Being induced tomorrow

Unfortunately they can’t unless you’re in labour and delivery. Inductions can take days to progress so you could be in a room with other mums for a while before active labour/water breaking starts. The minute they tell you that they’re going to break your waters is when your partner can come back. At my Hopsital partner can be there from 10am until 10/11pm but any time after that partner has to go home x

@Keeley okay thank you ! i just really got my hopes up thinking he was going to be able to stay ! im now dreading it 😫x

I’m not sure which route your hospital will take with regards to starting the induction - with my first I had the pessary/gels and I had to stay in hospital overnight and be monitored and my husband couldn’t stay - he was only allowed back once I was moved to the delivery suite for my waters breaking etc. This time I am having the balloon catheter and have been told I can go home after it is inserted and come back either when it falls out or 24 hrs later whichever comes first. So it might be worth asking if going home is a possibility during the first stage before breaking waters etc if you’re nervous! When I did stay overnight I took headphones and watched things on my phone/listened to music when I couldn’t sleep and it helped a lot. I am also getting induced tomorrow so I know the anxiety! Hope it all goes smoothly!

@Abby I was induced with my first two so I do know the feeling. They only say they have to go at 10/11 so the other mums, and yourself, can get a good nights sleep x

@Morgan thank you so much, i think im having the pessary fitted so i’ll just prepare for him not to be able to stay, thanks for the information and good luck for your induction ! x

It defo depends on the hospital, I went in for induction 10pm 24/10 and was in hospital till 27/10 and my partner was with me the entire time. We had our own room as well. I would ask your hospital! Xx

@Georgie okay thank you so much !! x

I am currently on the anti-natal ward with ladies being induced etc and we are allowed 1 person to stay 24 hours a day but they only have a chair for them to sleep on but yes they can stay if you want them to. Guessing it might be different rules in different hospitals. Hope all goes well for you 🥰🙏🏼

My husband stayed with me the whole time too, with two different inductions and births xxx

@Keeley I’m on a ward at the moment and partners are allowed to stay 24 hours 🙏🏼

@Kati I suppose every hospital is different then 🤷‍♀️

My aunty was induced this month and her boyfriend stayed with her the whole time

Hey, I was induced two weeks ago and my husband stayed overnight with me.

It really varies hospital to hospital. I live half way between two hospitals, one allows partners to stay for the duration, one only allows on the labour ward when in active labour and then only visiting hours after. It’s basically what I based my hospital choice on as I’m having a C-section and need the help. Every hospital will have a different policy.

I was induced and my partner was allowed to stay the whole time , now in a postpartum ward and he still is. Definitely depends on what hospital xx

I was induced on wednesday he was allowed to stay over night with me i suppose every hospital is different

My partner was aloud to stay the whole time , I thought they’d send him home but they allowed 1 out of the two birthing partners to stay x

I had an induction, the official ward policy was no visitors overnight but, having sent my husband home, I discovered all the other women in my bay were allowed their partners with them! So worth asking. There was no bed for partners though so lots of sleeping in chairs! Good luck!

I was induced on Monday - in our hospital you got your own room and partner could stay from start to finish. If you had a second birth partner they could come from active labour onwards xx

@Emily every hospital is clearly different. In was just saying the policy at mine