New hospital visit / 拜訪新醫院

Today we finally visited our new clinic and hospital. Thank goodness it is more organized than the last clinic. This one was our original choice actually but somehow we went to a small hospital which was recommended to Eddie by a co-worker because we didn’t have any experience.  Eddie’s co-worker’s wife delivered two baby with that doctor. A good doctor is better than everything regardless if it is a big hospital or a small clinic.  That was the reason we choose the small clinic at the beginning.  Unfortunately the doctor had a stroke during xmas. We were informed that we have to change to another doctor and clinic. Everything really happens for a reason. We finally came back our first choice, and it is really nice.

The clinic is way bigger. Its office is located next to the hospital which we choose to deliver Calie. That’s a good thing because the doctor is close to the hospital. Also, the nurses and the accountant are all very professional. They patiently explained everything in very good detail. In the US, the 1st time visiting a hospital or dentist, they usually take time to explain the payment and fees since insurance is a big deal to them. They need to make sure the patient has the ability to pay. It’s not like in Taiwan. Every Taiwanese has health insurance. The insurance in Taiwan covers almost everything just like in Canada. However, the first visit we didn’t see our doctor. That can be normal because they have so many patients and need to deliver babies everyday.  Today we only met one of the midwives.

The only thing that shocked me was the midwife suggested me to do natural labor instead of a c-section. Because some of the concerns I had, I had originally chosen a c-section.  The last doctor didn’t suggest me to change my mind so I kept reading anything about c-sections. I didn’t mentally prepare for a natural labor. Today she wanted me to do natural labor. She keeps telling me I can do it. But her encouragement is not helping my fear. I kept asking Eddie if I will die. I’m so scared. Oh my god…what am I supposed to do?

Eddie kept telling me I will be fine. He said there were several million women delivering babies every year. Look at you, how you moved all those heavy boxes. You can do it! =  =! Still not helping!

今天我們拜訪了我們新的醫院，太好了這間醫院比上一間醫院還要有條理，其實這間醫院是我們一開始的選擇，但是因為我們都沒有經驗，Eddie的同事推薦我們去另一間小的醫院，因為他的太太跟著那個醫生生了兩個寶寶，我們就想一個好的醫生應該比較重要，不管它是大醫院還是小醫院，反正在美國選醫生跟選生產的醫院是兩回事，終究我們還是會在我們所選的醫院生產，只是主治醫師是我們選的醫師而已，不過就在聖誕節的時候醫生小中風，所以我們才必須要換醫生，果真每件事情的發生都是有它的原因的，最終我們還是回到我們最初的選擇，果真這選擇才是對的。

這間醫院大很多，它的位置就在我們要生Calie的醫院裡面，那真是太好拉，因為醫生就在醫院旁邊，這裡的護士跟會計也都很專業，很有耐心的解釋每一項細節，在美國第一次去醫院或是牙醫診所，他們通常都會花點時間跟你解釋費用，因為這裡的美國保險佔很大的部分，他們必須要去查清楚你是不是有能力可以付款，不像台灣，台灣的公民都有健康保險，就跟加拿大一樣健保幾乎都包了很多的部分了。 今天我們只有見到助產士，我們早就預料到了，因為醫生每天要接生的產婦這麼多，所以是可以理解的，反正助產士也就是半個醫生。

今天有一件事情出乎我的意料之外，今天的助產士建議我自然產，因為一些考量所以我是選擇剖腹產的，然後上一個醫生也沒有叫我改變決定，所以我一直都在看一些剖腹產的資料，我根本就不知道自然生產的過程跟細節，今天她建議我改變決定，她一直說我可以做到的，但是她的鼓勵根本就無法改變我的恐懼感，我一直不斷地問Eddie我會不會死掉，超害怕的，不知道該怎麼辦才好！？

Eddie一直跟我說我會沒事的，他說每一年有多少百萬人自然產巴拉巴拉的…你看看…你還可以搬一些很重的箱子，你可以的拉！ =   =! 真的還是沒有幫助!