Should you register an official complaint against a hospital or doctor? Is that possible?
The short answer is yes and yes.
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Getting the Healthcare You Deserve
‘Continuity of care’ has become an international buzzword, (in Israel as well). In fact, it is considered a basic health right that you may demand when seeking out the same medication, doctor, treatment plan.
Coming Home Empty Handed
(Trigger warning, not recommended to read if you’re currently pregnant) The other day, my husband and I were in a cab with a woman cab driver, and over the course of the 40-minute drive, after she mentioned her son, I asked that fateful question, “how many children do you have?” She answered quite calmly, “one, …
Our Husbands, Those De facto Doulas [Father’s Day]
Today is Father’s Day in the United States. That day when we take a few hours to honor those special folk who made our lives possible. I thought I would take few minutes to write about the man who made my family possible, my husband. As I have mentioned before, I debated if I would …
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Birth Options in Israel [Birth Series Part #2]
In honor of the fact that, in Israel, August has the most deliveries of any month, I thought I’d be proactive and make June birth month. This week we’re reviewing different birth options. In true researcher fashion, with each child, I gave birth in a different hospital (not planned, actually, but cool, right?) This obviously …
What is a Doula?? [Birth Series Part #1]
The other day I was talking with a young woman I know who is living here temporarily, while her husband learns in yeshiva. She is nine months pregnant. I asked her if she were taking a private doctor for the delivery, a common practice among women in her community. She replied, no, that instead, …
Does Your Baby Have an Oddly Shaped Head?
Almost all newborn babies that I have met have some kind of weird shaped head. Birth squashes newborns, especially first births, and they take the next few weeks to work back into shape. One of my clients had a baby like this. She had been in labor for three days! The baby had a funny …
Birth in Israel – Part II
Planned Home Birth When we left off last week, I was just about to delve into the world of home births in Israel. Planned home birth is just that, planned. Meaning, the couple hires a home birth midwife, for about 4,000-7,000 NIS. That midwife conducts several prenatal visits, attends the birth, completes the Ministry of …
Birth in Israel Part I
A few weeks ago, the Knesset passed a bill that has actually been on and off the table for almost two decades, the childbirth benefits payment from Bituach Leumi (National Insurance) for women who plan to, and deliver, at home. This means that now women who have planned home births will be eligible to receive …
Read this if you, or someone you love, will give birth in Israel
In the past few weeks, I’ve had the honor to be present at three completely different births: the unplanned home birth, a “second first birth” and a planned home birth that ended up in the hospital. These experiences reminded me of the importance of several issues, both large and small, that can greatly affect a …
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