My first child was born at Dover Air Force Base. Two hours before he was born, they told my husband that I wasn't really in labor. I remember thinking that if that wasn't labor, I'd never make it through real labor. :-)

I guess I was in the hospital 4 or 5 days. They made us change our own baby's clothing, and we had to go into the hallway and get our babies out of these long carts of bassinets. They also brought us huge pile of diapers to fold while we weren't busy. No visitors were allowed except the fathers.

The next birth felt as though I was in a luxury hotel. :-)

My mother had to stay in the hospital for two weeks after our births. They didn't even let them out of bed. Can you imagine how tired you'd be after all that time.