A version of this article originally appeared on The Prepared Expat. Republished with permission of the author. Congratulations on your new baby! Now you get to enjoy the process of getting your little one a Social Security number (SSN) from China. It’s unfortunately...
A version of this post originally appeared on thepreparedexpat.net and is reposted with permission by the author. Each week, The Prepared Expat shares a tip or trick to help you survive or thrive as an expat. This week's tip is relevant for any expat US citizens: get...
Learn about doulas – what they do and how they can support you. And get to know doulas in China!
Having a Baby in China: The Course...launched! We're so excited to announce the launching of our first course! This has been a years-long dream of ours to be able to create this course! We're also thrilled to be able to work with such a talented group of Expat...
Over the years, Jacquelyn has found evidencebasedbirth.com to be a great resource for pregnancy information. They work hard to distill evidence about pregnancy and birth into understandable points for the rest of us. They've already done some excellent research on...
HABIC contributor, Ruth Greene's family created this fun video about what to remember during Quarantine. Enjoy! And stay healthy! https://youtu.be/W6VmVMKywv8
As a followup to his previous video, Watch a Public Hospital Birthing Experience in China from Labor through Delivery, Expat and Youtuber, Alex Absolute, explains some of the unique aspects of postpartum care in China. It gives great insight to the experience here,...
After such a dramatic entrance into the world, the hospital room seemed so calm and serene for the next two hours. I was content to hold our new baby Rylee, answering the nurses’ questions about who we were and how my pregnancy had been. They literally knew nothing...
On the morning of April 12, I woke up around 6am. The first words to my husband that day were, “Jeremy, my stomach hurts!” I had been having light contractions for several days, and my due date had been the previous day. By this baby, our third, I didn’t put a whole...
For foreigners with uncommon blood types, China’s recent medical advances has good news! Hospitals in Jiangxi province felt very uncomfortable dealing with uncommon blood types back in 2012. When doctors learned I had B-negative blood, they strongly recommended I...