Newborn - own room or your room?

I'm 31 weeks pregnant and im not sure wether to have the baby sleep in our room or her own room. If she is in her own room it is just across the hall and it is the driest room in the house (damp house). If she is in our room, it is quite a cold damp room. Is it bad to have a newborn sleep in their own room (with the door shut) straight away?

Like Becks said totally up to you. We put our wee boy straight into his own room but had both doors open. We really liked doing that and it was no problem getting up to feed him. Possibly this time I will put the baby in our room for the first six weeks but mostly just because I don't want to wake up my toddler.

We had Eva in her own room from the start. I never had a problem hearing her when she woke in the night for feeds.

It sounds like putting the baby in it's own room might be the best option.  Do you have a spare bed in there too that you can kip on if the baby's is unwell, or if you just want to be close?

No spare bed in the room, but a very very comfy chair :)

denny25 wrote: We constantly have a dehumidifer in our room, but it is seriously freezing and mould grows on the walls. Probably not the best environment for a baby?!! We are on a fixed term rental until February next year.

Denny - that is stink! Can your landlord do anything to help?? Some houses are just damp though aren't they. Perhaps you could talk to them and see if you could move earlier without penalty.

We had DS in our room for 2 weeks then into his own room. I don't close his door completely and we have a monitor.   I can hear everything so made me feel better. My husband does shift work so it was better for DS to get use to his own room.   You may find it easier to make this decision once baby is here.

Oliver was in our room for 2 nights and that was all I could take! Seriously, I never realised how much noise a baby can make whilst asleep

But then we had him sleep outside our bedroom - in our lounge - for the next 5 to 6 weeks - before moving him into his own room. But this was only because his room is downstairs and ours is upstairs and I didn't fancy running up and down the stairs in the middle of the night so many times   Now that I only have to get up 1 to 2 times a night it is nowhere near as bad. Also we have an Angelcare Monitor, so I never had to worry about whether he was breathing or not and having to constantly check to see

In your situation, I would put baby in the good room.

I haven't had the others responses.. Daniel was in his own room from the day he came home. Wouldn't have it any other way. Our bedroom wouldn't fit him and we liked being able to sleep constantly listening to the little noises they make.

I think Plunket guidelines are to keep them in your room until 6 months-ish, but Chloe was in her own room by week 2! I just couldn't get any sleep with her in ours. But she was right through the wall and I could hear her no problem.

Hannah has been in her own room for 10 nights now.
a) for convenience
b) cos I'm clingy
c) I wanted to wait until she was sleeping through the night before putting her in her own room (cos I"m too lazy to walk between rooms at 2am hehe)

We had the monitor for the first night, but it was getting interference from the neighbours so we just keep our bedroom foor open and we can hear her just fine when she wakes

As LittleBug said, Plunket suggests 6 months, but I'm all for personal choice. Hannah isn't a noisly sleeper, but I know of plenty of babies that are.

Play it by ear - you might find she's too noisy, or not at all. Whatever works best for you at the end of the day