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[video=youtube;2Cg6f-foLzc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cg6f-foLzc[/video] Song title is { Praise the Lord little children, and everyone} The Beauty of God's Creation. Lord Jesus, protect this family, keep them safe by night and day. Pleading the Blood of Jesus over all, and all earthly possessions, pets, food water, relationships, in Jesus name. amen
I just realized I made a mistake when I typed the weight here. Pardon me I was very sleep-deprived at the time.
She was not 7 lb 3 oz.
She was 7 lb 13 oz.
Anyway thank God for a healthy baby.
Giving birth by cesarean in a Philippines hospital is not such a pleasant experience. For example, there was only ONE BED available in the entire hospital, which was a "ward room" -- a very small room with THREE FAMILES (incuding us) -- 3 beds with 9 people sleeping including two babies -- with no partitions, curtains or anything. A wall unit air conditioner which was blowing directly onto our bed, directly onto our newborn baby who was just hours old, if the vents were down, and one of the men (from one of the other families staying overnight in this small crowded room) kept turning the air con on high and pointing the vent downward which made it blow directly on our hours-old newborn, and he did it several times, even though I kept asking him to stop (trying to smile and be polite). He said he forgot, then I'd walk out and come back and he's done it again, and it's all blowing on my newborn baby again, and the man smiles and says he forgot again, then I get a little impatient and make an announcement to all the people in the crowded room and I made a SIGN that said 'DO NOT TOUCH THE VENTS" and put it on the air conditioner.
The next day the hospital finally had a private room available so that was a relief.
And the biggest thing is that I had to guard this baby for 7 hours from the operating room to the nursery and in the sterile area just because I'm paranoid about the possibility of mixing up babies. Since the baby was born by cesarean the mother would be away for hours and I really don't like the idea of the hospital bringing a baby to us hours later after birth and telling us "this is your baby". So I spent many hours over the past couple months trying to find a doctor and hospital that would give me special permission to be in the operating room for the cesarean birth and stay with the baby and not let the baby leave my sight. (One hospital that we checked with even told us that they take your baby away for the first 24 HOURS for "observation" -- craziness.) Anyway thank God I was the one to receive this baby and the baby never left our sight.
The other thing (here in the Philippines) is payment -- besides the fact that you can't get admitted without paying a deposit, when your'e finally ready to check out they literally hold your wife and baby hostage (can't be discharged) til you pay the bill. Seriously, hospitals are guarded, and besides protecting the hospitals by not letting certain people in, the guards also don't let patients out -- without a pass from the billing department showing they've paid. And the whole billing system just seems kinda corrupt. There is a hospital bill and then the doctor fees are separate. The main doctor fee -- the Ob Gyn fee -- depends on THE SIZE OF YOUR ROOM. She charged us about 50% more just coz we were in a private room (even though the first night we suffered through staying in the ward room). Maybe another part of it is the fact that I'm a foreigner (and of course they think foreigners have a lot of money.) Then it gets more corrupt than that: the anesthesiologist simply looks at the Ob Gyn fee and he makes his fee 50% of her fee, added on top of her fee. Well I don't know if you really call that corrupt but it's just weird that if the room you stay in is bigger (which you're paying the hospital for not the doctor), then the doctor will assume you have a lot more money to pay her and she will mark up her fee 50%, which in turn escalates the anesthesiologist fee who marks it up 50% further.
Anyway thank God for a healthy baby and thank God that yesterday we finally escaped from the hospital after days of extreme sleep deprivation. Besides guarding the baby, I've had to give constant assistance to my wife since she's in pain from the cesarean.
Giving birth by cesarean is very hard for a father.
Breastfeeding is hard for me too! Latching the baby, holding the baby in place, and all that.
And all those cravings I had during the pregnancy -- every time my wife had cravings I had cravings too!
Anyway thanks everyone.
She was not 7 lb 3 oz.
She was 7 lb 13 oz.
Anyway thank God for a healthy baby.
Giving birth by cesarean in a Philippines hospital is not such a pleasant experience. For example, there was only ONE BED available in the entire hospital, which was a "ward room" -- a very small room with THREE FAMILES (incuding us) -- 3 beds with 9 people sleeping including two babies -- with no partitions, curtains or anything. A wall unit air conditioner which was blowing directly onto our bed, directly onto our newborn baby who was just hours old, if the vents were down, and one of the men (from one of the other families staying overnight in this small crowded room) kept turning the air con on high and pointing the vent downward which made it blow directly on our hours-old newborn, and he did it several times, even though I kept asking him to stop (trying to smile and be polite). He said he forgot, then I'd walk out and come back and he's done it again, and it's all blowing on my newborn baby again, and the man smiles and says he forgot again, then I get a little impatient and make an announcement to all the people in the crowded room and I made a SIGN that said 'DO NOT TOUCH THE VENTS" and put it on the air conditioner.
The next day the hospital finally had a private room available so that was a relief.
