the following post was sent by Jennifer Wenschhof
Qingdao Municipal Hospital (Dong Hai
Lu) 青岛市市立医院
The Maternity and Pediatrics Wards
occupy one of the older buildings on the hospital campus, so it’s
not the same as when you go to visit the International Clinic on the
4th Floor of the Main Building. You should definitely
visit the ward when making your decision to determine if it’s right
for you. Because there are no gyn/ob specialists in the
International Clinic you will be seen by a Chinese doctor, with a
nurse translator from the International Clinic. So, for your routine
check- ups make sure you are aggressive about asking questions and
getting answers. If you have particular concerns it’s best to do
some research on line about how it’s done in your native country
and then present these ideas to the doctor. As far as the father
being allowed in the delivery room, it is possible, however you will
need to get permission from the hospital, for me that required the ob
calling someone with more authority than her to get the OK, and make
sure it is written in your medical chart that permission was
obtained. And/or ask the doctor do give you a letter stating that
you have permission for your husband to be in the labor/delivery area
with you. If a C-section is necessary no one will be able to be with
you, however if my case they made sure that there was an English
speaking nurse, whose only job was to stay at my head and translate
for me and make sure that I was ok with what was happening. If you
have no previous experience with Chinese hospitals be prepared to
need to bring everything with you to the hospital. For example, I
had a C-section and therefore had a catheter, my husband had to go
the supermarket in the hospital to by a bed pan, to drain the
catheter bag into to empty it. Also be prepared to have someone stay
with you, because the nurses don’t really do any direct patient
care. They change you IV bag and ask you how you are and that’s
about it, everything else will need to be done by a family member or
friend. There is no food service at the hospital, but there is at
least one Chinese restaurant that will come around with a menu and
then deliver food three times per day.
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