Can partners stay at hospital
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Varies unfortunately! You might be able to find out online (a lot have published information about visitors etc) or you could ask your midwife directly? I think usually it’s standard that partners can’t stay on a recovery ward - or least aren’t encouraged to - but it might be different depending on individual circumstances x
It varies hospital to hospital so it’s impossible to say without asking them. I live between 2 hospitals, it was the deciding factor for me as one of them only allows partners to stay on the labour ward but once baby is born and you’re put on the postnatal ward they’re only allowed between 2-8pm. The other your partner can stay for your duration in hospital, as I’m having a C-section I’d rather have that option if I need help so I chose that one.
Like others said, ask your trust. My husband stayed for 2 nights, they even made him a pull out chair bed which was lovely.
I was alone on a ward for 4 days with my son. As he had an infection. My husband had to leave at 8pm and couldn't come in until 9 the next morning. This was post csection with my first. They did have some private rooms where he could stay but they were full. X
It does vary I know with the hospital I am going to deliver at my partner is allowed to stay with me the entire time I am there and doesn't have to leave but I am not sure on other trusts
Definitely varies, my partner has stayed for all 3 of ours, we delivered early hours for our 1st so we were on the delivery suite, he went home around 5/6am and came back a few hours later, 2nd born we had him mid afternoon so my partner could stay when we got moved to the ward fortunately however he had to stay with our eldest and do the school run, our 3rd was born early hours in the morning and they wheeled another bed in the delivery room and we stayed overnight together and then when we got moved to the ward in the afternoon he was able to stay there too as often as he wanted 😊 For our 2nd and 3rd they both had jaundice and infections at birth, our 2nd was admitted to the children’s ward where we could both fortunately stay as I wasn’t emotionally capable to manage when he had blood tests every 4hrs so he was able to stay for the week we were admitted, our 3rd we stayed on the women’s ward for inductions/sections/new parents etc and he was treated on the ward alongside myself xx
Varies from trust to trust I believe and from what I've seen people posting.