Rank: Member Joined: 10/2/2008 Posts: 109
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The expected due date is 25th April,so as i understand,it should be two weeks before or two weeks after
in any case the BIG day bado and i convinced her to use mater. Hope All goes well.......
Thanks all for ur support,advice and encourangement!!!!
Life is short,enjoy to the fullest,But only AFTER investing
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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@alfa: my wife delivered in Nairobi hospital. I'm not being unfair,but the bill was as close to the insurence cover as possible! They say the baby needs to use this or that drug for one or two or three more days,as they observe how the bill is approaching the limit... But the services,care,attitude,environment is good. Private rooms are good,I could stay there as long as I want before driving home to a cold bed  Accompany her in the labour room and rub her back as she goes through the cycles. You'll understand why women with dignity deserve respect!
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/8/2008 Posts: 201
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@AlphDoti
How much did it cost you to enjoy those good services.Please let me have the figure coz i need to do a budget.
Without Holiness no man shall see God.Dear God,mould me to be a vessel of honour at this End times,to remain Obedient to your Word in all situations.Amen!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/8/2007 Posts: 885
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why not go for a package deal? the only catch is you have to enroll early,latest by the time kid is 5 months. at avenue they have one for 70k. it covers birth whether norml or c-section pre and post natal (all vaccination jabs etc) upto 1yr. it helps when budgetting. but if money is tight,go to mission hospitals.
He who laughs last thinks slowest..
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/26/2008 Posts: 365
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@Alfa,I wish your wife a safe delivery. I can assure you that the whole process is normally full of anxiety but she will go through it. Apart from looking for a good hospital,also involve God because He is the giver of life when all is said and done. I will praise thee,O Lord my God,with all my heart: And I will glorify thy name forever more. Psalms 86:12 If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love - Maya Angelou
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/2/2008 Posts: 109
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@ Jacy,Thanks alot
as a first time parents to be,we are full of anxiety and we'll pray for the mercy of Almighty God
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/23/2008 Posts: 94
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I travelled to NBI on nov last year to be with my wife during delivery....i had consulted over and over and at last we went to MP shah hospital. I will not complain but have this feeling that the doctors will want to have the operation just to make money. After my wife was in labor for a few hours i was told that it seems the baby is not proceeding the way it should and he is getting tired. you can plan to wait or have the operation. if you wait the child will get affected by this and those....doctor terms that i dont understand anyway. So i said ok peration. it was succesful bu twhat i paid i still dont think it was worthy it. Next time will think of other hospitals and different approach. the personal doctors i dont trust them anymore.......he pocketed a whole 1000USD this is minus hospital charges,anaesthetics and paedetrician cost.
life is an endless adventure
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Rank: Elder Joined: 8/1/2008 Posts: 1,432 Location: Marsabit
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@Alfa Keep us updated...Am happy to hear you finally settled on something. All the very best and in my prayers...you will be. Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.. Nevermind what haters say, ignore them til they fade away - Just live your life
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/19/2008 Posts: 1,267
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@Feish Usd 1000 = Ksh 80,000 add medicine= +- 120000.Look's fair. I mean fundamental analysis,you get me? Fundamental analysis of a business involves analyzing its financial statements and health,its management and competitive advantages,and its competitors Isaiah 65:17-Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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After my wife delivered (normal) her gynae doc arrived to just see how she was doing.
In the bill,I saw a whole 40K for the gynae!!!
On the 2nd day,the paediatrician doc,told us the baby has some ambillical infection and will require some medication for another 3 days.
Total of 5 days bill came to 114K on maternity cover alone and another 15K on baby cover!!!
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/2/2008 Posts: 109
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@ Leona,thanks for the conforting words and for ur prayers
what a family we have here.......Thanks all
Guka... uko wapi,u can give us some testmonials hehehhe
Life is short,enjoy to the fullest,But only AFTER investing
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/22/2008 Posts: 851 Location: nairobi
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The birth process is so simple that I do not understand why people pay through their nose,just to have some fella collect a baby ...
