Woman Gives Birth In Japan, Shows What Food She Was Fed In The Hospital
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If there’s one thing that seems to have a horrible reputation no matter where you go, it’s hospital food; bland, colorless, vomit-inducing meals that make the reason you’re there seem bearable in comparison. A woman who recently gave birth in Japan, however, has just shared 12 of the meals she was served during her stay in the maternity ward, and they look tastier than half of the restaurants we’ve ever visited. Food presentation is crucial in the Land of the Rising Sun, and it would appear that even hospitals take this cultural tradition seriously.
Since the woman’s post went viral, users from all over the globe – especially the US – now want to give birth in Japan, including men. We’re not sure if these gourmet spreads are offered to people in the hospital for other reasons, but if you’re in Tokyo and feel like getting a ‘surprise’ injury to find out, let us know how it goes.
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Omuraisu, Macaroni Salad, Chicken Soup, Squid Rings, Fruit, Green Tea
Mushroom Pasta, Potato Salad, Broccoli And Bacon Salad, Chicken Soup, Fruit, Bread, Green Tea
Chicken Fingers With Shredded Cabbage Salad, Bitter Melon Stir Fry, Agedashi Tofu, Carrot Salad, Rice, Miso Soup
Salmon, Tofu, Spinach Salad, Natto, Miso Soup, Rice, Milk
Fried Fish With Tartar Sauce, Braised Mountain Potatoes, Hijiki Salad, Spinach And Carrot Stir Fry, Rice, Green Tea
Camembert And Raisins, Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Kabocha, Lotus Root With Gravy, Corn Soup, Rice, Salad, Tiramisu, Fruit, Orange Juice, Green Tea
Chicken With Mushroom Sauce, Braised Pumpkin And Pork, Daikon Carrot Salad, Rice, Miso Soup, Chawan Mushi
Cod, Shredded Cabbage Salad, Pasta Salad, Sweet Potato And Peas, Rice, Green Tea
Salmon With Mushroom Sauce, Soba Noodles, Rice, Eggplant And Beef, Broccoli, Hijiki Salad
Mackerel, Konbu Salad, Natto, Spinach Salad, Miso Soup, Rice, Milk, Green Tea
Braised Vegetables, Niku Jaga (Meat And Potatoes), Cucumber And Baby Corn Salad, Rice, Miso Soup, Green Tea
Sea Bream, Pasta Salad, Chicken Meatballs, Pickled Daikon, Rice, Miso Soap, Chawan Mushi, Green Tea
Needless to say, people were impressed
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Are they only serving these in the maternity ward? #AskingForAFriend
yea ditto if i were to say "accidentally" break my leg would i get all of that? #askingforapatient
I think it would cost less to just buy a bento box rather than accidentally putting yourself into a semi-coma. #suggestingforacommenter ^_^
Japan has the best food in the world.
It's how Japan's health care and hospitals are in general.
Her husband bought them. Secretly.
I agree.
Are we really doing this?
Can't be otherwise.
The hate is real. LOL
12 meals?! How long does it take to give birth in Japan?!
3 meals a day so 4 days? That's not terribly long. Sometime people need to to recover. That being said it just looks like food to me with some Asian influences which I find yummy but not noteworthy.
That's the point. It looks like FOOD. Which is not necessarily the case in hospitals like say, in the US, unless you're already paying for luxury care.
Not noteworthy? What does hospital food in your country look like? In my country, the breakfast and dinner is 1 slice of white bread and butter. Lunch is usually mashed potatoes (made from that instant powder thing not actual potatoes) and a thin slice of spam that looks green-ish like it's already gone bad. That's all you get. It looks disgusting, tastes disgusting, the propotions are way too small and the food has no nutritional value at all. If you actually eat the hospital food here, it will probably make you even sicker.
You havent spent much time in hospital, have you? I have a perfect record, after 16 surgeries and several other lengthy admissions......Im in heart failure, Im in hospital A LOT......and Ive NEVER once eaten a meal that was brought to me from the hospital kitchen. We have universal healthcare, which is just as well otherwise we would go broke because my family have to bring every meal to the hospital for me or I would starve to death. Recently Ive started refusing to even let them take the lid off the plate because the smell is enough to make me gag. Damn, Im allergic to fish and these photos still look appetising.
