America children remember

     American son, is the plan, is also the accident.

     Found her, only then Coffee beans, so named Coffee beans. Beijing haze is heavy, often let countless pregnant parents tremble with fear in one's boots. She has just one week, we almost lost her. Baotai also surprised to find a common topic -- the Beijing many couples.

   Several domestic production, high costs, registration, queuing... Often make us feel doppelganger. Once, I was into the Chaoyang hospital pregnant women waiting hall, was little nurse scolded, at that time, I doubt I like is Zhengye rogue.

     Online to check the children of the administrative examination and approval procedures, to "legitimate" give birth to a child, just "Zhunshengzheng" this one, is more complex than the child, we be pestered beyond endurance.

     At this time, we received an invitation American Purdue university. With Beijing a heavy mortgage, put down their work to visit the school, is a luxury. And when the aircraft through Beijing's haze, landing at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, blue sky almost to arouse the memory of our childhood. As we know, this is a correct choice.

 One, cost

      America son is expensive, but it is also cheap.

      USA medical fee is expensive, I in Indiana, a general hospital birth a child a minimum of $15000, if caesarean section, approximately $20000. Of course, Chinese doctors in some states, the cost will be cheaper, and the Indian state of production cost is almost equal to the best private hospital in Beijing.

      So the high medical costs, America but few people stranded because of high medical expenses.

      Americans almost everyone has the insurance, each to USA visiting people must have insurance, insurance covers almost all medical expenses of children born. When receiving the hospital bill, just need to take your insurance card copy sent to hospital, or put your bill to insurance company, you can. So, seemingly high medical expenses, the most people pay part is very small, some companies buy supplementary medical insurance for employees, employees or their production costs you nothing.

    At the same time, the individual has no insurance for low-income people, or after pregnancy began to buy insurance, can according to different states to apply for legal, when in Medicaid or Medicare emergency medical assistance. The application procedure is very simple, according to state regulations, will need to file by mail in the past, is your proof of income, proof of bank deposits. About a week or so, as long as they comply with the conditions, can be received from the local government of card, above will have your Medicaid number. Of course, the low income crowd, refers to the average monthly family income is less than $2000 of the crowd, this treatment and no nationality limitation. The majority of students and visiting scholars can apply to the welfare. With Medicaid, American government for your birth medical treatment pay ninety percent, people only need to pay ten percent.

Two, the church

   It is hard to imagine, no church America would be what?

   We visited the school is located far away from the city's large rural. And here, see most of the building is the church, religious belief has been deep into all areas of USA. Of course, it would be more accurate to say: the Christian faith.

   We checked in, the mailbox will soon have a variety of hair to the local church invitation letter, or invite you to spend some holidays, some is to invite you to attend the Church provides various kinds of community service, some English learning. A free dinner, almost every week to meet.

     My wife and I are Christian, came to the school the first night not to implement accommodation, local Christians we received their accommodation, and these people have never met before. Life gradually settle down, more people in the church knew his wife pregnant news, a Christian couple soon came to see us, they tell us that children should pay attention to what, for what, they invited us to go to Chicago this weekend to visit the famous church. Afterwards we know: This looks simple dress of husband and wife, the husband is a Harvard graduate, wife is Berkeley graduated in University Professor, now husband, wife has a burden on pregnant women and children, to take a lot of related serve in the church. Second weeks, they bring a lot of children required articles, two little beds, chairs the cradle, dozens of baby clothes, toys, baby take a shower basin, nursing pillows, many of them are new goods unopened. They didn't stop to help us to think: what do you need? Talking to us, that our areas of expertise, and even brought their own subscription "New York Times", worried that we here information is out of the way. We found that they had little furniture, dining table dining chair bookcase to our house. On the second day after the birth, we haven't had a chance to tell you, they find themselves in the hospital, with flowers, cards and children's toys.

     Once, we short out, returned home, the door stood a box brand children's clothes, although do not know who sent them, the heart is warm and safe. Later learned, is the church a Chinese sister served with America sister inadvertently about my wife in labor, the sister remembered, bought a box of new clothes for us. A church activities after several weeks, we met with the sister, she usually give the church brothers and sisters to take care of the children. These people, in fact is not high income groups, they are ordinary America people, their life is very simple.

       This is the real American society, this is no reason the country is not strong.

