A Midwives Clinic in Taiwan

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.  

Pansy calls him, "Kalan Shu-shu" (Uncle Kalan)  :)

Thanks Mai-Li, Alberto, and Daisy for a great weekend!