Most people stay in for at least five days after giving birth in Japan. Very good care and first class medical support. Mortality rates are the lowest in the world, and almost everybody gives birth in the hospital. however, it is horrendously expensive. If you have national insurance you get a lot of what you paid back later but you still have to come up with at least ¥500,000 up front. In some cases before you even have the baby. Also, not all hospitals provide such good food. Mine was awful. As Echo posted, this is pretty normal food for Japan, although well presented. It was probably a private hospital.
Oh please, in the U.S., not only do we NOT have free healthcare, the crap they try to feed us in hospitals is barely edible even for dogs, much less humans.
Asian influence? This is Asian....
if we are in labor, all we get is some crushed ice if we are lucky
In Japan everyone gets 4 nights of hospital stay MANDATORY after giving birth. It's all paid for by the national health plan, as well...
Stan, and that is still better food than what we get here in the US. What you described is just as much a luxury as what's in the photos as far as hospital food in the US goes.
Food like this is normal? Over here in M'sia, it's nothing like this. There's fish but some steamed chicken or white batter fried Mekong catfish, 2X boiled veggies, fresh fruit[honeydew/papaya], tea and some biscuits. It's decent but luxurious as this unless it's a private hospital.
Several countries still hold to keeping the mother for a few days to ensure that everything is good. Heck, I had a double-jaw surgery here (USA) and it was a f***-ing outpatient procedure--in Canada, they keep you for at least a week because the surgery requires sawing through the bones in your head and bolting them all back together.
It depends on how many kids you've had but for the first one the mother and child usually stay in the hospital for about a full week, it gives a new mother time to heal and to learn how to care for the child from the nurses and other professionals. Subsequent stays can be shorter but it is still generally around 5 days or so. (I'm the father of 3, all born in Japan)
When wife gave birth in 2011 she stayed in the hospital 6 days they even help train new mothers to care for the newborns and the food is that good!
In the USA, if I remember correctly, the stay in a hospital after birth is 24 hours. Unless there is complications.
With a c-section my friends all got a 48 hour recovery period before getting an rx for light pain meds and a follow-up appointment in a week. And even then the surgery was scheduled so it took only the first 4 hours and the other 44 were recovery. And they had epidurals!
I work in obstetrics. In the US, it's usually 2 nights for a vaginal birth and 3 nights for a surgical birth (i.e. C-section).
Is that by choice? Do women prefer to stay longer, or shorter usually? Women can choose stay for a similar timeframe here (Australia), but in some places you have the option of a longer stay if they have the room. The hospital I had my first in let me stay for a week. My other two children were born in a hospital closer to the city, but I was able to stay 5 days for each of them; recommended longer for the middle child as she was 4 weeks early, but I was keen to get my routine happening, so they let me go as long as I agreed to at home glucose test for baby for the next few days.
I believe these are options that you preorder before dinner. In hospitals where I live, maternity or otherwise, you make out your daily menu plan. It's generous. You can order doubles on pretty much everything and there are American and ethnic menus to choose from. You can ask for diabetic or low cal meals (unless nixed by a doctor) and the food is either plain (if that's what the Dr. ordered) or fairly gourmet. One time the kitchen sent up a snack for me and at first I refused it until I saw it. Tuna salad, not my fav. But it was chunks of freshly steamed ahi, chilled, with slices of pickled veggies, minced onions and mayo. I was amazed. The menus are actually coordinated with local chefs. You're in the hospital, your sick enough, sometimes you can't have visitors, the least they can do is give you a proper meal. It really can be an emotional boost.
Oh yes, the reason the night nurse and kitchen ordered and sent up a snack was because my blood sugar was too low. Unbelievable. Hospitals in Hawaii are second to none. They have a central fridge with juice, puddings, cake, pie, salad, etc. which you can have upon request without ordering up from the kitchen. When my sister was suffering from cancer, the only thing that staved off her nausea was tropical fruit juice. The nurses gave me free pass to take armfuls for both my sister and I. Nurses in Hawaii, can't say enough about how compassionate they are.
Uh yeah, I don't know why this thread is posting twice.
Was going to ask the same question... In my case, I was out the day after... And the third time, back in the hospital a week later with postpartum fever...
It always depend on how thing goes. I'm in Canada but I expect it's similar in Japan. For my first child I stayed exactly 7 days at the hospital. He was premature with some other complications. For my second child I stayed about 24h. The average here is 2 days I believe.
