“Pregnant Woman Refuses Mother-in-Law’s Demand for Money, Gets Criticized for Choosing Hospital Birth: A Lesson on Universal Health Care”

2023-05-18 05:02:06

There is a pregnant woman abroad who is regarding to give birth. Because she refused her mother-in-law’s request for money, she was scolded by her mother-in-law that going to the hospital to give birth was a “waste of money”. (Picture/schematic diagram, flipped from pixabay)

Because Taiwan has universal health insurance, most people see a doctor or be hospitalized, and the cost will not cause a big burden. However, in foreign countries, medical expenses are expensive. There is a pregnant woman in the United States who is regarding to give birth. When her mother-in-law comes to borrow money, she considers the follow-up hospital delivery The phone bill costs regarding 8,000 U.S. dollars (approximately NT$250,000) to have a baby, so I had to refuse the other party decisively. Unexpectedly, when the mother-in-law heard that her son and daughter-in-law had to save money to have a baby in the hospital and might not lend her the money, she scolded the hospital to give birth to a waste of money and suggested that the baby might be delivered at home, “I can help you!” Let the daughter-in-law listen I was super dumbfounded.

According to the “Mirror” report, a pregnant woman in the United States posted a complaint on the online forum Reddit, saying that she would give birth in a short time. Beforehand, she and her husband estimated that the cost of hospital delivery alone would cost regarding 8,000 U.S. dollars , In order to meet the production expenses and the expenses following the birth of the child, she and her husband worked hard to save money before giving birth. But recently, when their mother-in-law came to ask them for 300 US dollars (approximately NT$9,300), the two honestly explained to their elders the reason why they might not borrow money.

The pregnant women said that when they told their mother-in-law that they might not give the money, the mother-in-law angrily accused the couple, thinking that it was a waste of money to go to the hospital to give birth, “Why do you want to do this? Why don’t you give birth at home? All my money The children are all born at home, I have midwifery experience, let me help you!”

The pregnant woman confessed that she was terrified by her mother-in-law’s proposal to give birth at home. “Although she gave birth to 6 children at home, more than half of them were hospitalized due to severe infections.” She wrote that her mother-in-law had indeed given birth at home 6 times Experience, but there were 3 times when the placenta remained in the body, which caused serious infection. The mother-in-law was hospitalized for 2 years, so the risk of home delivery was extremely high.

After the post was exposed, netizens said that this kind of mother-in-law is really weird, “I have never seen such outrageous money-saving advice”; some people suggested to the expectant mother, “Please cut off contact with this person and let the other half come forward.” “.

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