Although having to go through IVF and gestational diabetes and 2 c - sections and Joey's NICU / nursery stays and both kids self weaning were all huge emotional and physical traumas for me (and my husband), now that they're in the past and I'm a mommy to two amazing toddlers, I can see that it all worked out how it was supposed to.And my advice to all new mothers who hope / plan to nurse take a breastfeeding class when pregnant, have a breastpump in the house before the baby is born, buy nursing bras that have front panels that you can open
easily (and bring some to the
hospital with you when you go to give birth), don't be afraid to pump and let someone else give the baby a bottle of your milk when you need to sleep, hold off on introducing baby food until much closer to 1 year old
than 6 ohtnms, and be prepared for it to be hard and possibly painful at first (think cracked, bleeding nipples and breasts that are so full of milk you think they will explode so also have lanolin and / or nipple cream in the house, and nurse or pump well before you let yourself become engorged and in pain).
Diving without adequate insurance is not an option; if you were on a remote dive site, in a country without top - level health care equipment, then airlifting you to a
hospital and your subsequent treatment could
easily cost more
than # 1M.
In the event that additional medical care is required, patients can be
easily and quickly transported to larger
hospitals in the mainland within the hour, or they can get air transit to the United States and arrive in less
than three hours.