Where are you from Tee M? That sounds horrendous.
people often stay in hospital for up to a week after giving birth.
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Everyone's talking about the food, but look at the dishes it's served in! Those hospital plates and bowls look better than what I have at home!
In Taiwan we have National Health, like Obamacare Plus. A couple years ago, I had my hip replaced. The food in the hospital was delicious! and there was so much I could barely finish it. If you cross out some extras I had thrown in, the surgery + week stay cost about US$100. (About US$25 is deducted from my pay every month)
It's all about the bottom line here. A hospital gave me a cheese sandwich and a little cup of Apple juice after being in the ER for eight hours.
That's horrible. Hope you're okay now.
There may be reasons why you need to eat light in the ER.
Time to move to Taiwan.
It goes like that till it collapses.... then "improving it" becomes a vote trade coin for politicians...
Twenty years (roughly) now and that's never been an issue. But using that as a reason not to promote National Health is like telling people not to get married because they may get divorced.
*looks at jello*.....* throws it out the window* so unfair.
Better than some food served in many restaurants in my country. Japan is a supernation !
Wow such variety in every meal. It all looks spledid.
The Japanese--as do many Asian cultures--understand one of the biggest contributions to how food tastes is how eaters view it. If it looks tasty, your brain will assume it's tasty, and it takes a strong negative reaction from your taste buds to change that.
The Dutch mash veggies with potatoes. Build a mountain out of it and pour gravy on the mountain top. Kind of like a gravy-exploding veggie-volcano. Yup, what your food looks like definitely matters!🙃
Aside from the food, I'm amazed that she wasn't kicked out of the hospital less than 12 meal's time the way it is done in the US.
That's one of the many reasons the US simply isn't always the greatest nation on earth
In Czech we usually stay for three days: Three days of food-terror. Better to stay hungry or invite granny with some good lunch in a purse :-D
In Japan they usually hospitalize you for 1 week.
Say what you will about St. Louis, but I've had a few overnight stays at in two different hospitals (sucks to have an autoimmune disease), and I get a menu with a broad selection. I can get pretty much as much as I want and the food is yummy.
Gabi Schlatter, I agree with your comment about St. Louis hospitals. Unfortunately, over the past few years, my husband and I have been patients in 6 different hospitals in the area. We were able to order from an extensive menu in each case. I remember choices such as stir frys, custom grill orders, homemade type desserts like apple pie, fresh fruits, pizza, fresh baked rolls, etc. The worst part was that with all that yummy food, scheduled surgeries and tests keep us from eating part of the time. lol
...Or you could go to a Japanese restaurant
"free healthcare tho" Japan's healthcare is also mostly socialised and highly regulated. Nobody has any excuse.
So healthy! No wonder the life expectancy is so high in Japan
i'm drooling. last time i went to the hospital (for surgery for a cleft lip and palate) the food was barely substandard. this stuff looks gourmet...:/
It all looks so good, and then I realized one of the dishes is natto... ehh. Fermented beans...
This looks like the food in a 5-star hotel... wow... Must be an excellent and expensive hospital
Did you give birth at the GRAND HYATT IN JAPAN IN THEIR PENTHOUSE? I HEARD THEY HAD A DR.DR . BUT WOW U STAYED THE WHOLE TIME NICE.
Japan rules!!
I want to go there & pretend to be sick. That food looks so good & is making me hungry.
I'm in. Let's go. I'll pretend to be sick just to eat their food. LOL
Is she giving birth to a king?
I was hospitalized i Japan for a week.. ( had to removed gal bladder stone) Yes, the food are very good.. and I can’t believed I was sad when I went home. i missed the hospital food:(
I lived in Japan for many years and was hospitalized on several occasions and the food was wonderful. I told one of the nutritionists at Osaka University Medical Center that they should publish a book with the recipes. You'll also notice by the number of pictures the woman posted that her hospital stay was about one week--typical for a normal delivery in Japan.
The last baby I had, the hospital had a menu to choose from. Like a serious restaurant- style menu.
That’s how it was when my sister was hospitalized here in the states. Probably depends on what kind of area you live in.
I wonder what Miso Soap from the last picture tastes like lol
I think they know how important is to eat when you are sick.
