Jeremy & Jacquelyn have lived in China since February 2004. They started out in Dongguan, China which is a smaller city north of Hong Kong. After living there for a year and half they moved to Beijing, the capital city of China. In March of 2006 their first daughter was born at the famous Chinese Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Throughout the pregnancy they found little information available to foreigners on having a baby in China.
After moving to Qingdao, a tourist city, they became pregnant with their 2nd child. After much contemplating they decided to head back to Beijing for the birth of their son in July of 2009. This time the delivery was at American-Sino Ob/Gyn Hospital. It was during this pregnancy that they still saw the need for information concerning having a baby in China. That is when www.havingababyinchina.com was created.
Jeremy & Jacquelyn hope that you find this sight helpful. They are continually updating the website and looking for more information. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at info@havingababyinchina.com.
This is a great site! Not much here so far… but great idea! We had a baby in China back in 2007. My wife is a local though. Quite an experience! We wrote about it on our site…
http://www.mandmx.com/2007/07/08/51/
if you are interested!
Thanks for the comment, Magnus. Please let us know some things you think would be beneficial to add to the site.
Our focus is pretty narrow. We want those who are having a baby or already have a baby in China to be able to quickly find relevant information related to hospitals, culture, pregnancy-related vocab or similar things.
We would love for you and your wife to contribute to our forums or by giving a hospital review from where you had your child. Feel free to contact us via this comment page, jeremy @ havingababy.com (remove the spaces), our on our forums.
Thanks,
Jeremy @ Having a Baby in China
Hello Jeremy & Jacquelyn, I am wondering if your site could help me in any way to pursue a dream of mine and to offer something very special for a special family. I am mother of 3 young children: 7 and 5 (twins) and also a mature age student at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland studying for a B. Photography (with 10 years wedding and portrait experience) and I am looking for a willing mother to be a subject for a university assignment. I am travelling to Beijing in Sept this year with my university. During this time, i would like to photograph the magical and memorable moments of a birth in china. In return I am offering all images in high resolution and a slideshow with music for FREE. I recently photographed a birth in May this year for which was a beautiful and emotional experience. Now, i am looking into comparing and contrasting birth in Australia and China = that is if i get very lucky.
I myself had my twins photographed at birth – a beautiful record and I am hoping that I can capture this beautiful for someone else.
If your website can me in any way that would be fabulous the more exposure the better.
ps this website is a great idea and will be a wonderful support for those in need.
Warm regards,
Libby Best