Never had a date night after any of my children – wasn’t heard of in those days.

Back in the 1980s and prior Mums used to spend a few days in hospital, not one or two days. In the 80s Mums & dads often had a date night the night before Mum & baby went home. The baby was left in the care of the staff in the nursery. The Mums had to back in the hospital by a certain time and it definitely wasn’t late.

We didn’t have date nights. But I do know the feeling of leaving my babies for the first times, and many times after the first

Since my eldest was born 13,5 years ago, there haven’t been many date nights.

My daughter spent her first 2 weeks in NICU, so I took advantage of midwives constantly checking on her to have some alone time with hubby. We went and saw a movie, but I sat closest to the door, had my hand on my phone the entire time, just waiting to get a call from the midwives. I did get one call which I slipped out of the cinema to take, nothing major, just letting me know they were doing a phototherapy treatment (jaundice). I think the next wasn’t until another 6-7 months later, I was so tense the entire time and ended up regretting going out.

I can imagine! I’ve never had a date night after our daughter was born.