How soon after delivery can I take a shower?

are you pregnant?????/

Quoting katiedid1980:“ Because my husband and I have already figured out what we're going to do. We'll go to the hospital together, ... [snip!] ... the baby to me. But they haven't told me how soon after I give birth I can shower? Idk if I'll be too weak to stand up or what.”

as soon as your epidural wears off and you can stand up

You can as soon as you want to.
Why do you not want your husband in there?

The nurses at my hospital made me take one an hour after the Dr. left. They pretty much forced me out of bed but I'm glad they did, especially because of all the body fluid (from your water breaking, blood, etc.)and sweating you do /have during labor.

you are TTC but don't want your husband in there while you give birth to his baby ? oh okay , but i took a shower the morning after my csection ...

may i ask why your husband cant be in the room? does he care?

you can takea shower asap. if you get an epi you have to wait for it to go completely away. an may i ask y you dont want your husband in the room? seems selfish to me...

I took a shower as soon as I could walk to the bathroom. The nurses understand you want to get cleaned up after childbirth.. No matter how well they wipe you off afterwards. All the hospitals I delivered in had a seat in the shower anyway. It was maybe and hour or two after delivery before I got to shower off.

Quoting katiedid1980:“ Because my husband and I have already figured out what we're going to do. We'll go to the hospital together, ... [snip!] ... the baby to me. But they haven't told me how soon after I give birth I can shower? Idk if I'll be too weak to stand up or what.”

As soon as your Epi wears off.
Why dont you want you husband in there with you?

Quoting katiedid1980:“ Because my husband and I have already figured out what we're going to do. We'll go to the hospital together, ... [snip!] ... the baby to me. But they haven't told me how soon after I give birth I can shower? Idk if I'll be too weak to stand up or what.”

Wow.. you really have that planned out  



but i wasnt up to it considering i had a c-section..
So my best friend washed my hair for me.

It depends if you get the epidural or not. I took one that same day but i didn't get the epidural.

I have a feeling this "game plan" will change once you are in labor and have your baby.

I had a vaginal delivery and didn't shower until the day I was discharged which wasn't quite 48 hours later.

Quoting Fierce Mama {OLS}*WLB*FSB:“ as soon as your epidural wears off and you can stand up”

I'm so not getting one of those! The thought of them scare me lol

Why are you embarassed to have your husband there?

They won't whisk the baby away for a few hours right after it's born. They'll want you to try to BF it, and bond with it a little.