These are so beautiful <3. Glad the hospitals are able to give these to patients. If you want to look at more japanese food there's a relaxing and wholesome show on Netflix called "Gourmet Samurai". It's about a retired man eating food.
wow. in some place here they make toast the day before or in the morning and send it to hospital and them microwave them to make them warm.
Better than any lunch I ever had.
Ittadakimasu !
Our hospital food will not make you well
The hospital food here will kill you, or keep the bed occupied far longer. It certainly is not food to make you well.
Actually, I had to stay for 2 days in my local US Hospital, and while certainly the food I was served wasn't as beautiful as some of these meals, I found the food to be high quality, and actually quite good, and I'm a foodie.
Miso soap )))
disgusting... I would puke just smelling this
First, what was she doing in the hospital for 12 days? Here, women go home the same day practically. And secondly, sorry I don't find that food appetizing LOL But if I did like all that, I'm sure I would find it appetizing. At least she had several items on her tray.
The interesting part and the reason the japanese are so much smaller than we Americans is the portion size, there is a lot of dishes but the portions are much smaller. And there was very little red meat. Very healthy people.
I'll have the "Camembert And Raisins, Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Kabocha, Lotus Root With Gravy, Corn Soup, Rice, Salad, Tiramisu, Fruit, Orange Juice, Green Tea." to go please!
Shame you can't go back and edit comments on here. But I can't imagine this being served in New Zealand Hospitals either.
Ist this hospital a 4* restaurant ?!?!
Last time I was in the hospital, I left when I was still sick, because the food was inedible and I wasn't getting better.
wow - no wonder they live longer and don't have the obesity problems seen everywhere where fast food/western style eating exists.
I like the first comment lol
I gave birth in Russia... I lost 13 kilos at the hospital:) poor soup, cereals and tea thats all ( and that was awful) my family brought me food there
I think she never left...😳
Nice. When I was in the hospital I got soggy chicken fingers and jello, or something.
this is because they want the patient to have a good foot in the door when it comes to healing and nutrition is a great way to start. This helps lower the return rate of patients and the overall quality of the tax paying citizens. Now, maternity leave can be taken as far as 8 weeks before birth and about the same amount after. Normally this is paid by your employer at least 50% of the salary. And not to worry, if the child is late the union will pay up to an extra 105 days of maternity leave. PLus if your employer is very stingy and you really cant afford to be on leave much longer this coverage can be passed on to the husband as well. Over all maternity care and leave is something taken very seriously in japan. we believe that healing starts from the inside and a good staple is hearty,nutricious food that can boost healing. (2)
in japan we have something called shakai hoken when is basically social insurance paid by the union but the employer is most heavily involved. of course there are some bumps and conditions (must be eligable, employed before pregnancy, and have signed an employment contract at least a week before pregnancy{even though thats not exactly something you can control}) but all in all its great compared to the US. Japan (as well as many other countries) take maternity care very very seriously because these are the working men and women that can and will pilot the future,these are their tax paying citizens. The taxes are distributed at least a little better than the US in terms of what should be prioty (NOT military budgets). This means that the taxes people pay can benefit them more directly. Now with hospital functions and meals this is something not taken lightly what so ever. (1)
Services sucked. The guy I was put with was literally crapping all over the place. He was on a forced three day cleanse for a colonoscopy. Last day there I was able to order whatever I wanted for dinner got an appearingly looking hand formed 1/2 lb. Cheeseburger, steak fries, beef barley soup like mom would make,obligitory lime Jello, and a lemon ice. My favorite! Was in for a possible partial bowel obstruction. Felt like giving birth or another hernia! IfI didn't have it going in possibly whenI left. They said to find out for sure they would need to cut me open. I declined that offer.
P.S. they brought in a third roomie. Large black gentleman. Overheard him on the phone talking about Burger King, then saying "got any canned fruit,Peaches?". His apparent wife comes in, they close the privacy curtain. I can hear him shoveling it down. Nurse comes in and she tries to observe the patient. His wife is running very efficent defense. Every move is blocked by her. She asks what he wants for dinner then says oh your on the nothing to eat pending surgery list! I hope he did not literally kill himself with that meal his wife brought in!
I would surely starve to death. Bleh. (Although the presentation is beautiful, not a thing sounded tasty).
I just can't get over how beautifully presented it was! The food I got when I had my babies was cold, congealed slop and burnt toast.
It's sad how many people don't know how great Japan is
What is she complaining g about?
