed at my moms cuz our house wasnt finished yet. she helped me a lot especially since i was trying to breastfeed and it was extremely frustrating.
Jenna says:
Stressful, long and exciting
jenna says:
tireing as we both not use to waking up every 2 hours in night.
Siobhan says:
quite easy as all she did was sleep
Star says:
They were like a dream... like it wasnt real. I kept waiting to wake up and it just be the two of us again... we wanted children for 4 years and tried, but it just was'nt the right time...Then in May found out I was pregnant.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!
Britta says:
i couldnt sleep for nothingggg! i was used to lack of sleep when i was pregnant
chika says:
it was rough. i was so tired and aiden didnt sleep much at night.
Charlotte says:
interestin i was on my own so had to do everything
samantha elizabeth says:
she used to wake up twice a nite
Faye says:
brill she slept through
cheryl says:
great as austin sleeps all night.
Crystal says:
painful since i had a C-section, i couldn't walk, sneeze, turn over in bed or even lift Noah , but i was glad to be home with my baby )
Deanna says:
I was in so much pain from my stitches i really couldn't move around that much..It was hard at first because James had his days mixed up from his Nights.. So he would sleep all day and be up all night....
sheena says:
very painful couldn't move it only lay down and cry lol
Melissa says:
BAD - babies didn't get to come home with me.
terri says:
i loved it.. spendin time wiv my baby
nicole says:
they where pretty good
kristy-lea says:
very stressful because i didnt have my babies with me i had to leave them at the hospital for 4 weeks with my daughter and 8.5 weeks for my son
Amy says:
I was on a high with all three so didnt sleep much but was very happy and had lots of help.
lauren says:
pretty good
Tanya says:
full on and very tiring
Amie says:
boring seth hardly cried and slept most of the time so i asked to go hom early..
Sarah says:
very exhusting lol
Tiffany says:
hard, I was in some much pain.
candy says:
tiring ,stressfull, dominic didnt want to sleep at all and crowded coz we were living with daves parents at the time
Kristina says:
Good - had all my energy back and i could eat food without vomiting!!!
Susan says:
long, he did not sleep or eat.
Danielle says:
bailey it was hard he fed every hour because he was premmy, tyler was easy he slept well n only fed every 4 hours
rani says:
hayden was easy but just the stress of keepin an eye on him made it a lil hard amelia is a good baby too
Jenny says:
Lovely
belinda says:
stressful
Krystal says:
pretty good just really tire
Jema says:
weird but nice
Victoria says:
emily was great a good sleeper but claire was up and down and still is
Casey says:
it was aweful i didnt know how to settle him
Tanja says:
Was in a lot of pain and very tired but I got through it with the help of Ben and my mum. But I loved it, finally going home so I can be mummy to my baby
Mary says:
Brooke was a easy baby-first nights slept-3-5 hours before feeding Rylee-DID NOT SLEEP Amelya-slept 4-5 hours before feeding
Jenny says:
sleepless
Anna says:
Not to bad, tiring though
Tray says:
Sleepless but was worth it.
Courtney says:
Stressful and scary and very busy with lots of visitors
Robin says:
I was very tired and happy
Steph says:
Frustrating...
Cindy says:
a major adjustment to like with two kids
Valerie says:
Alot of adjustments. Being a new mom, I was scared I would do something wrong.
Hayley says:
painful for me (loads of stitches and womb infection :o) it was nice to bring him home i has lots of help and visitors not to mention the pressies jenson had, it was all very nice some days would like to relive the experience again!
Nicole says:
just fine. i stayed at my moms the first week......she was very helpful.
Kelly says:
Great. Sleep deprived.... but great!
Sarah says:
I was completely exhausted with both of them. More with Jacob because it was just me.
Anna says:
Hell......I wasn't use to the getting up every 2 hours
Alison says:
Exhusting due to the fact I was fighting an infection I did not know I had in my incision.
Michelle says:
hard! he just cried!
Annie says:
a lot of pain, stayed in pj's and nursing gowns lots of sleep. every chance i got, but up every 3 hours. glad to stay with my parents they were a great help. my husband had to go back to his new job 10 hours away
jessica says:
difficult because i was still sore & sick, but luckily my hubby took the week off & did almost everything for me
Brenda says:
It was sleepless. LOL
Kiera says:
Was very happy to be home...Sophia slept and fed like clockwork every 4hrs and after 5 days I was quiet bored and very ready to go home.
