• 问：美国的月子中心贵吗？昨天跟老公商量坐月子去月子中心，他觉得没有必要，就想他妈妈来照顾我。我觉得月子中心更好。我想知道，有没有必要去月子中心？你们是什么想法呢？

    答：在美国，我住了28天华人开的月子中心，花了38800美金。

    老婆得了一生月子病。

    我不是说月子中心没用。

    月子中心本质就是花钱租个房间，再花钱请个月嫂，就这么简单。

    你指望月子中心把你照顾的无微不至，那是做梦。

    Q: Are postpartum care centers in the US expensive? Yesterday, I discussed going to a postpartum care center with my husband, but he thinks it's unnecessary and wants his mother to take care of me instead. I think a postpartum care center would be better. I want to know if going to a postpartum care center is necessary? What are your thoughts?

    A: In the US, I stayed at a postpartum care center run by Chinese people for 28 days and it cost $38,800.

    My wife developed postpartum complications.

    I'm not saying postpartum care centers are useless.

    A postpartum care center is essentially just paying to rent a room and then paying to hire a postpartum caregiver, it's that simple.

    If you expect a postpartum care center to provide you with meticulous care, you're dreaming.

    讲讲在月子中心发生的事情。

    1、五恒系统。

    月子中心吹自己五恒，恒温、恒氧、恒湿、恒静、恒洁。

    恒温，就是有空调和暖气。刚住月子中心，我以为室内温度不需要调节。结果月子中心工作人员调的制热，儿子热出了疹子。后来反馈问题，工作人员调成了制冷，把我老婆冷出了月子病，全身疼，每时每刻在疼。跟月子中心反馈之后，关了室内空调。月子病估计要伴随我老婆一辈子了。

    恒氧，就是有窗户可以开窗通风，顶多装个新风。

    恒湿，也是开窗户通风。

    恒静，就是噪音不多。住月子期间，楼上装修吵了几次。

    恒洁，就是有保洁打扫卫生。

    Let me tell you about what happened at the postpartum care center.

    1. The Five-Constant System.

    The postpartum care center boasted about its "Five-Constant System": constant temperature, constant oxygen, constant humidity, constant quietness, and constant cleanliness.

    Constant temperature: This simply means they have air conditioning and heating. When we first moved into the center, I thought the indoor temperature wouldn't need adjusting. However, the staff set the heating too high, and my son developed a rash from the heat. After I reported the problem, the staff switched to cooling, which made my wife develop postpartum illness – she experienced body aches all over, constantly. After complaining to the center again, they turned off the air conditioning. This postpartum illness will probably affect my wife for the rest of her life.

    Constant oxygen: This just means there are windows that can be opened for ventilation, and at most, they have a fresh air system.

    Constant humidity: This also relies on opening the windows for ventilation.

    Constant quietness: This means there isn't much noise. During our stay, there were several instances of noisy renovations upstairs.

    Constant cleanliness: This means there are cleaning staff to clean the premises.

    2、月子餐。

    每天提供几顿饭，我早上六点多起来，看了月子中心每天食材的进货渠道和进货价格。跟自己去菜市场买的食材一样，并没有高级和精致。

    但是这月子餐每天餐标是400刀，食材成本每天40刀以内，人员成本也算40刀吧。

    食材普通，饭菜口味一般，但是摆盘这些细节给你拉满。女性喜欢这种情绪价值的产品。

    2. Postpartum Meals.

    They provided several meals a day. I woke up around 6 AM and checked the sourcing channels and prices of the ingredients used by the postpartum center. The ingredients were the same as what I would buy at the local market; nothing particularly high-end or fancy.

    However, the daily meal cost was $400, while the ingredient cost was less than $40 per day, and let's say the labor cost was also around $40.

    The ingredients were ordinary, and the food tasted average, but they paid great attention to details like presentation. Women appreciate this kind of emotional value in a product.

    3、月嫂

    月子中心给我们安排的月嫂还行，这个没什么问题。

    在我看来月子中心的作用就是解决一部分女性在生完孩子之后的焦虑，这段焦虑是多余的。让这部分女性过上她们觉得产后恢复的生活。

    虽然花了不少钱住月子中心，这钱是我妈出的，但是我妈觉得值，因为坐月子期间所有不愉快的事情，都归咎给月子中心，这就是它最大的作用。

    3. Postpartum Caregiver

    The postpartum caregiver arranged by the maternity center was okay; there were no problems with her.

    In my opinion, the purpose of a maternity center is to alleviate some of the anxiety that women experience after giving birth, and this anxiety is unnecessary. It allows these women to experience the postpartum recovery life they envision.

    Although we spent a lot of money on the maternity center (my mother paid for it), my mother thinks it was worth it because all the unpleasant things that happened during the postpartum period were attributed to the maternity center, and that's its biggest benefit.