There's a new midwives clinic in Taiwan!
Our midwife and friend, Mai-Li Wan, opened it last weekend in Yilan. I think this is the first natural-childbirth-supporting midwives clinic in Taiwan. We got to travel there with some friends for the opening celebration, and share a little about our home birth experience.
The clinic is peaceful, warm, and inviting. This is the reception area:
And this is the examination room:
We spent the night on the pull-out couch.
(Keira slept nearby in her pop-up tent-bed. It was her first night away from home, and she did great!)
On the third floor, there's a nice space for prenatal education classes which doubled as a play-area for the kids. (Keira loved practicing her crawling moves all over the tatami mats.)
If you want to check it out, here's the info:
English info:
Mai-Li Wan, Master, RN, CNM
Phone: 886-912-253-841
Email: best.midwife@yahoo.com.tw
BEST Midwives Clinic
No. 28, Ziqiang E. Rd., Wujie Township,
Yilan County 26845, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Mai-Li provides prenatal and postpartum care, prenatal and postpartum counseling, birth planning, home birth, professional labor assistance for hospital-birthing families, and lactation assistance.
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On a more personal note, we really enjoyed our weekend in Yilan, thanks to our friends Alberto and Daisy (and their two sweet girls, Pansy and Yue-Ling). They drove us around, introduced us to some friends, and showed us cool places. Here we are walking at a nearby forest preserve.
When we weren't sight-seeing or celebrating, we relaxed at the clinic.
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| Pansy calls him, "Kalan Shu-shu" (Uncle Kalan) :) |
Thanks Mai-Li, Alberto, and Daisy for a great weekend!