Shantelle says:
good both times
sarah says:
lovely she slept ate and shit and i thought this is a easy hmmmmm.... lol
Erica says:
The first one was rough getting used to getting up in the middle of the night. The second was easier because we were used to it by then.
Heather says:
Crazy! We were scrambling during the nights cuz we didn't know how to make him sleep and were super tired during the days...
Amanda says:
With Brayden they were Hell he had colic and would not sleep, plus i was recovering from major surgery. With Marissa they were wonderful. she was an angel baby and my recovery was much quicker.
April says:
hard and tire some
Jade says:
great my 2nd slept most of the night
Autumn says:
Not too bad...definitely a little scary not having the doctors being a push of a button away but SO nice to be in my own bed. And I needed some stitches so getting around....sitting down and standing up...was very slow
Ashley says:
it was some adjusting. but the second night home he started sleeping 4 hours at a time ;-D
Allyson says:
They were tough.
Michelle says:
very strange and nerveracking, but very good.
Rebeca says:
very scary
Adriana says:
it was fine a little tiring but fine
Donna says:
Tired some
Erin says:
Hunter was a big change, hard, sleepless but it was great, he was in our bed for 10 months but Tanner was the easiest baby ever, put him to bed at 9 and he gets up about 7
Jennifer says:
i was on drugs & a little painful
Melissa says:
Like a rollercoaster, exciting but exhausting!
Maria says:
Fine, coz Holly has always slept 12hrs
Lucy says:
hard but the best
Stacey says:
tiring lol but better than being in hospital.
Hannah says:
I loved every minute of it!
Virginia says:
hectic trying to get back on top of things, but we managed
Emanuelieta says:
Different........
Tracy says:
Awesome. Tired and full of adjustments, like not sleeping. But excited to have them.
Sandy says:
Great! We were very excited. Grandparents were waiting as well.
Caren says:
ok
Erin says:
it's all a blur, im sure it was fabulous
Brenda says:
Very scary, but we survived, so I didn't do too bad
kerry says:
hectic and scary
Kirsty says:
easy..he was too lathargic..so we had to keep waking him up every 4hrs to be fed.
Allison says:
Crazy, I think it helped that I wasn't used to it. The first couple weeks were easiest for me, as soon as she woke up I was excited to get up with her. It was after a couple weeks that I kinda wanted her to stop waking up all night long lol
Stephanie says:
No different from our other daughter
Tristian says:
tiring and a little scary
Alicia says:
great he slept alot during the day and only woke up 2 times at night
Brittany says:
fine u just give her a boob and she sleeps
Kira says:
before he came home long and sad. when he came home good. he sleeps good.
Kailean says:
ok i guess lol
Amie says:
hard, casey was a difficult baby
chris says:
not to bad
Beth says:
very painful
Caitlin says:
Tiring. I was trying to take it easy and relax a bit, but I ended up having to take care of myself, my son and my apartment.
Alexi says:
really easy and relaxing. My 3 older boys fell in love with her so it was easy first few days
Meg says:
brayden was stressful and grayson i was calm
Courtney says:
Pain from the C section and no sleep. Thank God for my husband
Alexandra says:
There werent that bad, he was quite and only woke up for his feedings
Sheila says:
They were pretty easy...pretty much what I expected...
Heather says:
I was going crazy and wouldnt sleep. I was very stressed and wanted to get away from my mother-in-law
Tanya says:
I was so happy, I constantly held her, I could not put her down. The nights, she was up every two hours.
Val says:
Brilliant! Couldn't stop looking at my babies and watching them sleeping
Sharmayne says:
scary and triering
candace says:
It was hard to sleep. i would keep getting up to check on the baby
louise says:
lovely to be back with our new addition. 1st, slept through from about 2 days. 2nd - kept waking up every 3 hours, totally the opposite! lol
Susan says:
With my first i was so scared as i was now responsible for this little baby.I had to keep waking her for a feed as she was slightly jaundiced.But she was very goo and neve cried. With my second i was alot more relaxed and really enjoyed his first few days.
Jami says:
Joey was really sick and didn't stop crying so it was very stressful The others were pretty good but all had reflux so was really hard going. I didn't get to sleep through the night for over 10 years
Christina says:
Benny: I wanted to hang myself lol I was sooo exhausted N in so much pain and had a newborn crying every so & so it was horrible lol Darniell:It was great he was such a good baby
Amanda says:
Hard, I was in so much pain and it was very difficult to get around. Will was amazing and took over everything on top of working 40 hours a week at his job.