Three, the welfare

       Because we are at their own expense, to visit the school, this year no income. In accordance with the local regulations, can apply to many benefits. But I really feel shy to USA government increased trouble. We just try to apply specifically for pregnant women, babies and children of WIC(Women, Infants, and Children) welfare, pregnant women, the family income is lower than the more than $2, you can apply for to.    The WIC application procedure is very simple, call for an appointment time to meet, to medical institutions opened due to pregnancy, to the WIC office can, our proof of income of staff to see without a glance. So, when his wife is pregnant, every month we can receive a cheque, cheque printing you can go to the supermarket to food, including pregnancy all need to supplement nutrition, milk, cheese, beans, peanuts, fruits and vegetables, Cereals, fruit juice, cereal... After the child is born, the Welfare Association more, mom started to breast milk, food will increase the fish, baby food may include food, fruit juice.

       We made a free physical examination in the office of WIC, they found that the wife of iron deficiency, and this information quickly reflected in the prenatal clinic. We have to check, the doctor prescribed drug iron supplementation for us, we inform the address later, doctors told us to leave a drugstore near to receive, to the supermarket, we present a passport and prescription. The drugstore took drugs to us, the medicine we need every month to take, all free for all.

Four, check

        First check to the telephone booking, the cost is slightly more expensive, (but still cheaper than domestic) about 200 dollars. Include all kinds of blood test and take B ultrasound. The first production contract to the clinic, wait five minutes, someone would call out his name, because of Chaoyang Hospital reprimanded experience, I timidly: I am a husband, whether you can go in together? The nurse surprised and happy to say: Of course (of course), apparently, in her view, this is a beautiful and behoove things. The first birth, a doctor to take B ultrasound for his wife, pat explains: This is small, it is feet, this is the fart fart, everywhere, very happy to say: good , great, excellent (very good)...... Finally, also very glad to say: Congratulations, she is the daughter of the body, all is well.

      In contrast, several times in the B ultrasound Chaoyang Hospital, obstetrics doctor every time open a check in check, also not told to the next why, can only go to window queuing to pay himself, to see if there is any need to B ultrasound, B ultrasound to queue, Paihao booking in advance, often is booked for a month or even after two months of B ultrasound examination. In the United States found the day before, B ultrasound two months before the appointment is just starting, we decided one day in advance, communication with doctors and B ultrasound department, told, revoke the appointment, re appointment on the same day as 7 points need to hang a B ultrasound department experts, 100 block. Later found, although experts, local B ultrasound as before, not an expert for you to see, this 100 block is punish you modify the appointment. B ultrasound, don't say father entered the room, even the whole area is isolation can't go in. Pregnant women stood at the door waiting, without a stool.

     After the examination, each about 60 dollars. Separate rooms, each time with urine, blood, mother baby fetal heart routine examination, doctors continued to ask what is wrong and does not understand the place? A good attitude is like their own children.

Five, production

Front said: America production, costs more expensive. But if you experience his service, you will feel that the price, value!

        26 am, wife feeling contraction obvious, I helped with the timing, at five thirty in the morning, regular uterine contraction one every five minutes. We decided to wait for dawn to go to the hospital, wake up to find that the bleeding and bright red blood, quantity also many, decided to immediately go to the hospital. A wheelchair at the gate of the hospital, his wife by the nurse pushed into the examination room. In a separate room, check the electrocardiogram, uterine, fetal heart, urine, to judge the data production process is nearing using these. Remote doctor wife received these data, I don't think to production time, please nurse suggested us to go back. But the nurse says, if you want to live here, can also, but the family will be more comfortable, you can walk, eat, here can only lie.

      9, we note with the hospital to home. The mother-in-law quickly to cook a meal, after my wife and I slept, she a contraction continue to hurt, but becomes irregular. Afternoon, the contractions become strong, but decreased fetal movement, according to the attention of the hospital, decreased fetal movement or re bleeding immediately to the doctor's telephone, she called her doctor, the doctor said, as has already entered the stage, it is normal to reduce the movement, let us continue to wait. After 10 p.m., Mrs. 10 minutes to start the regular uterine contraction, after 11, the pain can't stand up. We decided to go to the hospital.

       Came to the hospital, the nurse to check. Internal inspection, found the four point, are really close to production. He pushed his wife into the delivery room, delivery room is a suite, more than 20 square meters, wife lying on a bed in the delivery room operation, only one operation bed, on behalf of the delivery room only to receive a puerpera. The other is connected with the independent toilet, shower. At the same time attached to another room, is the doctor operation when used, is usually a password lock, when the doctor in the open. The delivery room of the rescue equipment, in order to reduce maternal heart pressure, all closed cabinet hid in bed back, I can not see, only to find that we were. Have TV, freezer in the delivery room, the two can sleep sofa, specially prepared to accompany family. Obstetric table top is a camera, if pregnant women want to see their production process, can be seen through the bed in front of the television, so she'll know what time should be forced. But his wife was afraid, so I didn't turn on the tv.

