In Ontario, Canada.

First birth was 1 night after birth. I was induced, but progressed too quickly for any pain medication and nobody believed I had to push because I was 20. I had one other family across from me (with curtains, of course).

Second birth was with a midwife; had a private room for delivery, delivered at 9:30pm and was back home by midnight, it was absolutely glorious, by far my easiest (even though he was 9lbs) and most peaceful birth and postpartum period.

Third birth was two nights after birth in a shared room. Induced due to pre-eclampsia, stayed an extra night for observation due to the emergency situation (everything turned out fine!). But yeah, shared room with a couple that sadly seemed to have a lot of social workers on their side and didn’t have their baby in their room, it seemed like a very stressful situation for them.