Sonnie says:
Caleb.. tired. lol. when he slept i tried to and yeah it was crazy. Tayden first few nights i was home with out him worrying about him still being in the hospital.
monica says:
rough, the nurses gave her baths at 4 am so her time was all messed up and a lot of early calls to grandma and grandpa (my folks) to save us so we could sleep
Heather says:
First was a nightmare. Second was great until we realised he was tounge tied!
Carrie says:
fine... What were some other names you had picked out for your baby for a boy & a girl?
Jessica says:
OMG! completely stressful NO sleep babies were on different schedule it got better once I got them on the same sleep schedule
jackie says:
they were good my husband got 2 weeks paternity leave he stayed up and i slept lol
Stephanie says:
Wonderful. She has always been a sleeper. She slept through the night from day 1!
Elizabeth says:
I was pretty out of it, I just remember being exhausted.
Cherie says:
pretty smooth. Baby only woke up once or twice to eat and then went back to sleep. I'm a night owl, the waking up didn't bother me too much.
Kristina says:
difficult had no sleep for 3 days
meghan says:
hard. I was so tired.
kate says:
tristan coughed up amniotic fluid that was still in his lungs n stopped breathing for nearly a minute while i cleared his airways, had to rush back to the hospital n get him checked. so it was really scary.
Amber says:
crazy. it was sort of like a dream i think. lol but wonderful to have so many visitors and to finally be enjoying my little girl.
Autumn says:
kind of surreal i couldnt believe that it was all over and i was actually someones mom!
Jamara says:
odd but good
Cassie says:
Great she never cryed and sleeped through the night the first night home.
Lisa says:
Happy and tiring
Fiona says:
Awful, i had no sleep, i had him at 20.27 and didn't sleep that night and only got about 2 hours the night after :(
Jemma says:
Bit of a blur lol! Overall amazing but strange to be back at the newborn stage again after nearly 4 years!
Rebecca says:
fine lots of visitors, healing, happy,worried, with my first i got the baby blues and found out i had depression so after every baby i struggled with that and after my daughter i got my tubes tied so was/am dealing with that
Gabrielle says:
very very very painful and very overwhelming Knowing that this tiny person is relying totally on me
Leah says:
Exhausting!
Melissa says:
haha i couldnt keep a convo going with out falling asleep while talking
Lianne says:
fine they were both gd babies
Danielle says:
hell lol
Kami says:
I was exhausted with Lakeisha and Breanna but Emma and Jaydon were a breeze :)
Angela says:
Awesome. He was a clockwork baby. Every 3-4hrs, then at 4wks old started sleeping through the night. I know, I'm lucky!
stacy says:
tireing but worth it
Rachel says:
tireing and painfull
Alana says:
excitin i loved it
Karla says:
annoying..cuz no one would let me do anything for myself..i felt like a prisoner!!!
krista says:
oh my...no sleep!
Elizabeth says:
not too bad, evan had like two days were he slept all day and was up all night!! liam wore me out a lil more bc he was eating every 1 to 2 hours
Sheila says:
Shia: nervous as hell I didt have a drop of milk at home so it was all on me i was so afraid that he was gonna die i never slept just watching him making suhe was breathing. Shai: relieving after a whole wk of being at the hospital 12rs a day i was glad to be home with my 2 boys and rest!!
Nikki says:
I loved it, I spent all day cuddling and playing with her. I didn't get much sleep tho. she was on a 2 1/2 hr eating schedule
Kristina says:
First night my house tried to catch fire...then I was at my parents house till they fixed it...3 weeks later
JASMINE says:
GOOD
aimee says:
hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loren says:
Logan just new and tiring and not really knowing what to expect and do.Logan didn't sleep thru until about 8 months. Mitchell was a breeze, 2nd time around your a bit smarter and more experienced Mitchell was sleeping thru the night at 8 weeks old
Shyanne says:
Good, probably spend alot of time lookin at bub, checkin on him/her.
justina says:
with breanna my first born it was scary i was scared to fall asleep i thought if i did something might happen to her i didnt sleep much so my days where harder but i was very happy and excited just worried so by the time dj was born i felt alot more confident ans capable
Jacqueline says:
quiet, Chris was in the special nursery and I got to go home and sleep and then go into the hospital for feeds.
cheryl says:
i dont remember. cant remember a thing
Kellie says:
good thanks to my mumma
Denise says:
Sad. I cried every night for that first week because John was going back to Afghanistan.
Shana says:
stressful but got used to it so became better
Kristy says:
Weird. All new, but thankfully Ava only woke once a night.
belinda says:
was so tied
tracy says:
sad, missed baby. felt wrong.
