Having a Baby in China
Western Spouses Share Their Experiences Giving Birth in the Middle Kingdom

The beginning of the possible new book:

I think she said, “go buy this medicine if you want your wife to have it.”  At least that’s what I think she said.  My Mandarin was rusty at the time and my wife or “translator in chief” was in the birthing room about to give birth through c-section.

My mother in law approached us and interjected, “what do you need us to buy?”  That I understood.  The nurse repeated it.  “You have to go out and buy this medicine if you think she needs it.”  This time I cut in: ” go out and buy medicine!?”  This time the nurse pushed some form under my nose and pointed out which medicine.  Now if my spoken Mandarin was rusty, my reading skills were non existent.  I answered the nurse back, “If she needs medicine you go give it to her! You’re the nurse.  I’m no doctor!”  And as logical as saying that the sky is blue or the pope is catholic, the nurse responded, “we don’t have it here.  You have to go out and buy it and come back to give it to us.”  I asked, “WHERE?”  And in the classic Chinese form, the nurse responded by saying, “Just out there.”

Greetings to you all. As if you didn’t know on that day you got married to that special Chinese person that you had entered a different world.  If it wasn’t clear then, it became very clear when the good news came that you were going to have a baby.  This common daily occurrence is anything but common for the couple about to embark on this truly unique experience of having a baby in China.  It combines and pits two different world cultures.  Compromises had to be made, and hard choices had to be made.  Understanding and knowledge are gained. These experiences are truly the best of both worlds and the couple and family are better by going through them.

Have you experienced this before?  Do you want to participate in this story?  Each one of you has a unique story.  Each one of us has a story that is similar in so many ways.

If you are a Westerners (male or female) who is married to a Chinese and you’ve had or are about to have a baby, then you qualify!  I am a Northeastern American and my wife is from Shanghai.  Maybe you are from Texas, or an African American, an Australian, a European, or even a few Western women would be great too!

Will you participate?  Will you tell us the story?  Are you willing to share the amazing life experience that you’ve had while having your baby in China?  Are you be willing to help out those who are wondering how to go about preparing for this?  Are you willing to share the hardships and the joys with those who are about to experience those things?

Here’s the BOOK idea:

We want to make this book an informative read, a hilarious read, a jaw dropping read, a serious read and a vitally important read.  The goal of this book project is to inform others who are about to go through this wonderful but difficult time.  The goal is to give them answers and perspectives. The goal is NOT to make loads of money and to sell the movie rights.

To make this book a real hilarious read, MandMx.com will provide comics and drawings throughout the book to keep readers chuckling.

Take time to talk to your significant other.  This might be too much for them.  If you would like to see a bit of what we’ve written on our own website about my wife being pregnant go here.

Please don’t forward this information to others that you might think would want to participate with the book.

Book publishing dates and publishing companies are not in the immediate plan right now since the project is in its infancy.  (Pun fully intended.)  This is a huge undertaking and it will be done by most of us in our free time.  Patience is a virtue.  If there are people who you know who “are about to get pregnant” they might be great for the project since they might take really good notes now that they might participate in the book project, and I don’t think we’ll finish this endeavor in 9 months time.

So what do you think?  Will you participate?  Do you know other Australians who might want to participate?  Do you know South Africans?  Do you know any British?  Do you know any Europeans?  Do you know any New Zealanders?  Tell us and we’ll contact them too.

Any questions just write to us: Magnus at Mandmx.com

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