Wait. Birth rooms? Recovery rooms? Fuck no to either. If I could afford it, damn right I'd pay $1k for privacy. I can't imagine sharing any part of those 48 hours with strangers. And their families. And their screaming infants. Nope.
Post by missmaddie on Oct 12, 2015 22:05:39 GMT -5
That sucks. I feel for you - I went home 3 hours PP both times (MWs) vs sharing a room with strangers, never mind people I have to not hate when the whole thing is done.
Also, what are the odds you're all due that close???
Post by thatgirl2478 on Oct 12, 2015 22:09:25 GMT -5
whoa. not sure I'd want to room share with co workers...
Hopefully you don't end up with a c section and have to stay 3 days. Do they keep the baby in a nursery or do you room in with the baby? If you have a shared room I'm guessing you can't have your husband stay in the room with you, which is gonna suck ass if you need to get the baby in the middle of the night after a c section. This was the reason I was willing to pay just about any amount of money to have a private room - but it wasn't going to cost us $1000!
Wow that must be a tiny hospital! Where do all the people around you go to birth babies? Only 7 rooms for maternity seems really small. Is that both birth and recovery? Do you at least give birth in a private room?
That's potentially awkward. There were many things that happened In the (private) hospital room that I hoping Dh has forgotten. If not, at least he's smart enough to pretend that he has,
Wait. Birth rooms? Recovery rooms? Fuck no to either. If I could afford it, damn right I'd pay $1k for privacy. I can't imagine sharing any part of those 48 hours with strangers. And their families. And their screaming infants. Nope.
This would be the norm in the UK, which is probably why women go home within 24 hrs most of the time.
whoa. not sure I'd want to room share with co workers...
Hopefully you don't end up with a c section and have to stay 3 days. Do they keep the baby in a nursery or do you room in with the baby? If you have a shared room I'm guessing you can't have your husband stay in the room with you, which is gonna suck ass if you need to get the baby in the middle of the night after a c section. This was the reason I was willing to pay just about any amount of money to have a private room - but it wasn't going to cost us $1000!
Husbands aren't allowed to stay period! Antiquated bullshit rules!
Well no wonder he doesn't care!
I'd be doing everything possible to have that private room.
whoa. not sure I'd want to room share with co workers...
Hopefully you don't end up with a c section and have to stay 3 days. Do they keep the baby in a nursery or do you room in with the baby? If you have a shared room I'm guessing you can't have your husband stay in the room with you, which is gonna suck ass if you need to get the baby in the middle of the night after a c section. This was the reason I was willing to pay just about any amount of money to have a private room - but it wasn't going to cost us $1000!
Husbands aren't allowed to stay period! Antiquated bullshit rules!
WTF?! Where do you live that has such an antiquated hospital?! I hope they have real epidurals and not just gas...
I would tell MH that they were wrong, that the private room is covered and find a way to pay for that on the sneak. No way would I want to share a room, let alone with a coworker.
This is why I went home 4 hours after giving birth to my first baby. Our hospital didn't have private rooms, so I gave birth in one room, then had to hobble myself down the hallway to my shared room. I'm sure the woman I was supposed to share a room with was happy about my decision, lol. I hope she got to spend the night alone with her baby.
They opened the new maternity ward about 6 months after I had sofia, so everything is private now. It was way better the second time around.
Soooo just got off the phone with the hospital. It is $1000 (5 nights) upfront but they reimburse you for the nights you don't stay
Only $200/night? Soooooooo worth it.
Ditto. I had an emergency c/s with DS1 and there were no private rooms available that night. So, after surgery, they put me in a ward (room with 4 beds). Another new mom arrived at 1 am, along with her ENTIRE FAMILY. OMG. Hard enough to adjust to having a newborn with you, let alone a stranger and her entire family, for 3 days. It was terrible. I increased my insurance for the next go round to absolutely ensure that I got a private room when I had DS2.
Are you in Canada? How much of the cost of labor and delivery does your public healthcare cover? If your only cost for your hospital stay is $200/night for a private room, do it for sure.
Post by rupertpenny on Oct 13, 2015 8:54:13 GMT -5
If I have another baby while I live in Hong Kong I'd be in the same situation. To be honest I will suck it up in regards to shared rooms considering my prenatal care, L&D, and care for the baby will likely cost about the same as one co pay at my OB in the states. I have no idea if that's the case where socratic lives though.
Get the private room!!! Private is the norm on Montreal, I'm always horrified when I hear about semiprivate. I don't want someone else's baby waking me up.