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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ha ha! I am an immigrant. The moment I gave birth and was wheeled in the room, it was not the experience I wanted.  It seems that nurses here are not trained for postpartum care and manners.  Thankfully I had a private room (or maybe I had a room where there was no other person?) for the less than 1 day I was there. The care is certainly minimal in US.

I insisted that I wanted to be home and checked out with the baby the next day. I had no complications, baby was healthy and I had a normal vaginal birth.  I recovered at home  and followed our own traditional cultural practice of 40 days of seclusion, hot oil massages, warm herbal baths, lots of yummy food and lots of rest. I had 2 people looking after me and the baby.  We were never left alone, I had company that I fully trusted (mom and sister).  We had outsourced a lot of chores and we were well prepared for the 40 day seclusion. It was blissful and joyful. No other country treats new mom as badly as US.  I am still surprised that people want to have kids in this place.

Our insurance covered everything so my out of pocket cost was zero.

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Most people's sister and mom are not available to provide this level of care for 40 days.  Sounds nice though.[/quote]

I was thinking along similar lines. Do they not have work, family, or other obligations? I would not be happy if my sister expected me to take care of her for 40 days! When I had my babies, my husband was very helpful, my mom cooked us meals. We could have used help washing all the pump parts and bottles, though. In an ideal world I’d have someone to do that. I was lucky enough to have decent support, and it wasn’t too difficult (except all the washing!!) [/quote]

LOL! It is my family. I do not have to pay them anything.  I helped with my SIL's confinement (DH's brother's wife) for 3 weeks as her sister could only come for 3 weeks. Yes, people work, have family and other obligations too. But, everyone pitches in and we are taught to not be self-centered so it all works out. My DH also took 5 full weeks off from work. Of course I am very grateful to all of them, as it is not easy for anyone to leave their families behind.  Someone else then needs to pick up the slack.

We did outsource a lot too. That also helped. [/quote]

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