Congratulations! You must be so excited and can’t wait to go home to spend your first day with your newborn. How long you stay in the hospital after giving birth depends on your birth experience and hospital rules. Don’t worry, it won’t be long.🧐
After a vaginal delivery
Since vaginal delivery is an uncomplicated and safe process, you’ll likely stay in the hospital🏥 for 24 to 48 hours. You need to rest after long hours of labor in the postpartum unit for anesthesia to wear off.
Your healthcare provider👩⚕️ will check any perineal tears and the progress of the uterus’s recovery to pre-pregnant state. Then you may have a chance to meet a lactation consultant to get instructions about breastfeeding.🤱 At the same time, your baby is monitored carefully to make sure that there’s no problem.
After a C-section
The average time you should stay in the hospital🏥 is two to four days. You just go through a long and complicated surgery so you need to stay longer and rest.😃 In the meantime, your doctor will be monitoring you and your baby to make sure that both of you are doing well.👶
You should be able to walk to the bathroom without assistance, urinate without a catheter, eat and drink normally🍲 and pass gas before you are discharged.🤤 You should limit your activities for the first several weeks since your body has not been fully recovered.🙅♀️ If you feel pain, consult with your doctor immediately for pain medication.👩⚕️