And the biggest thing is that I had to guard this baby for 7 hours from the operating room to the nursery and in the sterile area just because I'm paranoid about the possibility of mixing up babies. Since the baby was born by cesarean the mother would be away for hours and I really don't like the idea of the hospital bringing a baby to us hours later after birth and telling us "this is your baby". So I spent many hours over the past couple months trying to find a doctor and hospital that would give me special permission to be in the operating room for the cesarean birth and stay with the baby and not let the baby leave my sight. (One hospital that we checked with even told us that they take your baby away for the first 24 HOURS for "observation" -- craziness.) Anyway thank God I was the one to receive this baby and the baby never left our sight.
The other thing (here in the Philippines) is payment -- besides the fact that you can't get admitted without paying a deposit, when your'e finally ready to check out they literally hold your wife and baby hostage (can't be discharged) til you pay the bill. Seriously, hospitals are guarded, and besides protecting the hospitals by not letting certain people in, the guards also don't let patients out -- without a pass from the billing department showing they've paid. And the whole billing system just seems kinda corrupt. There is a hospital bill and then the doctor fees are separate. The main doctor fee -- the Ob Gyn fee -- depends on THE SIZE OF YOUR ROOM. She charged us about 50% more just coz we were in a private room (even though the first night we suffered through staying in the ward room). Maybe another part of it is the fact that I'm a foreigner (and of course they think foreigners have a lot of money.) Then it gets more corrupt than that: the anesthesiologist simply looks at the Ob Gyn fee and he makes his fee 50% of her fee, added on top of her fee. Well I don't know if you really call that corrupt but it's just weird that if the room you stay in is bigger (which you're paying the hospital for not the doctor), then the doctor will assume you have a lot more money to pay her and she will mark up her fee 50%, which in turn escalates the anesthesiologist fee who marks it up 50% further.
Anyway thank God for a healthy baby and thank God that yesterday we finally escaped from the hospital after days of extreme sleep deprivation. Besides guarding the baby, I've had to give constant assistance to my wife since she's in pain from the cesarean.
Giving birth by cesarean is very hard for a father.
Breastfeeding is hard for me too! Latching the baby, holding the baby in place, and all that.And all those cravings I had during the pregnancy -- every time my wife had cravings I had cravings too!
Anyway thanks everyone.
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J
Mom did good, and u did your part, protecting, and no your not paranoid, careful, yes, but Thanking the Lord for his goodness. Praying new mom will recover fast, and at this time Rest. I know I had a c section, and was blessed because it was only a hair line that is visible. Lord, thank you for your love and care during this time, were all rejoicing as a spiritual family here of Robo's new little girl. Amen. Blessing her from here to there.
Wow, amazing the hurdles faced by you, wife and baby.
I m so thankful that God watched over you all so well.
I knew medical care was difficult, but I cannot imagine the courage and faith you all faced during this time of joy in Jesus.
Give your wife a gentle hug for me and tell her she is a super hero in my book!
Ill continue to keep all of you in my prayers , and for a complete healing for your wife.
Congrats again and God bless
pickles
I m so thankful that God watched over you all so well.
I knew medical care was difficult, but I cannot imagine the courage and faith you all faced during this time of joy in Jesus.
Give your wife a gentle hug for me and tell her she is a super hero in my book!
Ill continue to keep all of you in my prayers , and for a complete healing for your wife.
Congrats again and God bless
pickles
I just realized I made a mistake when I typed the weight here. Pardon me I was very sleep-deprived at the time.
She was not 7 lb 3 oz.
She was 7 lb 13 oz.
Anyway thank God for a healthy baby.
Giving birth by cesarean in a Philippines hospital is not such a pleasant experience. For example, there was only ONE BED available in the entire hospital, which was a "ward room" -- a very small room with THREE FAMILES (incuding us) -- 3 beds with 9 people sleeping including two babies -- with no partitions, curtains or anything. A wall unit air conditioner which was blowing directly onto our bed, directly onto our newborn baby who was just hours old, if the vents were down, and one of the men (from one of the other families staying overnight in this small crowded room) kept turning the air con on high and pointing the vent downward which made it blow directly on our hours-old newborn, and he did it several times, even though I kept asking him to stop (trying to smile and be polite). He said he forgot, then I'd walk out and come back and he's done it again, and it's all blowing on my newborn baby again, and the man smiles and says he forgot again, then I get a little impatient and make an announcement to all the people in the crowded room and I made a SIGN that said 'DO NOT TOUCH THE VENTS" and put it on the air conditioner.
The next day the hospital finally had a private room available so that was a relief.
And the biggest thing is that I had to guard this baby for 7 hours from the operating room to the nursery and in the sterile area just because I'm paranoid about the possibility of mixing up babies. Since the baby was born by cesarean the mother would be away for hours and I really don't like the idea of the hospital bringing a baby to us hours later after birth and telling us "this is your baby". So I spent many hours over the past couple months trying to find a doctor and hospital that would give me special permission to be in the operating room for the cesarean birth and stay with the baby and not let the baby leave my sight. (One hospital that we checked with even told us that they take your baby away for the first 24 HOURS for "observation" -- craziness.) Anyway thank God I was the one to receive this baby and the baby never left our sight.
