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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having a baby is hard work.  Whoever told you it was a vacation?  Years ago women stayed in hospital two weeks after giving birth but that was before greedy insurance companies took over the medical profession.  Sadly, the populace lemmings followed these avaricious companies over the cliff.

We have so many reasons to have a 2nd revolution in the U.S.[/quote]

I was born in 1969. My Mom was in the hospital for a week after a normal, vaginal birth. She says she was treated like a Queen. I stayed in the nursery with the other babies most of the time, while my Mom rested. Nurses gave her daily back massages and sponge baths, and lessons on baby care. This was in Virginia. How far we have fallen as a society. It’s sad.[/quote]

My sister gave birth in Japan and she got this treatment. She got to stay for a week, eat delicious food and be pampered. However she did not get any privacy, she was in with a bunch of women and they all got group lessons in breastfeeding and baby care from a nurse every day. She rather enjoyed bonding with the other women over this.
That said it was NOT free. It was somewhere between 5 and 10 k that had to be paid in full and then later she got a check for around half of it from the government as childbirth incentive. A private room would have cost extra.
I gave birth the same year as she did. So with my American insurance I paid a bit less than she did (around $1200 out of pocket) but had a hellish experience.
Her baby had a very lopsided head and no treatment was offered. I believe here they would have put a helmet on him. His head still looks asymmetrical so she styles his hair to hide it. [/quote]

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