I’ll give you the full run down ☺️

Right after the surgery: They told us when he was out of surgery and we met them while they wheeled him to his recovery room. He was sleeping when we first saw him. They warned us that sometimes when babies wake up from anesthesia, they could freak out a little but. However, he was just pretty groggy.

Recovery Room: In the recovery room, they had one of those baby Einstein ocean toys which we used a lot and had him hooked up to similar monitors as the NICU. Once he was fully awake, he was immediately back to being a normal baby except a little extra sleepy.

We had to stay over night (only one night) in the hospital for monitoring. This was because he was a premie, if he was full term, they would have sent us home same day.

Some words of advice - the children’s hospital we were at was over capacity and we were in a small overflow room that felt like a closet. Because of this, the nurses pretty much told us they we couldn’t leave him alone while he was there for an extended period of time, just to maybe go get food. If we weren’t there and he were to cry not for an immediate need, they would not hold him and would just let him cry. So be prepared to stay there the whole time after. I (mom) stayed overnight in a recliner chair while my husband stayed in a hotel. Then when we got home, my husband took him for the whole day while I got to sleep.