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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work as a nurse.  We wake people up multiple times in the night to check their vital signs, give meds, and draw blood.  Those post-surgery patients are not getting a restful night of sleep.

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I’ve had a couple surgeries and given birth 3x now. At least with the surgeries I wasn’t left to take care of another human being after being awake for 24+ hours and exhausted from labor and delivery. Rooming in is awful for mothers and frankly unsafe. The nurses yell at you not to fall asleep while holding the baby, but my babies wouldn’t go more than 30-60 min. tops without crying unless held. It was terrible. Thankfully with my first my husband stayed to help, but with the other 2 we had other kid(s) for him to go back to.

My middle kid needed a night in the NICU and actually being able to rest/recover that first night after giving birth was so amazing. With my third I left 24 hours after giving birth because I was miserable having no help. The nursery was still closed in summer 2022 “because COVID” aka hospitals trying to save money.

Post-surgery recovery is a cake walk compared to taking care of a day old baby while exhausted.[/quote]

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