Average Hospital Stay After Birth. Across countries the mean length of stay ranged from 05 days in Egypt to 62 days in Ukraine for singleton vaginal births data available for 71 countries and from 25 days to 93 days for cesarean-section deliveries data available for 30 countries. If your plan covers maternity care you are entitled to a minimum of 48 hours of hospital stay after a vaginal delivery and 96 hours after a C-section according to the Department of Labor. Youll have to rest a bit after pushing out baby and wait for any anesthesia to wear off and your doctor may want to monitor you and baby for the first day or so to make sure no problems develop. British mothers are sent home from hospital after childbirth more quickly than in any other developed country research suggests.
But if there are any issues your baby will have to stay for a likely very short while. Economic realities brought about change in the length of postpartum stays. Women who give birth vaginally usually have a one- to two-week recovery time which stretches to six weeks after a C-section. Delivery in the hospital. In 1992 the average total length of stay for all hospital deliveries in the United States was 26 days 21 days for vaginal deliveries and 40 days for cesarean deliveries 1. Across countries the mean length of stay ranged from 05 days in Egypt to 62 days in Ukraine for singleton vaginal births data available for 71 countries and from 25 days to 93 days for cesarean-section deliveries data available for 30 countries.
96 hours following a cesarean section.
Delivery in the hospital. If your plan covers maternity care you are entitled to a minimum of 48 hours of hospital stay after a vaginal delivery and 96 hours after a C-section according to the Department of Labor. 8136496N05Flickr The average woman in Egypt only stays in the hospital for half a day after giving birth. When the Stay Begins. When moms start ragging on the state of the modern maternity ward theyre often called crazy told that the doctors know way better and its assumed that hospitals would never do anything to hurt you. If you have a totally smooth vaginal birth youre likely to head home within 24 to 48 hours of delivery.