Post edited 10:57 pm – February 13, 2011 by Jacquelyn
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Katie gave birth in Chengdu in April 2010
From my experience in China, the doctor is what made all of the
difference. My due date was right around the date that a new private
hospital was supposed to open here in Chengdu, so we were hoping to
deliver there. However, the hospital did not open when it was
supposed to, so I ended up delivering at a Chinese hospital. The total cost of
my prenatal and delivery (by c-section) was $628. The doctor here in
Chengdu bends over backwards to help foreigners. He speaks excellent
English, and he walks you through every single appointment. He meets
you at the door and takes you wherever you need to go. He even
offered to drive to our apartment and pick us up when it was time to go to
the hospital to deliver the baby. He did not push me to have a cesarean,
but I was not progressing after 40+ hours of labor. He monitored the
baby the whole time. By the time I made it up to the surgical room (a
matter of minutes), my babies heart rate had dropped to 9 beats per
minute. They had her out in less than five minutes. My husband was
allowed to be with me the whole time, as well as a friend who is a
nurse. They stitched me up instead of using staples, so my scar
looks great! I had a private room at the Chinese hospital with a bathroom
and western toilet. The nurses took great care of me, and Dr. Yang
let me return home as soon as I felt up to it (48 hours) because the bed
was pretty uncomfortable at the hospital and he thought I would be
able to rest better at home.
This hospital is the WuHou People's
Hospital in Chengdu, China. However, my doctor recently opened his
own hospital a week after I delivered. It is a private hospital -
beautiful, clean, spacious, private, the works. It was modeled after
the United Family Hospitals. I have not experienced delivering there,
but two other ladies from my city have, and they loved it! The only
downfall to delivering in Chengdu is that they currently do not
have a NICU, so if anything were to go wrong with the baby, he/she would
have to be flown out to a hospital in a bigger city that does have such
care. They are perfectly equipped to take care of the mother in any
circumstance here. For me, it was a matter of feeling at peace to
deliver here. I honestly thought we would be flying to Beijing and
living with friends for our delivery, but we were so thankful to be
able to be here at home, near each other.
Katie
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