How long was she there for. That is alot of meals. My daughter was in and out in 1 day,lol.
this is because countries outside the u.s. actually care about its people
The Japanese take food presentation seriously. In Hawaii, some hospitals treat with an in room romantic dinner for the happy couple. Steak and a bunch of sides.
Japanese take their food presentations seriously. In Hawaii, some hospitals offer an in room dining special for happy couples. Steak.
I am a man and would love to give birth in Japan. I hope they are serving this all over the hospital.
actually .. why they give that food bec japan is decreased for new born baby ~ all of adult type in japan didn't want to married or have baby ~ that's why they server good food to new mother ^_^
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I think the interesting thing to know is if these meals are served in a public hospital. I mean, if everyone in Japan would be able to receive them. If this is a private hospital, then maybe this is post is not that special after all.
I gave birth in our tiny little local clinic for my oldest (so small they couldn't give epidurals) and in a higher class hospital for my youngest (so I could get an epidural). At all Japanese hospitals it is a standard 5 day stay of luxury, 3 glorious meals and a hefty snack also, all so the mother can rest and recover to be healthy and well able to care for the baby after they go home.
Pretty sure it's just how every hospital in Japan is.
Okay this is where I'm going to give birth
An expensive hospital in Sta. Rosa, Laguna served my diabetic wife with these junk twice! 0-02-06-c3...a083d1.jpg
Yummy!
the question is , is this country hospital that you get service from health insurance or is private hospital that you pay from your savings ...
I'm impressed by the number of meals - how many days was she in hospital? Here, you get 24 hours, then boots to the backsides of mom and baby unless there was a problem...
Looks like the same food you would get from an Asian Restuarant. If some of you think this is bad you haven't been in a hospital recently. Which is a good thing. I think they feed the same kind of food in an American hospital as they do in Public Schools. Japanese Schools actual cook the food fresh and not out of a can or pre-packaged. Japanese children participate in helping cooking, setting up and cleaning.
Rest assured, she is paying for those. Maybe not American hospital prices but still not cheap.
National health insurance,generally meals are not covered but extra so you pay for what you want to eat. So says my Japanese mother.
I correct, health national health insurance pays for a stay in a room with 8-12 approx. Patients. Smelly bathroom down the hall. You pay the difference between that and the price to upgrade to a semi/2 person or private room. The ffod is also upgraded accordingly! This was a semi or private rooms food! Average stay for childbirth in Japan is 1 week.
ah, Japan..... <3
amazing post!
I wanna eat all those things!
Damn where t the Grand Hyatt in japan?did u give birth in their penthouse?
awesome,ive been hospitalized long time ago,but my food never look like this....i remember when i was in maternity that was 1984,what ive got efter delivering my baby was a glass of cold blueberry soup and bread with cheese and bacon.
I was in the hospital for a atotal Kee Relacement, the food was fantastic!
Which hospital is this??
In China and Taiwan there's a monthly recovery rest. Not sure about Japan though.
Must be shit expensive tho
It depends. The government pays you roughly $5,000 after giving birth as reimbursement. My sister-in-law did all home births so she actually profited at the end of it. I did the little local hospital for my first and had a bit left over to pocket. I still got those luxury meals though. For my second I went to a bigger hospital so I could get an epidural. The epidural put us $2,000 over reimbursement. But the care and everything was so fabulous.
I'm confused! Should I be outraged or impressed? There should be instruction on how I should feel when see these pictures, otherwise it would simply be " woman take picture of food before eating"
Looks like the NHS in England need to pull their socks up and provide proper food like this instead of the slops they provide now, they preach at the patients to eat healthy but then provide you with meals that are exactly the opposite.
I remember the hospital in Aarau, Switzerland, where my wife stayed for 1 week before and 1 week after giving birth to our son. Every Day she got the choice of several meals, and the day after the birth we were both served a five course meal with Champagne to celebrate!
I gave birth in Canada and I have no complaints. I mean Japans food is obviously looking amazing but everything I was fed was delicious 💙
these meals look way healthier than what I was served when I had a quadruple bypass. the hospitals here in America need more nutritional lessons, they charge way too much for everything else and the foods are unpalatable.
Very nice. I can't complain though. I've stayed in 3 separate hospitals here in Australia, and generally the food has been pretty good.
I know where I'm going to have my next baby.
