Hello All. i m going to be Mom, get my first baby after 5months, i heard we need to make booking when giving birth in chinese hospital. i had my tests at the first people's hospital in Guandu district but they said, i can not give birth there, and for next test , i need to find another hospital. Does anyone know good hospital... also what paper do i need to prepare for giving birth... Thanks in advance
Here is our experience from 2 years ago:
Stellah
Congrats and sympathies on the upcoming birth of your firstborn.
We had both our kids delivered at the hospital just down the street from Green Lake Hotel's back entrance on Hua Shan Xi Lu - although I believe they've moved a large portion of maternity to their new facility.
Suggest instead of seeking a "good" hospital - you seek a "good physician" as personal recommendations (to include the token introduction/thank you dinner) can result in increased staff attention, if that will make you feel more comfortable.
Most hospitals are baby factories - so suggest you go visit the hospitals, rooms, and baby farms, to get a feel for the place that makes you the most comfortable.
If money's not a major concern - then the Calmette International Hospital on Beijing Lu has a brand spanking new facility.
Stock up on chocolate bars - in case you have a long delivery - the sugar will give you a quick burst of energy (according to our delivery team) - and your husband will most probably need to buy you that soup stock (blocks of red stuff that you can find at wet markets) which you add raw eggs to (soup omelettes) - which also means hubby will need to bring a soup pot and cooking and cleaning utensils - in addition to a sturdy fold-out bed, mosquito zapper, etc etc etc as he'll be spending most of his time at the hospital with you and baby until you're released to go home.
That's Chinese style...
FORTUNATELY (and hopefully) you know how to use the WeChat or Ele food delivery service - so that will help you both tremendously, while you're staying at the hospital.
Wish you a safe delivery and a happy healthy baby.
Sympathies are on the sleep side of things. As new parents - my only advice is:
1. Change diapers regularly. Newborns are pee and poop machines
- and that's a GOOD thing. If they're NOT peeing and pooping regularly - you have a problem, so be thankful for that.
2. Feed baby on a rigid schedule or you'll be your newborn's slave.
3. Most important - assuming the baby has been properly burped, fed, changed - hold/cradle, walk, sing, rap, chat in between - parental noise and your usually undetectable smells will eventually become comfortable to your newborn as they bond with you.
This is most important when the kid won't sleep, cries, and you've done 1 and 2 above (assuming the kid isn't feverish or "cholic"-ally aka prone to crying).
We used "white noise" at night - depending on the weather - we had the HEPA air filter humming 7/24 and the electric fan just at nights - NEVER directly towards baby - just to keep the air flowing.
FRESH ... ok...OUTSIDE air critical. Don't be a shut-in...Walking helps with your post-labor recovery and outside air always better than inside the home air...well...usually.
Oh...beware of this potential hospital scam. We were told to go to a specific clinic to pick up vaccines for our newborn prior to birth.
When we picked up the vaccines and delivered them to the nurses' ward - they told us they ONLY use hospital vaccines as they can't guarantee the authenticity of outside purchased vaccines...
it was ever so obviously a scam from the physician...so we changed physicians immediately after. The government clinic we purchased the vaccines from, also obviously refused to take the vaccines back...¥500+ into the trash can.
My absolute favorite hospital EVER in Kunming - the TCM hospital on WuYi Lu - but we've never used them for maternity.
It's a short serpentine walk to the fashion center on renming lu (Starbucks, Watsons, Macdonalds, kfc, etc etc etc).
@Janjal
did you have your pre-natal care in Yunnan women and children hospital also or somewhere else?
@Michael2015
do you remember the hospital name?
that one near the Green lake hotel
@Stellah20: "did you have your pre-natal"
Yes.
thank you for giving advice and sharing experience. also about the birth docs.... we both are non-chinese citizens . what documents do we need to prepare... and how to get the birth certificate ...
I don't think that they can ask for more than your passports. Chinese parent(s) would be required more documentation.
For us, birth certificate was given at hospital when we picked up the baby (he had to stay in observation several days following birth).
Do you speak fluent enough Chinese, or have someone helping with that?
My son was born in December and we used Angel Woman and Children's hospital, I thought the service and staff attention was 100% perfect.
It wasn't cheap but was worth every penny, we got 80% of the money back from medical insurance anyway.
