On 2016-01-15 5:03 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:

> At 3,000.00 a night on average they have every incentive to keep you there
> and run more tests. People really do heal better at home. I know a few
> nurses and they tell me that is why they send you home as soon as they think
> you are stable and can take care of yourself.
>

The cost for a bed in a hospital here is about $1000 per night, a little
more for private or semi private.

Most surgical procedures these days are much less invasive than they
used to be so there is less need for post-operative care and
hospitalization. A lot of it is done laparoscopy and as day surgery.
When my father had his gall bladder removed in the early 1960s he had an
incision that was more than a foot long and had a drain tube and was in
the hospital for two weeks. We were not allowed to see him for the first
week. When my wife had her gall bladder removed a few years ago she was
there for 7 am and I picked her up and brought her home at 1:30. I was
not quite that lucky. My gall stone was huge and the gall bladder in bad
shape and I was kept in for three days post-op. Even heart surgery, as
invasive as it is, usually sees patients realized after just a few days.

Who even wants to be in a hospital for any amount of time? Those places
are full of sick people and their germs. One of the reasons I waited so
long to go to the hospital with my gall bladder problem was that I was
feeling pretty sick. I didn't want to to the the ER in tat condition and
to be exposed to all those sick people. There are a number of super
bugs that linger in hospitals. I went through a C-dificile scare after
my gall bladder surgery.

In article >,
says...
>

> Who even wants to be in a hospital for any amount of time?

When I had my children, usual practice in NHS hospitals was for mother
and child to stay in hospital for 10 days after the birth; it was called
"lying in". All we had to do was rest and recover in bed, feeding and
doting on our newborns; it was bliss. Midwives were there to help and
reassure first timers with everything, including all night.

These days even first time mothers normally take the baby home within
24 hours of delivery. IMHO they are really missing out on the rest, care
and support we enjoyed.

Janet UK

On Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 11:01:53 AM UTC-6, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
>
> > Who even wants to be in a hospital for any amount of time?
>
> When I had my children, usual practice in NHS hospitals was for mother
> and child to stay in hospital for 10 days after the birth; it was called
> "lying in". All we had to do was rest and recover in bed, feeding and
> doting on our newborns; it was bliss. Midwives were there to help and
> reassure first timers with everything, including all night.
>
> These days even first time mothers normally take the baby home within
> 24 hours of delivery. IMHO they are really missing out on the rest, care
> and support we enjoyed.
>
> Janet UK

Where's the "Like" button??!! :-)

John Kuthe...

"Janet" > wrote in message
.. .
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>
>> Who even wants to be in a hospital for any amount of time?
>
> When I had my children, usual practice in NHS hospitals was for mother
> and child to stay in hospital for 10 days after the birth; it was called
> "lying in". All we had to do was rest and recover in bed, feeding and
> doting on our newborns; it was bliss. Midwives were there to help and
> reassure first timers with everything, including all night.
>
> These days even first time mothers normally take the baby home within
> 24 hours of delivery. IMHO they are really missing out on the rest, care
> and support we enjoyed.
>
> Janet UK

I got no rest at all. Because I had complications, I was there for two days
but then she developed jaundice so she had to go into the pediatric wing
which was under remodel. So not only was it noisy, but freezing! I had no
bed to sleep on. Just a chair with a part that pulled out and it was most
uncomfortable. Husband and I were both there and we took turns attempting
to sleep, which as you can imagine, didn't go well.

On 16/01/2016 10:01 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>
>> Who even wants to be in a hospital for any amount of time?
>
> When I had my children, usual practice in NHS hospitals was for mother
> and child to stay in hospital for 10 days after the birth; it was called
> "lying in". All we had to do was rest and recover in bed, feeding and
> doting on our newborns; it was bliss. Midwives were there to help and
> reassure first timers with everything, including all night.
>
> These days even first time mothers normally take the baby home within
> 24 hours of delivery. IMHO they are really missing out on the rest, care
> and support we enjoyed.
>
> Janet UK
>
After my elder son's birth, J was in the hospital for 10 days. Not only
that, within 30 minutes of the birth, the nurse asked her what she would
like to eat and suggested a steak!

After that son's 1st was born, my d-i-l and baby were discharged about 3
hours later and when I phoned (from the UK) they were on their way home
and my son was getting her a hamburger at a drive-through!

Graham

"graham" > wrote in message
...
> On 16/01/2016 10:01 AM, Janet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>
>>> Who even wants to be in a hospital for any amount of time?
>>
>> When I had my children, usual practice in NHS hospitals was for mother
>> and child to stay in hospital for 10 days after the birth; it was called
>> "lying in". All we had to do was rest and recover in bed, feeding and
>> doting on our newborns; it was bliss. Midwives were there to help and
>> reassure first timers with everything, including all night.
>>
>> These days even first time mothers normally take the baby home within
>> 24 hours of delivery. IMHO they are really missing out on the rest, care
>> and support we enjoyed.
>>
>> Janet UK
>>
> After my elder son's birth, J was in the hospital for 10 days. Not only
> that, within 30 minutes of the birth, the nurse asked her what she would
> like to eat and suggested a steak!
>
> After that son's 1st was born, my d-i-l and baby were discharged about 3
> hours later and when I phoned (from the UK) they were on their way home
> and my son was getting her a hamburger at a drive-through!

They had steak in the hospital? Ha! Not here. They had nothing I'd want
to eat except for the applesauce. I was very happy to have a hummus cup and
water biscuits with me.