The title of this article is so OFF. It implies that there are no women in Japan. Or that no women give birth there.
wow, how nice for the new mom's, healthy food
People people the point is Tht Japenese people live the longest on average. This is only one window into their secrets/customs.
no mackerel yuk!
Couldn't do it, too much fish.
it all looks disgusting to me except for the last one
I live in Texas and at the hospital they gave me a fold out menu with selections galore to choose from when I was in the maternity ward. Every meal was a five course feast. The food was really good, unlike any other hospital food I ever experienced. Maybe they just do it for the new mama's who after what we go through giving birth definitely deserve it.
I am childfree but Im gonna revise my decision and travel to Japan...
You can just travel to Japan with the money you save by not having kids ;)
Moms are respected in Japan and taking care of new moms has a special tradition there.
This post made me realise today's promoted healthy kitchen is in reality the Asian kitchen.
good food provided. and i belief good service from the hospital as well. just wondering.... is this a private hospital or a public hospital ? how much is the bill at the end ?
Or maybe the husband ordered the luxury hospital meal package. Secretly.
I'm on the first flight to Japan, when I fall pregnant! The FOOD, oh my word, fit for a Queen! 😍
WE BARELY GET FED HERE IN THE MATERNITY WARD IN AMERICA,... THEY ARE TO BUSY DISCHARGING YOU 5 MINUTES AFTER YOU GIVE BIRTH
Instead of saying America you should say the state not all states are the same. Maybe the state you live in.But that does not mean the whole country is like that.I have lived in many states and have seen many different types of meals served served in hospitals.With my health issues I have stayed at many different hospitals.For my 3 births, 2 in Hawaii and 1 in Kentucky all had 3 to 4 day stays with top quality food with good quantity.They also had a special menu with an even larger selection for a slightly higher price.
I got served awesome food at Hospital when I was interned. Portugal. Unfortunately I had no apetite. It was a real pity.
Food? Real food. :o
That must be one expensive hospital xD
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One of the many reasons why Japan rules.
ohhh, I miss those kinds of foods... Cool, this food pictures bring some memories from japan :)
She forgot to show a lobster they gave the day after. I gave a birth 11 years in Osaka hospital and I have to say it was incredible experience. :)
It looks AMAZING! I gave birth in the USA and had delicious food, menus to pick what I want. 48 hour stay for a c section. It was a great experience as a new mother and a first time hospital patient
Spent 11 days in hospital not too long ago and ridiculous overpricing aside, the food was pretty good, honestly. This, however, looks freakin' awesome! Congrats on your new baby!
The last time I was in the hospital was for 2 weeks in Japan. Yes, the food is good and tastes great.
I had my first baby in Japan in a small hospital in Kurashiki (she was the second baby born there who wasn't full Japanese and this was 1990). The food was amazing. I had little pine branches decorating the tray. And I went home two days early after being there for FIVE days.
with my last daughter I had excellent food, I even got to order off a menu. customized omelette each morning, I was sad when I had to go home and cook for myself.
Uh.. okay BYE Australia.... Moving to Japan, renouncing citizenship. Like seriously, when I had my first child I was so famished just I wanted 4 pieces of buttered toast ......I got a 2 pieces and they said 4 was over the recommended dietary requirement for 1 meal. Bitch I just pushed out a 9 pound baby I will eat the whole loaf!!!!
This looks about the same or worse as the food they serve in northern Virginia hospitals. Just more Asian themed.
The different dishes used for each meal are nice. I've had mackerel for breakfast before....delicious, believe it or not.
Food so good it's worth getting pregnant for
it's from an expensive hospital, of course you'd expect the food to be at that standard.
Are you taking note NHS.
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I was stuck in the hospital six days after a particularly gruesome childbirth ( thankfully my son is absolutely amazing and 15 years old now)... one "meal" was a boiled beet. That's it, a beet on a dish. Not even sliced up. I was starving and horrified. In the end they brought me something else. And the new food server got a lesson in reading food orders. ( boiled beets was the only thing I listed that I DIDN't want) Just too weird
I gave birth in Wales and the food there was pretty good. All home made and fresh right down to the bread. Best Cowl I ever had was in that hospital.
Suddenly I want to get hospitalized in japan
private hospital or local gov. general hospital?
Does Japan have nationalized health care, I know that Korea doesn't so just curious if this something that cost extra. Regardless the food looks amazing and much is attributable to Japanese sense of food balance and aesthetics!