  

     Production process the husband can not only in the delivery room, and a midwife. The doctor will tell her husband what to do. The production process, is also the husband learning courses, can experience a little wife of hard and soft. Can even say: This is the process of CO production. In the delivery room, the doctor will do you need a painless childbirth, if you choose the painless childbirth, there will be the anesthesiologist and doctors to anesthetic injection. We choose the painless childbirth, pregnant women, the pain is greatly reduced.

The start of production, only a nurse, she will tell you what time to force, should be how to do, but there is always a call comes in, she will report the production process, there are other doctors in interval. More than two hours, she calls to other doctors, then in the four or five doctor, with scissors and other equipment, in the bed put a big plastic bag on one hand in order to prevent the baby down, on the other hand, placenta, directly will fall into this bag. Several doctors very skilled sat all ready, a few minutes, Coffee beans with a cry, out. The doctor asked me whether or not to cut the umbilical cord, I immediately after, pass me the scissors, cut the Coffee beans and mother connecting cord. With a cry, like magic out of a living, stomach, have to wonder at the greatness of god. doctors simply takes the children clean cloth wrapped up, quickly put on Mother's breast. In the mother's belly for 10 months Coffee beans, accompanied by a cry, a moment in her mother's arms. that moment, my wife and I are tears. The doctor after operation, gauze, needles were placed in a box, and then with a bar code scanning machine one one, prevent a needle or gauze omissions in the stomach. At the same time, the doctor in the delivery room for the baby take a shower, printed feet, soon had the baby back to his mother. Doctors always smiled and congratulated us on. In Coffee bean cord position with a button size of things, it is said that the thing is to prevent the loss of children, if children can't find, through this thing to quickly determine the position. My wife and I wrist buckle on a ring, only through the ring, can put the Coffee beans out of hospital.

Six, postpartum service

Postpartum, we can accompany a wife in the delivery room for 48 hours, the hospital prepared for free food for pregnant women, accompanied by staff can point meal, $6 a meal, very cheap. During hospitalization, about two dozen doctors and nurses came to the delivery room, a wet nurse, for his wife and children to do a lot of examination, the doctor responsible for different projects in different. In the evening, pediatricians, came to the delivery room, medical for baby. Then account for various considerations, including how to change diapers, how to wipe Baba, how to hold the child etc.. Two days before the night we barely slept, Coffee beans per hour to change a diaper, once every two hours to feed milk, even late at night and early in the morning, will have the doctor into the delivery room, had never met the doctor general first congratulated us, then she is responsible for the content of the. The medical system in USA, doctors and hospitals are separated, a gynecologist and pediatrician does not belong to this hospital.

One night, a nurse came, we fell asleep, quietly withdrew, always waiting outside.

        Just finished production, the nurse does not allow his wife a person to go to the toilet, there must be accompanied by a nurse, nurse even helped his wife to wipe the body. In the bathroom, there are emergency call system a red rope, once the danger, pull and someone will come and help.

       In the hospital 48 hours, we signed the legal documents, all become the initial file Coffee beans. We also adopt these files, a few days can apply for a passport for USA Coffee beans. The hospital, the doctor in accordance with local laws, to check the car safety seat, if there is no seat, the hospital will refuse to children hospital, check the two part, whether the children can be firmly lying on the seat, and the seat is fixed on the vehicle. All qualified, we will be discharged.

The whole process of production we do not have to pay fees, the bill is discharged at before a month sent home. So, not because you are poor and cannot accept the medical.

Daughter finally Chinese name named Mons, we hope that her life can meditate on God's grace, but also look forward to the grace of God who sent to her, and through her wish more people.

     Finally, want to say to my daughter: Although mom and Dad had to accept the education of patriotism.

But, mom and dad are not nationalists, however, you from production, to the production received too much this strange state of well-being, mom and dad sure: born in American this blessed are those who mourn, we hope you can bring peace and blessings to the country, USA is your motherland, you deserve proud of it

God bless America

Zhang Kai lawyerEST (born 72 November 30, 2013 Moren postscript)