We were depressed, pissed, confused and exhausted, and then we decided to stop torturing ourselves and the baby, and went over to a private maternity clinic. It's clean and cozy there, and not overcrowded - which, hopefully, means that doctors and nurses can afford to pay enough attention to every patient, without it being a real torture to them. Inshaallah, everything will go smoothly for us from now on, with no major adventures and little to write about.
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This clinic is located right next to the kids' music school -
18 photos - in which Mishah's mother has been working for the past 30 years or so: after we were done with all the paperwork today, we walked there to say hi to her.
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This kid is a student of Mishah's mother: Marusya, 11 years old, a violinist, has four siblings, all play some instrument, but she's the most gifted of them.
Well, I'm glad you find a place that's not so horrible. You know, if Ukraine wants to get its birth rate back up, they might consider helping to make it less frightening to give birth!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. But there's a tiny part of me that thinks I'm a sissy, the spoiled one... Everyone's going through it - and for me, suddenly, it's such a big deal... But it's a very tiny part of me, though, thank God, so I don't really give a shit what it thinks. I'm also very glad we've found that place.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter what others have gone through. It's your body and your baby, and this is how she will start her life--you want it to be clean, supportive of new mothers, and not stressful. And you want doctors and nurses with time for their patients. That's what saved my baby's life. It's such a fragile time.
ReplyDeleteNow you can relax and let the little one swim her head down to where it should be! Molodets!