Sunday, May 5, 2013

Call for contributors

I no longer live in Brazil and am looking for interested parties to continue updating the English-speaking OB/midwives lists and adding current content. If you are an expat or English-speaker living in Brasilia who is currently pregnant (or considering getting pregnant or the partner of someone who is pregnant) and you would like to contribute to this blog please contact me and I will add you as an author.

Friday, February 1, 2013

OB/GYN, doula and pediatrician recommendations - Liga

We highly recommend our obstetritian Raquel dos Reis, consultation price 300 RS (especially to those who really are in favour of natural birth) and hospital Santa Lucia. I was actually preparing for the natural birth but in the last weak my baby took a breach (sitting) position, so I had to do the C-section. However, the doctor waited until the process starts naturally (according to my wish) and only then i went to hospital. In cases like mine, the doctor does the C-section with her husband, also obstetritian, Fabio dos Reis. So, this doctor is really ready for any kind of situation. The doctor is also very much in favour of humanized C-sections - with music, calm atmosphere, etc.

Dra. Raquel dos Reis (obstetritian, speaks english)
SHLS 716 Conjunto C, Consultorio 306, tel. 3245-1322, cel.9982-8600.

We also recommend the doula Rafaela, consultation 150 RS, who does wonderful job. Both, Raquel and Rafaela speak english and are promoters of natural birth.

Doula Rafaela Ferreira Rosa
Centro Clinico Via Brasil Seps 710/910 Tore B Sala 541
phone...442-8141 cel. 9959-8662, email rafaelarosa@yahoo.com.br

And now we have a wonderful pediatritian, Joao Pimentel, (consultation price 300 RS), who really picks up his mobile phone 24 hours in cases of doubts, etc.

Dr. Joao Pimentel (pediatritian)
Liberty Mall, SCN quadra 2 bloco D torre A sala 718, phone 3037-3377/ 3032-3377, clinica@crescendopediatria.com.br, www.crescendopediatria.com.br

Well, I could go on and on about different aspects of my pregnancy and birth. We went through a lot during the pregnancy, also some less positive aspects like bureaucracy with insuarance for the birth, forced c-section ideas (during first pregnancy months we had other obstetritian) and we had a lot of doubts at the beginning about the medical standarts in this city.