Hey, I delivered 7 months ago...Now if I remember correctly,
1) you just need to take your own underwear and socks/slippers...and then something to leave the hospital in. They have gowns for you while there. Also you can choose if you want to take baby clothes or not, we just dressed ours in the clothes they had there, as was easier!!
2) The baby is with you, right next to your bed from the minute he is delieverd
They get a bassinet and are with you unless you request them to be taken for a few hours in the night if you want a rest...I did it one night...felt terrible but my baby was screaming 24/7 and I was exhausted...it was so nice to sleep a little...but its your choice.
3) The fathers can come anytime I think...what happened was you share a room and just to be sure its ok with the lady you are sharing with you sort of let them know when your husband is coming so they can be prepared....The rest of the world visits in visiting hours...
Good luck! Hope it goes well, I had a wonderful delievery team and just they were so helpful and supportive of me in the days I was in hospital...all the midwives were great in my opinion!! If there is anything else you want to know I live here and have been through it all, so send me a PM...Only thing ive battled with is the language differences when dealing with the baby in terms of doctors visits etc..figuring things out in a foreign language etc...but on a whole its been lovely!
