Elective C section Liverpool Women's

Don’t know of any hospitals where you’d have to pay for your partner to stay… news to me! I work in a North East hospital and partners can just stay and be there for support… all hospitals here offer the same

@Clare the partner can stay for the 2/3 nights that we maybe in? Xx

Depends on the clinical situation (wellness of you and baby) but generally, you have an elective c section one day, and home the next. Not a lot of people need a 2/3 night stay. Generally, it’s just assumed you’ll have your partner staying for support, never known anyone put a charge on it 🤷🏼‍♀️

It might be worth speaking to your midwife directly as different trusts have different rules; I believe some don’t allow (or at least don’t encourage - so your partner would just have a chair, for example) overnight stays on labor wards. Quite often I think partners choose to go home for a night to be rested for supporting on post-partum care also! Separately I’ve seen people posting about private rooms costing anywhere between £100-600 per night, so again might be worth doing some digging with your midwife to get the information 😊

Thanks for your replies, I have a teams meeting with the consultant on Wednesday so I will ask then. My midwife is out of area from the hospital I've selected @Jess so she can't answer any questions. 😭

We weren't able to pay for a private room or have my husband stay last year. It was awful. I got no sleep and had no help from 8pm until 8am when he could return. I'm dreading doing it again next month.

@Anna oh no, were there no midwives to help? This is what I'm scared of!

@Abbey I kept asking for help. I ended up in tears and having a massive nosebleed by 5am and they finally took baby for an hour m, so I could sleep. They were so understaffed. I'm having baby on 23rd December this time, so I'm worried about Christmas staffing 😕

@Anna is it another c section you are having?

@Abbey yes. I'm hoping for a better experience.

@Anna fingers crossed and I'm sure you will 💖