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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a C-section with twins. Honestly, it wasn’t that bad IMO. I didn’t really expect to get any sleep. Left early after both my deliveries.

My mom stayed overnight with me which was awesome. [/quote]

This is key. My husband stayed overnight with our first, in 2014. For our second in 2017, I knew the score and we had DH stay the first night while his parents stayed with our older kid, and DH's sister stayed the second night so he could go home to the older kid and be rested. Obviously we are very lucky that family was local (SIL) or able to come in (inlaws). GW both times, and the second one was after they got the "baby friendly" designation.

Like a PP, I didn't really want to use the nursery anyway, and I was breastfeeding, but for someone without a supporting person I don't know how they'd manage. My kids cried all the time unless held (even after we got home but at least at home we weren't being woken for vital checks). On the last morning in the hospital I was so exhausted from having been up all night - even though SIL was there - that I fell asleep and slept right through the various checks and my baby screaming (according to SIL). And despite all that the lactation consultant never came by, and the hospital missed that my second kid had jaundice even though I said several times she didn't look right, etc. GW's strength is in birth, but not post-birth care by any means.[/quote]

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