People are so inconsiderate!
I was in hospital for a month, two weeks on prenatal ward and 2 weeks on postnatal ward. It was the worst experience of my life.
I had preeclampsia and needed close monitoring so at night I had to go where the night shift senior staff were. I spent a few nights sleeping in a clinical side room off the theatre corridor and one night in the recovery room with women coming round from emergency cesareans. One woman had 6+ visitors who brought curry with them, it was after midnight and they were walking around on the phone, eating and loudly congratulating the new mum and dad, in the recovery room. The new mum was groaning and in pain, but the family were too busy enjoying themselves with the baby!
One of the worst things was that everytime I had to move bed at night I found my old bed had been given to someone else when I had to move back onto the ward again in the morning. I must've slept in practically every bed in the maternity department.
When one of the private rooms was free I got given that, but was turfed out several times for ladies who needed it more....my baby was born via caesarean at 30 weeks. Dd went to NICU and I stayed on postnatal ward for another 2 weeks, being shifted from bed to bed all the time. Roaming guests peering round the curtain, husbands snoring with their feet in my cubicle, spying on me expressing milk for my premature baby, having to track down the ward breast pump which was shared between 18+ women.
When I was discharged I still had to visit NICU until dd was discharged after a month and a half. Twice a day I had to pass the maternity department to get to nicu and I had an intense fear the staff would spot me in the shared corridor and drag me in to get my bp taken and admit me (I was still on bp meds). I seriously feel like I was close to losing my mind.
Worst experience of my life.