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July 15, 2008, 3:08 pm
Flag as Inappropriate BabeRuth
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Post Op Care
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Does anyone think that post op care in this country is now rather rushed? I was released from surgery at 12pm. 25 minutes in recovery, sent back to the ward before I could even see, and was discharged at 2pm.
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July 15, 2008, 3:12 pm
Flag as Inappropriate marley says...
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I think your right on this one. Even women that have babies are not kept long anymore. I know someone that was sent home the same day she had her child and we dont know if it was b/c it was her 2nd (she knew what to expect) or what but we were all rather upset at the hospital and complained though nothing was done about it. I think its got a good bit to do with insurances not wanting to pay the $ out.
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July 15, 2008, 3:40 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Ricardo says...
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I think that there may be a rush to get patients out.
On the other hand, in many cases I think that may be a positive thing, after hearing about the various infections patients can pick up in a hospital that aren't related to their initial reason for hospitalization.
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July 15, 2008, 4:07 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Upstairs_Mommy says...
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It seems dangerous to send people home as soon as they do. But on the other hand, its better to get up and going after having surgery and making them go home tends to force that issue.
When it comes to childbirth though, there are so many other issues than just recovering from the birth itself. The mother is exhausted, her hormones are going crazy in every way, chances are she doesn't know what to do with her baby if its her first, she probably has other children to care for at home if its not her first, there may be complications with both mother and baby, etc. With my oldest I was sent home less than 24 hours after his birth. I wound up back in the hospital for 3 days a week later because of complications that would have probably been avoided had I been kept longer. After that, the state I lived in passed a law that new mothers cannot be forced by insurance to leave before 2 days (3 days for c-section). So that meant I had a much easier time with my next babies. With my last I stayed a full 3 1/2 days after having an emergency c-section. He was born at 12:30 am on a Saturday and we went home on Tuesday.
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July 15, 2008, 8:15 pm
Flag as Inappropriate picodoll says...
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Personally I'd rather be at home than at a hospital. I have a friend who opted for a home birth and recovered much quicker. When she gave birth at the hospital she found with all the activity going on around her she was having a hard time getting adequate rest. Being sent home early on one of her other children didn't help because traveling from the hospital home was very tiring and turned out to be a bit of a set back in her recovery.
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July 16, 2008, 5:25 am
Flag as Inappropriate Simplyme says...
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They had a news report out on that and it talked a lot about that being for the financial reasons and many insurances not wanting to pay the additional costs. So now if there is no immediate issues you typically get 24 hours after birth but some places still have 48 I am not sure of their policies for surgery though.
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July 16, 2008, 12:59 pm
Flag as Inappropriate DianaR says...
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It wasn't this way before insurance companies gained so much power, but there have also been advancements in the way procedures are performed that makes a lengthy stay unnecessary.
Another consideration? There are sick people in hospitals. The chance of picking up a secondary infection is really high!
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July 17, 2008, 12:56 pm
Flag as Inappropriate BabeRuth says...
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You make a good point about the risk of infection when in a hospital. But really there are so many risks in the first 24 hours after general anaesthesia that you would think that they would at least watch you for that time.
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