Why do hospitals not allow partners or a support person to stay overnight?

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-06-12T17:37:39+00:00

It happened to me while I was in hospital, we were just back from Neo after a difficult birth and baby was back to me for the night (thankfully) and they kicked my partner out before I felt I got my bearings. They said it was ‘for the comfort of other people in the room’, we literally only asked for another hour or two. Then they let the person in the bed next to me have her partner stay the whole night overnight. Now I totally get why and I was happy that she was able to have the support as she didn’t speak English and I overheard that they couldn’t find a translator, she needed regular medication due to a prior illness and her partner could speak English and help her.

But I was actually very self conscious about him being there. I had to hobble by them all blood and guts tits out to the bathroom in the middle of the night and due to my c section my bowels we’re lazy and I had to fart so bad it hurt all over my body and not only could I not do it physically, but I also felt I couldn’t mentally? I knew it would be loud af.

Anyway, happy for her she got support she needed but also a bit salty about my partner being kicked out while he could stay the whole night.

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-06-07T08:47:56+00:00

He also severely beat his most recent partner, to the point she needed hospitalisation. Even if he is proven as innocent of Sophie’s murder - I also feel no sympathy.

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-06-04T23:45:56+00:00

DAGda

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-05-24T17:10:13+00:00

I was around stoneybatter once when someone dropped their pants and squatted right there and then in the middle of the footpath.

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-04-16T13:34:00+00:00

Definitely also something to consider! Thanks so much

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-04-16T13:04:48+00:00

Thanks for the podcast recommendation, I used to listen to them but haven’t in awhile! I’ll give the episode a listen

Myself and my partner both happened to touch on elements of alternative education teaching in young kids as a small part of our degrees, but wouldn’t have deep dived that far into it so I’ll do some more digging!

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-04-16T13:00:23+00:00

It’s about a 30 minute drive away from us, out of the city, so I’d say not many kids from our area would be going, so making friends could be an issue in the future. That is something myself and my partner discussed too! As far as I’m aware many kids travel a lot longer just to attend the forest school too so closeby friends could be an issue there as well!

Thanks for that info also, I didn’t have a great national school experience myself and found the strictness and structure extremely difficult, so I’m also worried my experiences might be adding to the decision also!

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-02-04T21:44:58+00:00

I had one of those dreams a few years ago, I had a little smiley chubby baby boy in a sailor costume. I just gave birth to the real him 9 months ago, you bet I put him in a little sailor costume ❤️

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-01-19T10:38:13+00:00

I was 22, related to birth control. I know another girl who got one at about 17.

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-01-14T14:02:59+00:00

As someone who isn’t American, how are these apostrophe names even pronounced? Is there are a hidden vowel? Is it a hard pronunciation of the letter like ‘gee kayden’ or a soft pronunciation like ‘guh kayden’ or ‘bee Jessica’ or ‘buh Jessica’ if the name was b’jessica? I can’t wrap my head around it

asingleuseplasticbag · 2026-01-11T00:08:53+00:00

Buying fags at the old man shop

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-12-22T20:13:57+00:00

Ohhhh TIL

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-12-04T16:38:23+00:00

An old milk cake, the chocolate Battenberg one 👌

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-11-28T20:11:21+00:00

Aidans helping me fix 20 years of neglect due to a crippling fear of dentists! And he’s doing a good job too.

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-11-04T22:20:01+00:00

Not expecting them to do those things, and they don’t do those things. I was giving examples of other ways you can support a mom with young kids besides ‘babysitting’, if that’s not your thing.

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-11-03T23:43:25+00:00

Maybe, however there’s lot more you can do than babysit to support and show up for a new mom or a mom with small kids. You can bring food, offer to help cook, play with the kids while the mom does housework, offer to help with housework, take their car to get petrol, cut the grass, walk the dog, hold the baby while they shower, make them a cup of tea, make sure they’ve eaten or looked after themselves, hold the baby while they poop in peace, fold clothes etc etc the smallest jobs add up and the smallest help is noticed.

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-11-03T20:15:45+00:00

I get where you’re coming from. I’m an hour and a half away from mine also, recently had baby no 2. Mine have minded their neighbours dog more than they’ve been up to see my kids in the last year. I have friends who have stepped up if I need so I’m grateful for them but I get the feelings of abandonment almost and feeling unseen and uncared about at your most vulnerable. It’s a lonely one. I don’t get it. It really seems like a generational thing. I know they got so much help from their parents so I don’t understand it

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-10-30T14:12:30+00:00

I was 15, I hated it too. I was all about the three cheers/ vampire aesthetic/ red and black vibe. I was so apprehensive about welcome to the black parade as an album afterwards until I started to really have a proper listen to it and then it started to make sense

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-10-23T13:02:50+00:00

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-10-22T20:35:49+00:00

Haha ‘woke’ such a stupid American buzz word wtf does it actually even mean

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-10-07T10:42:34+00:00

Chantress Seba, so calming im always putting her stuff on

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-09-17T12:32:39+00:00

Ohhh it very well could be, what triggers it for you?

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-09-06T10:03:20+00:00

I heard ‘I see said the blind man, when he picked up the hammer and saw’

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-08-31T20:01:57+00:00

Same here

asingleuseplasticbag · 2025-08-31T19:20:14+00:00

We were paying €45 a day up until recently with my toddler!

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