Renea says:
GREAT!! my own bed!!! Felt like I was never going to leave that hospital.
Jessica says:
Sad and Anexious , I didnt want to leave my babies , But i went back to vist the every day til they got to come home , They came home June 19th
Ashley says:
very exhausting lol. having no one else there to help out it was very brutal I had to get up every 3 hrs to feed Rylee so didnt sleep much
Rebecca says:
Loved it just could stop watching them both times lol
Marla says:
good
Trisha says:
wonderful.
Jamie says:
Exausting but peacefull
kate says:
madness!!
Tina says:
a huge change
Stacey says:
Amazing, dream like, and hectic! Every minute was dedicated to the new arrival, wasn't able to clean, shower, eat...and just spent the first few months just snuggling in to Rubie :-) best time!
Kristen says:
ok i was really tired... and my son was really grumpy cause he had swallowed some of the fluid so he didnt feel very good for about a week
Jacki says:
hell. they gave me no pain killers for when i came home to help with the pain of the episomity, so i went back the night i got out, after that Great!!
Becky says:
exshauting, i was so sick.
Melissa says:
a learning experience
Deanna says:
my mom came and stayed a few nights, Jeff was on 3rd shift. Jeff's stepmom would take Lori for the evening and bring her back just in time for bed.
Natalie says:
ok she slept all day and she was up all night...x
Tegan says:
hard.. very hard. i was still very sore and i couldnt walk properly. couldnt walk properly for about 2 weeks. and then if we went shopping after half an hour id get sore so id have to sit down again, took me a while to heal properly.id say about 3 months before i was back to normal.Chantelle wasnt sleeping it was just difficult
Anissa says:
I was very tired
emma says:
scary coz he dosnt sleep and screems blue murder with colic
Amy says:
Terrifying. I hate hospitals
Alicia says:
Scary! and amazing, laid in bed for almost a week just bonding with Avin!
Candice says:
i was a little nervous , but relieved to get out of the hospital and take our little caitlyn home. i didn't get any sleep .. i think i looked in her bassinet every 5 mins to check on her lol.
Kimberley says:
Great
Brittanie says:
Tiring...with both of them
Kelly says:
Jacob- Very tiring. I didnt eat or sleep. always looking at him! Jessie-Lynn- I was tired, but she was so good!
Briony says:
Awesome but tiring
Jen says:
incredable.. was so excited to finally bring him home.. waited for so long. Showed him around his new home, showed him his room, put on every teeny adorable outfit I wanted to see him in, took a billion pictures, played a bunch of baby songs for him over and over and just layed in bed with him for about 2 weeks recovering and just having some one-on-one time getting to know my new little man.
Brittany says:
really good.. Jordann only ever woke up once during the night
Natalie says:
Sleepless...
Tanja says:
wild she slept days and up at night my x was gone I was there with x-brother in-law and baby
Julie says:
heaven
angela says:
scary
sharla says:
lost sleep
Nicole says:
it was okay he was really good, i loved having him home and being able to hold him.
Sherri says:
Cant remember to much....A mix of absolute Bliss mixed with an our sleep lol
Jenn says:
It was weird cause I`ve never had to look after someone in such degree. Butas the days rolled into nights it became morenatural and this was really what I was meant to do in life was to be a MOM.
Vanessa says:
It was rough, I didn't want to leave her out of my sight due to my experience when I had her!
Fae says:
Sore and tiring.
Jenna says:
Wonderful. Lots of work but lots of love. With Jeff I was on my own so when he was about a week old I had a breakdown and didn't feel like I could do it anymore and was crying a lot. With Keirsten I had my husband's help so all was well.
tanya says:
wonderful she slept the entier time all night ong and most of the day i was in a lot of pain and couldnt sit but i didn have tot move much since she slept so much
Brittany says:
It was hard because i was recovring from the surgery still and could not do anything without help
Sarah-Ann says:
great, though i was lacking energy, i was still buzzing with excitement to my new life as a mum
Jassmine says:
Everything went great! The information received in prenatal classes and at the hospital was really helpful...
Natalie says:
exhausting but fun deffinatly a great experience.
Nikki says:
I was a little stressed because I was clueless.
Brittany says:
sleepless...i was checking on him every 5mins lol
Losha says:
fine
Lynn says:
NO SLEEP
christina says:
rough,hurt to get out of bed,but got better
Sabrina says:
Overwhelming in a good way and tiring
Emily says:
not bad. Abby was a good sleeper from the start so I did actually get some rest when we got home. Max was a little tougher and a lot more hungry

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