Birth Partners & Induction
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It depends on each hospital. My hospital allows 1 to stay over but I've heard from others they were sent home.
I was suggested by my consultant that maybe partner should go home to rest, but we lived 45 mins away and this was suggested before my induction.... Just so it happened that I did start having contractions around 7pm so by 9pm/10pm when my partner was going to leave ( no one told him he had to) we decided that it's probably going to progress a lot during the night so he stayed. We even cuddled up on the bed together but I didn't get much sleep and he didn't either as I was in pain at that point! So I'm not even sure. But it's best to ask the hospital what their policy is etc! And good luck for Tuesday!
At my hospital it depended on whether u were on a shared ward or ur own room. If ur on a shared ward no partners over night but I had my own room so my husband was allowed to stay with me
My husband stayed from the moment I was induced until the moment I left with my newborn it’s dependant on hospitals tbh
Probably depends on method of induction and hospital, but I was induced via the balloon, they fitted it and then sent me home. It was instantly causing really bad contractions that I couldn’t speak or walk and I started bleeding so they had me come straight back in. They then took me to a delivery room to break my waters and put me on some drip to control my contractions and my partner was able to then stay until the following evening before being sent home. Do you have a way to contact your midwife to ask just so you can be prepared?
@Ariana what time did you give birth and what time/ day did you go home? I gave birth at 21:10 and my partner went home at around midnight when I was moved onto the ward, but that was the worst part about the whole thing. Alone with a baby, exhausted 😩 scared 😔
The hospital I went too allowed my partner to stay with me the entire time( 7 days) it probably depends on what hospital you’re going too xx
@Levi Thankyou! This makes sense as long as i’m not alone i think it’d be horrible x
@Toni Hopefully they let either my mum or partner stay!
@Alina Thankyou! This is also what i’m worried about since my hospital is a half hour/ 40 minute drive away and wouldn’t want to be on my own if things took a turn! Will double check with my midwife on monday :)
@Willow How do they determine whether you’re going to be on a ward or a room? I’m high risk would that mean i’m more likely going to in a room or not make a difference?
@Ariana Honestly how it should be i hope this is how my hospital works!
@Ellie J I see her monday so can potentially ask before to get an idea but the hospital in my town isn’t where you deliver so i’m unsure if she would know but thankyou!
@Sophie This should 100% be the norm!!!
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@Ellie people who have certain mental health problems or medical accommodation get priority, n then it just depends on how busy they are an their availability. If there is barely anyone on the maternity ward n they have a lot of rooms then they might give u ur own room but just depends on availability n priority
Depends on hospital. My hospital allowed visits from 8am-9.30pm including birth partners. My husband wasn’t allowed to stay at night. My labour pain started 10pm and I was alone all night and have birth next day at 3.30pm😭 There were other induced patients but almost everyone was sleeping and then there was me screaming in pain. It was scary coz pain plus it was so quiet like horror movie
My hospital allowed my partner and my mum to be with me at all times 24/7 during induction and after I’d given birth so think it depends on the hospital like everyone’s said x
My husband was with me the entire time I was in hospital. Some hospitals don't let this happen. If they had tried to make him go home I would have gone full crazy and forced them to let him stay. Because it's way easier for them to waiver a silly rule then to deal with a crazy lady (I was allowed to see my friend during covid because she was being a crazy, crazy lady. They wavered the no visitor rule because they thought she would be safer with a visitor then left. They were right she was trying to kill herself when I arrived and when I left she was happy to stay and stopped being a pain in their backside).
My hospital allowed a partner to stay on the ward the whole time and up to 2 visitors until 8 but I told him to go home until I was in active labour as one of us needed to get some sleep as it’s only a recliner chair to sleep on x
My hospital did not allow anyone to stay after 8pm till 8am. It was horrible staying in the hospital all night alone while being examined and going through labour alone. Was induced on a Monday and moved to labour ward Thursday night when my husband and mom could come and stay with me there. Had to have an emergency c section Friday night/Saturday morning. And my husband and mom were sent home even then. LB born at 12.30am and they were sent home at 4am. Alone with a newborn when you can’t really move isn’t the best experience. When I rang the call sign for help. I was told ‘oh all the midwives are busy someone will get to you’. No way was I leaving my few hours old baby to cry while I was there helpless. Managed to get him and feed him(as best I could as I didn’t know how). It was the most traumatic experience of my life. Nobody should have to stay alone while going through such a massive change in life.
My first pregnancy almost 16 years ago, my partner was sent home and called when I went into active labour. Luckily he worked in the hospital at the time and just made a bed in his department as he wasn’t there for long before getting the call. A friend has recently had a baby in the same hospital and her partner was allowed to stay even after the birth, but she was in private room, I was on the ward.
I was in a private room and my husband was still not allowed to stay after the birth
When I was induced, birth partners went home and I was refused them back when giving birth so I had no one there until after having baby. They were only allowed to visit and leave hospital
Birth partner could stay the entire time but visitors had specified times. My labour ended up with us staying a further week on the ward and then another two weeks in nicu, all of which my partner was able to stay with me! But we did live 45mins from the hospital so think it is very much situation and hospital dependent.
@Alina I got induced at 9:30pm my husband stayed the whole night and the whole of the next day. we then moved to the labour ward at midnight the day after being induced and delivered at exactly 12lunch
@Ellie it definitely should. I ended up having an emergency C-section. I don’t think I would have been able to cope if it weren’t for my partner being there 24/7!! X
@Willow I’m only being induced because my blood pressure is borderline and baby is LGA so unsure if i would qualify or not tbh x
@Jubeda That sounds terrible jesus, that’s my worst nightmare!
@Reese 100% should be like this it’s mental hopefully my hospital is like yours but i don’t have much faith haha
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@Helen I wondered about this what would they do if they refused to leave or i threatened to discharge myself if i was left alone? Suppose they can’t kick the pregnant lady out can they😂Hope your friend is okay aswell!
@Danielle This I wouldn’t mind but our hospital is 40 minutes away and my partner isnt driving atm so if he was called at 3am it wouldn’t exactly be ideal x
@Zinnia Yeah this is disgusting so sorry you had such an awful experience! Pray mine is nothing like that wonder why some midwife’s do the job considering they’re so miserable!
@Gemma Hopefully i will have a room then thankyou! but i bet that was handy having your husband working at the hospital haha x
@Zinnia Sometimes it seems they make things as awkward as possible it’s crazy!
@Nicole That’s awful how terrible 🤦🏽♀️
@Becky Fingers crossed they take the fact we’re far too into consideration then, were they quite accommodating to your partner being there? x
@Sophie Jesus yeah that would’ve been horrible ! xx
@Ellie oh gosh, definitely ask if partners can stay! You might like the peace and quiet 😂 x
@Ellie I mean they can't refuse you discharging unless for certain reasons like fear for your life or apparently if they discover your homeless because that's how one of my friends ended up staying for 3 months because they wouldn't let her leave without somewhere to go. But they're so understaffed a lot of the time they will just do the easiest thing.
@Ellie hi Ellie, I hope they are for you too! We can't fault the support we had from the midwives and care team where we were. My partner had to sleep on a chair the entire time we were on the wards, but then we got a flat to stay in nicu. But they checked in on how he was feeling and doing just as much as me which was really good. Hope you have a positive induction, and whatever happens and however long it's taking just think its bringing you closer to your little one!
It might be hospital dependent but my hospital allowed one birth partner to stay if you aren’t in active labour. My partner stayed overnight and my mum came back the following morning at 9am when I was moved to the labour ward and was in active labour. She stayed with me until I gave birth after that.