The other thing (here in the Philippines) is payment -- besides the fact that you can't get admitted without paying a deposit, when your'e finally ready to check out they literally hold your wife and baby hostage (can't be discharged) til you pay the bill. Seriously, hospitals are guarded, and besides protecting the hospitals by not letting certain people in, the guards also don't let patients out -- without a pass from the billing department showing they've paid. And the whole billing system just seems kinda corrupt. There is a hospital bill and then the doctor fees are separate. The main doctor fee -- the Ob Gyn fee -- depends on THE SIZE OF YOUR ROOM. She charged us about 50% more just coz we were in a private room (even though the first night we suffered through staying in the ward room). Maybe another part of it is the fact that I'm a foreigner (and of course they think foreigners have a lot of money.) Then it gets more corrupt than that: the anesthesiologist simply looks at the Ob Gyn fee and he makes his fee 50% of her fee, added on top of her fee. Well I don't know if you really call that corrupt but it's just weird that if the room you stay in is bigger (which you're paying the hospital for not the doctor), then the doctor will assume you have a lot more money to pay her and she will mark up her fee 50%, which in turn escalates the anesthesiologist fee who marks it up 50% further.
Anyway thank God for a healthy baby and thank God that yesterday we finally escaped from the hospital after days of extreme sleep deprivation. Besides guarding the baby, I've had to give constant assistance to my wife since she's in pain from the cesarean.
Giving birth by cesarean is very hard for a father. Breastfeeding is hard for me too! Latching the baby, holding the baby in place, and all that.
And all those cravings I had during the pregnancy -- every time my wife had cravings I had cravings too!
Anyway thanks everyone.
She was not 7 lb 3 oz.
She was 7 lb 13 oz.
Anyway thank God for a healthy baby.
Giving birth by cesarean in a Philippines hospital is not such a pleasant experience. For example, there was only ONE BED available in the entire hospital, which was a "ward room" -- a very small room with THREE FAMILES (incuding us) -- 3 beds with 9 people sleeping including two babies -- with no partitions, curtains or anything. A wall unit air conditioner which was blowing directly onto our bed, directly onto our newborn baby who was just hours old, if the vents were down, and one of the men (from one of the other families staying overnight in this small crowded room) kept turning the air con on high and pointing the vent downward which made it blow directly on our hours-old newborn, and he did it several times, even though I kept asking him to stop (trying to smile and be polite). He said he forgot, then I'd walk out and come back and he's done it again, and it's all blowing on my newborn baby again, and the man smiles and says he forgot again, then I get a little impatient and make an announcement to all the people in the crowded room and I made a SIGN that said 'DO NOT TOUCH THE VENTS" and put it on the air conditioner.
The next day the hospital finally had a private room available so that was a relief.
And the biggest thing is that I had to guard this baby for 7 hours from the operating room to the nursery and in the sterile area just because I'm paranoid about the possibility of mixing up babies. Since the baby was born by cesarean the mother would be away for hours and I really don't like the idea of the hospital bringing a baby to us hours later after birth and telling us "this is your baby". So I spent many hours over the past couple months trying to find a doctor and hospital that would give me special permission to be in the operating room for the cesarean birth and stay with the baby and not let the baby leave my sight. (One hospital that we checked with even told us that they take your baby away for the first 24 HOURS for "observation" -- craziness.) Anyway thank God I was the one to receive this baby and the baby never left our sight.
The other thing (here in the Philippines) is payment -- besides the fact that you can't get admitted without paying a deposit, when your'e finally ready to check out they literally hold your wife and baby hostage (can't be discharged) til you pay the bill. Seriously, hospitals are guarded, and besides protecting the hospitals by not letting certain people in, the guards also don't let patients out -- without a pass from the billing department showing they've paid. And the whole billing system just seems kinda corrupt. There is a hospital bill and then the doctor fees are separate. The main doctor fee -- the Ob Gyn fee -- depends on THE SIZE OF YOUR ROOM. She charged us about 50% more just coz we were in a private room (even though the first night we suffered through staying in the ward room). Maybe another part of it is the fact that I'm a foreigner (and of course they think foreigners have a lot of money.) Then it gets more corrupt than that: the anesthesiologist simply looks at the Ob Gyn fee and he makes his fee 50% of her fee, added on top of her fee. Well I don't know if you really call that corrupt but it's just weird that if the room you stay in is bigger (which you're paying the hospital for not the doctor), then the doctor will assume you have a lot more money to pay her and she will mark up her fee 50%, which in turn escalates the anesthesiologist fee who marks it up 50% further.
Anyway thank God for a healthy baby and thank God that yesterday we finally escaped from the hospital after days of extreme sleep deprivation. Besides guarding the baby, I've had to give constant assistance to my wife since she's in pain from the cesarean.
Giving birth by cesarean is very hard for a father.
Breastfeeding is hard for me too! Latching the baby, holding the baby in place, and all that.And all those cravings I had during the pregnancy -- every time my wife had cravings I had cravings too!
Anyway thanks everyone.