The Famously Bad Canadian Healthcare: My Emergency C-Section
I had never called an ambulance before, so I went to the ER in the family car. I was relieved to arrive during the day, but I waited six hours before I could see a doctor. Sitting for six hours just a week after a C-section was brutal.
From Working Holiday Pregnant by Mocha Park
Surviving Canadian Healthcare
During those six hours, I contacted every place I could think of. The OB clinic said postpartum issues were no longer their responsibility.
Then I had to wait another four hours to hear the ultrasound result from the doctor. In Korea I would still have been hospitalized at this point; here I was, newly postpartum, being sent around and made to wait.
From Working Holiday Pregnant by Mocha Park
Nine Months In, It Finally Felt Like I Was Abroad
In Vancouver, I had spent a lot of time feeling as if I was simply enduring. Because I had brought my husband and the children here, I also felt a strange obligation to enjoy as much as I could.
I realized for the first time how much beauty comes from not having things in sight.
From Working Holiday Pregnant by Mocha Park
