To be mad that to the cleaners woke me up?

[Allinson2014]

I'm in hospital with preeclampsia. I'm on modified bedrest so I basically am stuck to my bed all day. I've been here since Friday and I'm luckily in that I'm the only person on my ward of two. This means it's incredibly boring through. My DH and DC left an hour ago and I thought I'd have a sleep until my DM arrives later.

Half an hour after I start my sleep the cleaner comes into my room to clean. She disturbed me a bit but fair enough she has a job to do so I went back to sleep. Then her mate turns up and the proceed to have a very loud conversation about how long it is until their breaks. They had this conversation in my room where I was clearly sleeping. I would have been less annoyed if they had tried to talk quietly but they were really loud. After a few minutes I sat up and looked at them, no sorry or anything, they just carried on and left.

AIBU to think they shouldn't have woken me up and could have had their chat in the corridor outside my room and let me sleep?

I was going to say YABU and they are just getting on with their job, until the part about the loud conversation. That's actually very inconsiderate of them, so YANBU! Hope you feel better soon

Yeah I don't mind people talking in my room, it's always full of doctors or midwives discussing my treatment plans etc. I really wouldn't have minded the cleaners having a chat either if they had even tried to do it quietly. They were only young and they must have a fairly boring job, I realise they weren't trying to wake me on purpose.

I just thought it was really inconsiderate. I'm not in here for fun, I'm here because I'm not well and I'm supposed to be resting.

Oh and they weren't both cleaning my room. Just one was and the other just joined her for a chat.

YANBU, the loud chat was inconsiderate whilst you were sleeping.
I have a friend whose whisper you can hear across the road. If she ever phones people can hear her in the next room.
Some people are just loud though.

No Yanbu. It's not exactly caring is it? I'd complain. But in writing to the CEO or whatever the boss of a hospital is called. The culture of the place needs changing if that is a commonplace attitude and you didn't even get an apology.

Fofr me, that was the worst part of being hospitalised with pre-eclampsia. I was woken constantly by midwives wanting to take my BP ('Oo, it's very high!' - 'It'd be a lot lower if I got more than 45 mins sleep at a time ever'), cleaners barging in and banging around, people shouting conversations outside the room all feckin night long, and of course babies crying (which is to be expected and I didn't mind that, just all the other noise/disturbance).

I would have been much better off at home, with a midwife checking on me daily. As it was, I was totally exhausted by the time DS1 arrived 3 weeks later as I hadn't slept. My BP wouldn't have skyrocketed so much, I suspect.

Poor you, I bet it's boiling in there too at the moment. Complain (and ask if you can go home and attend the day assessment unit, if at all possible).