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Indigo Blue (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:50 PM Original message |
"She will stay for a few days. You know, in Europe it isn't like in the United States, |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. ha ha. I noticed that comment. In the US u get pushed out of hospital ASAP after major surgery too. |
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Indigo Blue (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. A little anecdote about my mom... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. "They will stay a bit longer until everything is okay." |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. We got kicked out after a day and a half |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. No need to apologize/explain. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was at the hospital for 4 days |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I had a c-section in a german hospital. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. I would have gone insane in 10 days. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. That was 21 years ago |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Given who they are, I have a hard time believing a US hospital |
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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. I think the doc is speaking in general terms, as in |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. 3 days!? Who gets 3 days in America? I think that is rare to get that much! |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. when I had my daughter, in 1976 |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I had mine in the early to mid 1960's and |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I stayed 3 days. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. 1984 I had 2 and a half days. 1987- 3 days cuz' my baby was a premie. Never happen now. |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:23 PM Original message |
3-4 days is still routine in the US for a csection. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. She could have stayed a month in a US hospital if she wanted to. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Huh? For a million bucks maybe... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. As IF that would be an issue to someone like her. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. I went home the same day.. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. My wife's experiences were 24 max. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. My niece had twins here last month. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
67. i was out next day with both babies. but truth... i wanted out too... and no reason to NOT |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Related question: are the kids French citizens? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. If they were born there, I'm sure the French government recognizes them |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. So, the kids don't have to be born on American soil... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Not if their parents are Americans, especially native born Americans like Pitt and Jolie.. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
69. Only if the children end up living there |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. After three days? That would be nice. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. AS I posted above, even worse than the three day limit is the practice |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
56. That happened to me. |
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Ewellian (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. There's a federal mandate for insurance companies |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. So does that mean, if there wasn't a mandate, the mothers would be |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Hell, if there wasn't a mandate, they probably wouldn't get any medical care |
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Ewellian (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. probably. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
62. Hell, yes. In the early 1990s, I was hearing about new mothers |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've been horrified at how fast the hospitals have sent elderly relatives |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Getting people out of hospitals isn't all bad - hospitals are full of germs! |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I understand the nosocomial infection risk- but they do need more support |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. This is where we need to reform the entire health care system, not |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Then we need to make sure he has a Democratic Congress and good support. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. We're going through this now in my town. New York wants to close the local |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hospitals are in alot of trouble, as is the entire health care system. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I went to make an appointment for my daughter to get a filling, and |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Dental insurance is the worst of all! And dental/oral care is critical for |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Note - She had a Caesarean. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
68. theres the difference. i read epidural. didnt know caesarean. as i said above |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. I got tossed after a tubal ligatation in two hours. Not a sip of water, |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
66. I had to stay the night, much against my will, after mine |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. My daughter delivered twin girls at 23 weeks... |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I'm so sorry !! |
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Indigo Blue (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Contrary1, I am so sorry for your daughter's & your loss! |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. 3 days? For a vaginal delivery? |
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Indigo Blue (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. She had a cesarean section |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Then she got a little extra time. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. My SIL had another baby by c-section at the end of May |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. About ten days is the norm here |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. 1984 and 1985 when I had my two boys |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. My daughter had her third |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. So a Doctor, a Lawyer, and an HMO agent die in a car crash. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Ha! nt |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. the mother doesn't need to be in the hospital for more than 3 days |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. What exactly makes it the best in the world? |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Really. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 02:35 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. hmmm |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
60. my new grandson |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
61. I had my daughter by c-section at 8:30 on |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
63. I posted this three years ago, about an American couple having a baby in Norway |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
64. Who wants to spend 3+ days in a hospital? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:41 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. read two posts before yours, asshat n/t |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. People who can't care for themselves yet |
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