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This mirrors my experience as well. It's so weird. Give us a break!!

swayvil 2y ago
This is standard hospital. Rest is the healer but they will not let you rest. Tests and loud noises, endlessly. It is quite insane.
- astrange 2y ago
  For new mothers, they want to check that they're still alive and haven't started silently bleeding out, in which case they soon won't be alive.
  - swayvil 2y ago
    Yes, I know. But restful healing is important too. And it has a good track record, better than the doctors in fact. They should work around the healing instead of interfering with it.
    - haccount 2y ago
      No one will win a malpractice lawsuit over lost sleep, different story for lost lives.
      - HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
        That's not really true.
  - derefr 2y ago
    Surely there's yet another kind of machine they could hook up, that could silently monitor you for blood loss / internal bleeding? Especially if they know where to expect that potential bleeding to appear? (The probe for that one would probably be pretty uncomfortable while you're awake, but that doesn't matter if they let you sleep!)
    - refurb 2y ago
      Not much replaces a physical examination with the physician or nurse present. Serious complications can be quite subtle that unless you answer questions, they may be missed. Having someone come in, listen to your heart and lungs, ask a few questions can't really be replaced with machines.
      - derefr 2y ago
        I accept the answering-questions part — but it might be just barely possible today to build an "automatic stethoscope" machine, that sits there continuously listening to your heart and lungs, feeding the audio through an ML model, and alerting if it "hears" anything odd, no? (It wouldn't even need to know what the odd thing represents; just that it's out-of-expectation enough to require someone to come over and check on you! A bit like asking a family's child to watch grandma while you speak to the mom and dad. All you want the child to do, is to freak out and get your attention if grandma does anything other than what she was already doing!)
        sangnoir 2y ago
        A smart stethoscope won't monitor consciousness and lucidity, which are vital signals.
        derefr 2y ago
        Okay? I already said "I accept the answering-questions part." Doctors not having to manually probe any signs of heart/lung problems each time they're in the room, would mean that they get either get more time to test each patient for consciousness/lucidity; get time to check on more patients; or (my preferred option) are able to make each check-session shorter and less invasive (no need to sit the patient up to listen to their lungs through their back, for example), and thus less disturbing of a patient's sleep quality (because it's easier to go back to sleep after a short conversation, when you haven't had your blood pressure spike from sitting up.)
    - matheusmoreira 2y ago
- animal_spirits 2y ago
  Understand that there are so many complications that can happen after pregnancy that put the mother at risk that can’t just be mitigated by sleep
  - deleted 2y ago
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- ConcernedCoder 2y ago
  almost like it's a business and they don't want to lose any customers...

This is standard hospital. Rest is the healer but they will not let you rest. Tests and loud noises, endlessly. It is quite insane.

astrange 2y ago
For new mothers, they want to check that they're still alive and haven't started silently bleeding out, in which case they soon won't be alive.
- swayvil 2y ago
  Yes, I know. But restful healing is important too. And it has a good track record, better than the doctors in fact. They should work around the healing instead of interfering with it.
  - haccount 2y ago
    No one will win a malpractice lawsuit over lost sleep, different story for lost lives.
    - HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
      That's not really true.
- derefr 2y ago
  Surely there's yet another kind of machine they could hook up, that could silently monitor you for blood loss / internal bleeding? Especially if they know where to expect that potential bleeding to appear? (The probe for that one would probably be pretty uncomfortable while you're awake, but that doesn't matter if they let you sleep!)
  - refurb 2y ago
    Not much replaces a physical examination with the physician or nurse present. Serious complications can be quite subtle that unless you answer questions, they may be missed. Having someone come in, listen to your heart and lungs, ask a few questions can't really be replaced with machines.
    - derefr 2y ago
      I accept the answering-questions part — but it might be just barely possible today to build an "automatic stethoscope" machine, that sits there continuously listening to your heart and lungs, feeding the audio through an ML model, and alerting if it "hears" anything odd, no? (It wouldn't even need to know what the odd thing represents; just that it's out-of-expectation enough to require someone to come over and check on you! A bit like asking a family's child to watch grandma while you speak to the mom and dad. All you want the child to do, is to freak out and get your attention if grandma does anything other than what she was already doing!)
      - sangnoir 2y ago
        A smart stethoscope won't monitor consciousness and lucidity, which are vital signals.
        derefr 2y ago
        Okay? I already said "I accept the answering-questions part." Doctors not having to manually probe any signs of heart/lung problems each time they're in the room, would mean that they get either get more time to test each patient for consciousness/lucidity; get time to check on more patients; or (my preferred option) are able to make each check-session shorter and less invasive (no need to sit the patient up to listen to their lungs through their back, for example), and thus less disturbing of a patient's sleep quality (because it's easier to go back to sleep after a short conversation, when you haven't had your blood pressure spike from sitting up.)
  - matheusmoreira 2y ago
animal_spirits 2y ago
Understand that there are so many complications that can happen after pregnancy that put the mother at risk that can’t just be mitigated by sleep
- deleted 2y ago
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ConcernedCoder 2y ago
almost like it's a business and they don't want to lose any customers...