Saturday, May 14, 2011

My Birth Experience: Japan Vs. US

One more post about births, since I couldn't be more proud of my little girls.
Labor in Japan (Zack is indicating 5 cm dialated):


Labor in the US:


After the baby is born in Japan, we got to hold her for a second...

...and then she went with her Daddy to another room to be cleaned.


In the US (at least where we were), the baby was weighed, measured, and cleaned all right in the same room:


In Japan, security consisted of our name written on the baby's feet:


In the US, what the nurses called "Baby Lo-Jack":


My post-delivery room in Japan:


My post-delivery room in the US:

Draw your own conclusions. :-)
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