The cunning of the Buffalo
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/29/2006 Posts: 184
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@alfa
to get an experience of a life time,insist on being at the delievery room:-
1) u'l enjoy the experience
2) giv support to her
3) u'l know wats happening throughtout
4) u'l knw if wife is tired of pushing
5) u'l hear the heart beat machine of ur babies heart
6) if she is alone,the doc can say to her anything ( & u knw how women r,they'l just accept watever they r told),but if u r there,the doc will b fearfull & reluctant.
ps/ incase u intend to b in d room,make sure u take lots of liquids(prefarably glucose) otherwise u might experience .... for the low hearted
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/27/2008 Posts: 4,114
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@murenj; our gynae confirmed what you say. He told us that 95% of pregnant women can deliver their own babies without any assistance from anybody! That's how God made it. Only 5% get complications....90% of which can be sorted out by a mid-wife. He said he makes his money from the remaining 0.5% that need a doctor's help and the FEAR of the 99.5% who eventually deliver their babies without any problem. That was very honest of him. Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 8/1/2008 Posts: 1,432 Location: Marsabit
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@Mukiha and Murenj Every woman fears being the 5% that gets complications....Am sure its only human to fear the worst....just like how we buckle up even when taking the shortest of trips..coz we might end up being an accident victim...despite some of us never having had an accident before in their lives! It's very traumatising to even imagine having a complicated childbirth or losing a baby that could have otherwise been saved if there was a doctor/professional around... Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.. Nevermind what haters say, ignore them til they fade away - Just live your life
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/26/2008 Posts: 365
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I didn't mean to say this here. I lost a close friend two weeks ago through complications at childbirth at MP Shah. Ati the doctor who performed the CS operated and left the country immediately. When complications arose the doctor was nowhere to be consulted. Its traumatising just to think about it. I will praise thee,O Lord my God,with all my heart: And I will glorify thy name forever more. Psalms 86:12 If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love - Maya Angelou
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/2/2008 Posts: 109
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@ Leona,its very true that everyone dread to be in the 5% in case of anything. After all prevention is better that 'regre'........
i came to realise that the reason my wife was afraid of MP Shah is that through stories from her friends,a mother delivered thro CS at MP Shah and the doc by mistake stitched leaving a cotton wool inside!!!!! For few months,the same doctor had been giving her some funny diagnosis and tablets.
after many months of complications and pain on the lower abdomen,she was taken to India only for the docs to do a surgery and remove a cotton wool (pamba).
Now if u come to know the victim personally and u are an expectant mother will u go to the same hosy? .........we are just Human!!!
Life is short,enjoy to the fullest,But only AFTER investing
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/22/2008 Posts: 851 Location: nairobi
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@leona. An obstetric ultra sound scan done at 36 weeks gestation rules out 90% of causes of complications of labour.
The cunning of the Buffalo
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/2/2008 Posts: 109
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Hi @ All!
My wife visited the doc jana for her routine antinental visit and the doc suggested immediate admission bcoz her feet are swollen (since 4th Month),her blood preasure is very high (for the first time) she has headache & she is tense!,yes tensed.
he sent her for urine test to check traces of protain and she literally run away without the result when the doc suggested imediate admission and INDUCE her (forced labour) to save the baby.
we are going for a second opinion from another doc now and need ur advice. any doc in the house? Whats the disadvantage of inducing and what will happen if we refuse it and wait for natural labour? LEONA and other ladies,i need u!! hehehe.
My wife is against the forced labour and prefer to wait. pls advice.
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/26/2008 Posts: 365
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Hi Alfa, From what I know,every experience is different and sometimes normal labour does not happen. Like in my case,my 1st baby I waited for normal labour until my due date passed and nothing for a whole week,so in that case I had to be induced. 2nd baby the same only this time after being induced,no labour for long hours until I had to be operated on. And my two babies are healthy and well,nothing to be afraid of. I've heard that high blood pressure is the number one enemy of a pregnant mother and I think ua wife should seek medical attention and fast. I will praise thee,O Lord my God,with all my heart: And I will glorify thy name forever more. Psalms 86:12 If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love - Maya Angelou
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