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Vimfuego
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
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| blimey, it was an international clinic, Severance Hospital at Ewha/Sinchon. Our insurance, thankfully covers all these costs, but their is a ceiling on our birthing costs. I'll check out the NHIC entitlement, thanks for your information. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| blimey, it was an international clinic, Severance Hospital at Ewha/Sinchon. Our insurance, thankfully covers all these costs, but their is a ceiling on our birthing costs. I'll check out the NHIC entitlement, thanks for your information. |
Must be American to think that national entitlement is not universal as a requirement.
http://www.nhic.or.kr/portal/site/eng/
Our prenatal checks typically cost between 15-35k won depending whether or not an ultrasound was done.
Find a "woman's hospital" in your area. Ask a co-teacher or K-friend where the closest one is. Most of them have at least one or two doctors who can speak English and you won't get screwed over in regards to costs - even without NHIC insurance a visit shouldn't cost more than 35-70k for prenatal and less than 1 million for childbirth.
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Vimfuego
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks again. I'm English actually. |
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Lolimahro
Joined: 19 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:24 am Post subject: |
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| Lots of good info on expatparents.50.forumer.com |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| Lolimahro wrote: |
| Lots of good info on expatparents.50.forumer.com |
I was just about to suggest that forum  |
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fugitive chicken
Joined: 20 Apr 2010
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, I have a question about those of you who have given birth in Korea what hoops you went through in the recovery process. I live in Bucheon and will have the baby in October. A few weeks ago, a Korean friend and a foreign husband had a baby in the same hospital and they had VERY limited contact with the baby during the first few days.
Apparently the mother does not get to hold the baby right after birth, and the only contact she gets is 3 feeding times in a day as well as "visitation hours" 2 hours in the day the family (parents included) can look at the baby through the nursery glass. The father gets no contact with the baby except for 30 seconds right after birth.
Anyone have this experience? What did you do to change it? Would they pay attention to a birth plan if we write it up? We plan on talking to the doctor at our appointment this Saturday to see what we could do about how we could go about using our birth plan.
Thanks guys! |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| fugitive chicken wrote: |
Hey, I have a question about those of you who have given birth in Korea what hoops you went through in the recovery process. I live in Bucheon and will have the baby in October. A few weeks ago, a Korean friend and a foreign husband had a baby in the same hospital and they had VERY limited contact with the baby during the first few days.
Apparently the mother does not get to hold the baby right after birth, and the only contact she gets is 3 feeding times in a day as well as "visitation hours" 2 hours in the day the family (parents included) can look at the baby through the nursery glass. The father gets no contact with the baby except for 30 seconds right after birth.
Anyone have this experience? What did you do to change it? Would they pay attention to a birth plan if we write it up? We plan on talking to the doctor at our appointment this Saturday to see what we could do about how we could go about using our birth plan.
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When our daughter was born she was kept in the nursery for the 1st couple days and brought to the room for feeding. My wife was thankful for the rest. Take advantage of it if you can.
You can keep the baby in the room starting with breakfast of day 2 if you want and then return it to the nursery for the night.
We had our baby in the birthing room after she was cleaned up right up until it was time for mom to go to her room for rest and the baby was taken to the nursery. She was brought to the room whenever we requested it.
Overall they were pretty accommodating to our requests.
We do have to admit that we had a private room. I am not sure if they would be so accommodating if we were in a ward.
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fugitive chicken
Joined: 20 Apr 2010
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:31 am Post subject: |
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okay, great thanks!
It could have been the fact that our friend didn't request the baby and the husband didn't speak Korean so just went along with what his wife did, so their experience could have been different than some in the hospital... Although I'm not sure about the visitation hours when parents would be lined up to see their babies through the glass.... |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| fugitive chicken wrote: |
okay, great thanks!
