I'm sorry for double post... Ladies can you explain this to me? I feel a bit dumb...I don't…

I'm sorry for double post... Ladies can you explain this to me? I feel a bit dumb...I don't understand the different rooms. I wanted my sister and fiance in the room with me while labor is progressing...is it saying that only one person can be in the room with me? Or can they both get in there?

Just guessing but the first is after on the ward once bub has arrived and second one is labour/delivery room.

You can one person when you get assessed in triage but 3 people when birthing, so your OH can be with you all the time and your sister joins you both when you are in the birthing room.

Ok so triage is generally the first step only one person can be with you there nothing happens there anyway

Once you get to your birthing room they can both be there

If you had a csection then only one can go back unless you have special permission for someone else

Pacu is recovery

Triage is your first stop. Its a tiny room where they decide if you are or aren't in labor. Reason for 1 visitor. It's tiny and people get in the way.

Your labor and delivery is bigger. You'll have the 2 to 5 people.

In OR its about germs and space.

The left is Postpartum, the area/room you will be in after you have birthed your baby and you can have 4 visitors at a time, not including your SO. Right is when you are first admitted up until you give birth and depending on circumstances depends on how may can accompany you at the birth (OR is where you would have a c-section, birthing room is for vaginal deliveries)

You can only have 1 person with you if having a c-section or admitted to OR/operating room. 3 people during a vaginal birth. 5 people while laboring, not actively pushing/birthing

These are very similar to the rules at our local hospital.

Typically, when you go into labor, you'll go to the hospital (labor and delivery ward). When you get here, they will first set you up in a triage room. This is typically a small room (think the size of the exam rooms at your OB's office). Since it's so small, only one other person will really fit in there with you. But rest assured, you'll likely only be here for 10 minutes tops. They will get you in a gown, weigh you, check you for progress, and take your vitals. If your fiancé goes in with you, they'll either have your sister wait In the hall or in the waiting room until you are finished with triage and they have determined you are indeed in labor and are able to be admitted to the hospital.

Then they will move you into a Labor and Delivery Room for the course of your labor and childbirth. In this room, you can have 3 visitors at a time when you are pushing, and a maximum of 5 during the labor (non pushing part). So yes, you can have sister and fiancé with you. You could technically have more there too, in addition to them.

However, in the case you have to have a c-section, only one person can come into the actual Operating Room with you. Because this is technically surgery, there isn't room for a lot of people in there with the surgery team and its not as safe to have them all there. So if you have to have a c-section, expect that only your fiancé will likely be in the operating room with you when they are retrieving the baby. Most of the time, they will have the father accompany the baby out of the room, so that the baby is not unattended, and you may be in the operating room for 30 or so minutes alone, while they sew you back up.

The PACU is the area they would take you immediately after a c-section while you recover from anesthesia. So you could have two people with you in there, both sister and fiancé. If you give birth vaginally, you will never visit the Operating room or the PACU. That's only if you have a c-section.

After the baby is born, they will move you into a new room, called a postpartum room. Postpartum = after birth. Delivery rooms and recovery rooms are typically set up a little differently, so when they move you to postpartum, they have the separate set of rules. You'll stay in the postpartum room, typically, for 1-5 days (depending on type of delivery and any complications), before you are discharged. While you stay here, your Fiance can stay with you the entire time and even sleep there overnight in the same room. He can come and go from the postpartum ward as he pleases, regardless of the hour of day. They may even have a bed or reclining chair for them to sleep in, in the same room. However, while you are in this room, other visitors will be limited to 4 at a time and will need to adhere to visitor hours. So your sister would be able to visit again, but during the daytime (like 8am-8pm or something), and wouldn't be allowed to show up at like 3 am (while you are in recovery) or sleep in your room with you overnight.

If you like, many hospitals give free tours of these facilities to pregnant mothers so they know what to expect when they come in. Check with your local hospital. It can be very helpful.