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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 2361568" data-attributes="member: 1014">My wife was in the hospital for about six weeks prior to the birth of our little girl (both are now happy and healthy). Of the absolute pile of stories I have from that period, the most discouraging took place a few days before my daughter was born.  A woman, who we discovered was 35 and had lupus, was hospitalized because her blood sugar was too high.  For the next two days she did nothing but complain about the hospital food and accomidations and begged the nurses for juice instead of water (or anything else sugary).  She also asked family members to bring her ice cream before the doctors made her start a diet.  Talk about being unclear on the concept.    Keep in mind, this was an IT professional in Georgetown hospiatal, which boasts one of the best neo-natal wards in the country.  She knew better.  The hospital has a long track record of making sure women in her condition know better.  She just didn't give a crap.I guess what really got to us was that a few weeks prior to that, the same bunk had been occupied by a woman who had to keep her feet elevated so her triplets wouldn't be prematurely born at 5 months, but had to have a tube down her lungs to pump out the liquid that was slowly forming there.I'm amazed kids get born at all.</blockquote>