It could have been the fact that our friend didn't request the baby and the husband didn't speak Korean so just went along with what his wife did, so their experience could have been different than some in the hospital... Although I'm not sure about the visitation hours when parents would be lined up to see their babies through the glass.... |
Mom can have the baby any time.
Dad doesn't have access to the baby outside the nursery without mom requesting that the baby be brought to the room. Dad CAN go into the nursery.
Other visitors can look through the nursery window.
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anniemg01
Joined: 14 Nov 2010
Location: Cheonan-si, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:26 am Post subject: having babies in Korea |
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| My husband and I are in the middle of our second contract and have just recently decided to start a family. I know it's not going to be as easy at home, but there are a lot of benefits of having babies here. Also, a couple we have made friends with have had two babies here and are really helping us out with information and advice. I am going this week to a doctor to confirm a pregnancy. Wish me luck and let me know if you need any more information. |
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madowlspeaks
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Location: Somewhere in time and space
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| canadian_in_korea wrote: |
For those who have had a baby here in Korea, were you comfortable with the cleanliness of the hospital? I'm interested to know what you thought, I had an ear infection and the doctor I saw gave me a needle in my ear. He had a prefilled needle sitting on his table thing and proceeded to wipe it with what I assume to be an alcohol swab. He then gave me the shot and returned the needle to its place....
Perhaps cleanliness isn't the right word....sterilization..?
Anyway, I would be interested to know if this is a normal thing here....or maybe I just chose the wrong doctor. |
These are just a couple of the things I encountered while in a Korean baby hospital.
The cleaning lady came in with her pink work gloves on and emptied my garbage can (not by dumping its contents into another bigger bag, but by reaching into the can and pulling out the garbage) full of very used sanitary pads and baby wet tissue which were full of poo.
THEN with the same gloves on with which she cleaned the garbage container out, she started poking/cleaning around my room, got right up to my baby and started saying how cute he is, all the while touching the 'sterile' plastic baby holder my baby was resting in. THEN she touches my shoulder and starts talking in Korean and THEN starts fluffing up my bed pillows!!!!!!!!!
I lost it by throwing her out of my hospital room, reporting her to the nurses and swearing at her telling her never to come back.
Then, the next day, the doc asked me to have a seat at the internal examination table (the place where a women gets her insides checked out) and there was a pool of blood at the base of it. Needless to say, I lost it then too. Screaming and yelling.
They don't seem to get it. They only think I am a crazy foreigner.
It is a good thing AIDS or large scale communicable diseases are not widespread in this country. If they were, Korea would have huge problems. In other words, if a plague hits, every one is dead.
Mind you, these are things that I saw, never mind what goes on behind the scenes. |
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madowlspeaks
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Location: Somewhere in time and space
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| canadian_in_korea wrote: |
For those who have had a baby here in Korea, were you comfortable with the cleanliness of the hospital? I'm interested to know what you thought, I had an ear infection and the doctor I saw gave me a needle in my ear. He had a prefilled needle sitting on his table thing and proceeded to wipe it with what I assume to be an alcohol swab. He then gave me the shot and returned the needle to its place....
Perhaps cleanliness isn't the right word....sterilization..?
Anyway, I would be interested to know if this is a normal thing here....or maybe I just chose the wrong doctor. |
These are just a couple of the things I encountered while in a Korean baby hospital.
The cleaning lady came in with her pink work gloves on and emptied my garbage can (not by dumping its contents into another bigger bag, but by reaching into the can and pulling out the garbage) full of very used sanitary pads and baby wet tissue which were full of poo.
THEN with the same gloves on with which she cleaned the garbage container out, she started poking/cleaning around my room, got right up to my baby and started saying how cute he is, all the while touching the 'sterile' plastic baby holder my baby was resting in. THEN she touches my shoulder and starts talking in Korean and THEN starts fluffing up my bed pillows!!!!!!!!!
I lost it by throwing her out of my hospital room, reporting her to the nurses and swearing at her telling her never to come back.
