Childbirth Without Health Insurance
Having my first child was a very emotional roller coaster full of happiness and stress. The thoughts of how financially stable and prepared I was left me with many days of clenching my stomach and drinking pepto just to make it through the work day.
I am a U.S. defense contractor and work and live in Honduras and at times everyday life is challenging at best. Me and my wife have been together since January 2005 but we didn't get married until April 2008 about 2 weeks prior to my sons birth. This left us facing childbirth without health insurance in an impoverished country.
I am fairly financially responsible but could not help myself from thinking of the possibilities of complications that would surely leave my newly formed family in a jam.
I am sure i am not the first or last person to have a child without health insurance however in the U.S. there are state hospitals who are compitent and obligated to treat you. Here in Honduras the Government hospitals look like the 3rd world makeshift hospitals that you see in horror movies.
We had decided early on to have our son here in our rural city of Comayaguaand sought out and quallified doctor who had his own maternity clinic. I set the money aside and paid for my sons birth in cash. At the end of the day at was all an easy process and my little boy is happy and healthy
The whole process cost me roughly $1,000 and everyone at the clinic was great to us. But for anyone out there thinking about having a child without health insurance save yourself the stress and get insurance first.
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