What to do when we have the baby????

[caseysmom]

I don't even want to say how long my labors lasted lest I scare someone

[sparks19]

Our neighbours are in their late 80's and don't like dogs lol so I don't think they will help. As for friends we don't really know a lot of people around this area.... and everyone we do know is also pregnant and due not to far away from my due date haha. I think my best bet is to ask margie if she will stay over night with the dogs so they don't have to be crated so much. All of our good friends live 45 minutes or so away. And if everything goes well during delivery and what not my hospital stay will only be one day after the baby is born so it is likely I will not have many visitors at the hospital. the hospital is about a half hour or so from the house.

yes Brian can come home to let them out.... but I don't want them to be crated 24/7 with only a quick break here and there to be out of the crates. if Margie stays over they can be free and roaming at night time and stretch out. but we are hoping to have a pen built in the basement for them by then so they won't have to stay in their little crates. So it probably won't be as bad for them.

but I know my husband lol..... he won't want to leave my side... ESPECIALLY while I am in labour. Even if I am sleeping he will want to sleep near me. So if he does come home to take the dogs out he wont be staying home for very long. But my main issue is not that they won't have bathroom breaks but more that if they have to be crated I don't want them stuck in their crates for hours and hours and hours with only a few minute break before being crated again for hours and hours and hours..

[lizbud]

but I know my husband lol..... he won't want to leave my side... ESPECIALLY while I am in labour. Even if I am sleeping he will want to sleep near me. So if he does come home to take the dogs out he wont be staying home for very long.

LOL What did you threaten him with? I think now, most women only stay overnight the day of the delivery don't they? Hope all works out
great for all of you.

[caseysmom]

I was in the hospital for 5 days because I had a complicated c section. My second was easy and I was home the next day. But...both labors lasted over 24 hours.

[sparks19]

LOL What did you threaten him with? I think now, most women only stay overnight the day of the delivery don't they? Hope all works out
great for all of you.

I didn't threaten him ......

I drugged him lol

I don't know how it works really.... we just got a pamphlet from the hospital with rates for one day or two day stays. Of course I am assuming the worst and that my labour is going to last forever even though it probably won't and I am just being paranoid.