Then, the next day, the doc asked me to have a seat at the internal examination table (the place where a women gets her insides checked out) and there was a pool of blood at the base of it. Needless to say, I lost it then too. Screaming and yelling.
They don't seem to get it. They only think I am a crazy foreigner.
It is a good thing AIDS or large scale communicable diseases are not widespread in this country. If they were, Korea would have huge problems. In other words, if a plague hits, every one is dead.
Mind you, these are things that I saw, never mind what goes on behind the scenes. |
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madowlspeaks
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Location: Somewhere in time and space
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| canadian_in_korea wrote: |
For those who have had a baby here in Korea, were you comfortable with the cleanliness of the hospital? I'm interested to know what you thought, I had an ear infection and the doctor I saw gave me a needle in my ear. He had a prefilled needle sitting on his table thing and proceeded to wipe it with what I assume to be an alcohol swab. He then gave me the shot and returned the needle to its place....
Perhaps cleanliness isn't the right word....sterilization..?
Anyway, I would be interested to know if this is a normal thing here....or maybe I just chose the wrong doctor. |
These are just a couple of the things I encountered while in a Korean baby hospital.
The cleaning lady came in with her pink work gloves on and emptied my garbage can (not by dumping its contents into another bigger bag, but by reaching into the can and pulling out the garbage) full of very used sanitary pads and baby wet tissue which were full of poo.
THEN with the same gloves on with which she cleaned the garbage container out, she started poking/cleaning around my room, got right up to my baby and started saying how cute he is, all the while touching the 'sterile' plastic baby holder my baby was resting in. THEN she touches my shoulder (right where my baby's head rests) and starts talking in Korean and THEN starts fluffing up my bed pillows!!!!!!!!!
I lost it by throwing her out of my hospital room, reporting her to the nurses and swearing at her telling her never to come back.
Then, the next day, the doc asked me to have a seat at the internal examination table (the place where a women gets her insides checked out) and there was a pool of blood at the base of it. Needless to say, I lost it then too. Screaming and yelling.
They don't seem to get it. They only think I am a crazy foreigner.
It is a good thing AIDS or large scale communicable diseases are not widespread in this country. If they were, Korea would have huge problems. In other words, if a plague hits, every one is dead.
Mind you, these are things that I saw, never mind what goes on behind the scenes. |
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fugitive chicken
Joined: 20 Apr 2010
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:17 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I got the ignorance of blood-born pathogens as well. However, most of my experience was quite positive, most, but not all...
I did the prenatal care here and it was very good and cheap, 70k won at the most expensive visit. I had a very good normal pregnancy and they had me visit once a month, they also did 3d pics twice which I'm told they only do that in the States if they are worried something is wrong.
The birthing experience was pretty positive, I knew I was in good hands, however, they WILL try to give you an epesiotomy when it might not be needed, that is standard procedure here. Tell the doc no if you don't want it, I told the nurses when I first got there, but not the doc, so I got one against my will.
Also, my particular hospital wouldnt let my son out of the nursery for the first 2 days, they were worried about germs, I got 3 feeding times a day and I absolutely hated that!! My husband wasnt aloud to hold the baby after he was brought into the nursery. check your hospital's policy on this matter!!!
It was cheap though, I only paid 450k won total. My husband's insurance covered my vaginal birth which was 200. c-sc would have been 700 (i'm on an f3 visa).
Other than that it was good. If you have anymore questions, pm me! |
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anniemg01
Joined: 14 Nov 2010
Location: Cheonan-si, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:06 am Post subject: hosptials |
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| I've been to OB-GYN's in both Ilsan and Cheonana and haven't had any major problems. I see that they aren't as adamant about making sure things are completely clean and sterile after each patient, but I haven't had anything gross or uncomfortable, yet. I hope everything still stays positive. I'm 8 weeks today and going back in a week. Thanks for the info. I will make sure to check on the episiotomy and nursery protocols and see if I can get around them if they don't fit with my birth plan. |
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