Is that private hospital?
I'm sure she was in a fancy hospital. Go pay for a fancy Hospital in the US and you too can get good meals.
Wow! Jaw dropping!! Its so important for new mums to have the correct nutrition to heal and breastfeed their babies. In UK we get served cold, rubberised, tasteless food in hospital! My husband provided a weeks worth of deliciousness when i gave birth to our daughter!!
Yum... Unless you check in with a seafood allergy!
To be honest, though it wasn't served on luxury china like these pics, my stay in a Belgian maternity ward also included better food than the usual hospital stuff. The lunch was three-course and taste (salmon terrine starter for example). Every day they came to ask my preferences for the other meals too, like kind of bread and number of slices or rolls, cheese or cold cut meat, side salad or not etc. And this was on public health care insurance.
If ever there was an incentive to have kids, here it is. I'd tolerate the 18 years of stress just for the camembert, mashed potato and beef. It looks incredible!
Could just get that food yourself without having the kid? :P
ánd u get a child as a bonus!?
Bonus? Seems more like a punishment bill to me. Lol!
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Yuck! Japanese will literally eat anything.
I think if I just gave birth to a beautiful new human being, that my focus would be on my new born baby rather than posting my meals on Bored Panda - but hey did ya have a baby or is this just fake...?
Actually we are so well taken care of and pampered in Japan that there is plenty of time to snap a fraction of a second pic of food while baby naps. I even took pics of most of my 3 daily meals and big elegant snack because I never get a chance to eat that good at home, hahaha. It was a great 5 days for each of my children.
Food bloggers will post even after they die LOL
Where's the baby ..
Woman has baby, eats food, posts on social media, no pictures of baby.
If she is like me she keeps pictures of her children private because of all the creeps online that do unspeakable stuff with pictures of children. I don't blame her at all. We need to protect our children.
Wow, woman has baby focuses her attention on social media and photographing/documenting her food.
why are the plates different every time? why are there bento boxes at others? something is weird. and guys, get the names and ingredients of the dishes right, especially the English words like "soup" (it's not "soap")!
How radioactive was it all?
Good luck with your bill.
How long was she there? Over here in the US, 24 hrs and you're out of there. Costs thousands and you get jello, milk, bread and maybe an apple. I'm going to look into moving.
In America, you get jello.
Makes me wanna go to Japan to deliver My future baby :)
For a private hospital this doesn't look that impressive, Japanese public hospitals serve much the same quality food as public hospitals in any other country.
Yeah, but a woman in Japan just worked herself TO DEATH. Was in today's news. Stark contrast....
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the one bitching about "free health care" >_<
Are they only serving these in the maternity ward? #AskingForAFriend
yea ditto if i were to say "accidentally" break my leg would i get all of that? #askingforapatient
I think it would cost less to just buy a bento box rather than accidentally putting yourself into a semi-coma. #suggestingforacommenter ^_^
Japan has the best food in the world.
It's how Japan's health care and hospitals are in general.
Her husband bought them. Secretly.
I agree.
Are we really doing this?
Can't be otherwise.
The hate is real. LOL
12 meals?! How long does it take to give birth in Japan?!
3 meals a day so 4 days? That's not terribly long. Sometime people need to to recover. That being said it just looks like food to me with some Asian influences which I find yummy but not noteworthy.
That's the point. It looks like FOOD. Which is not necessarily the case in hospitals like say, in the US, unless you're already paying for luxury care.
Not noteworthy? What does hospital food in your country look like? In my country, the breakfast and dinner is 1 slice of white bread and butter. Lunch is usually mashed potatoes (made from that instant powder thing not actual potatoes) and a thin slice of spam that looks green-ish like it's already gone bad. That's all you get. It looks disgusting, tastes disgusting, the propotions are way too small and the food has no nutritional value at all. If you actually eat the hospital food here, it will probably make you even sicker.
You havent spent much time in hospital, have you? I have a perfect record, after 16 surgeries and several other lengthy admissions......Im in heart failure, Im in hospital A LOT......and Ive NEVER once eaten a meal that was brought to me from the hospital kitchen. We have universal healthcare, which is just as well otherwise we would go broke because my family have to bring every meal to the hospital for me or I would starve to death. Recently Ive started refusing to even let them take the lid off the plate because the smell is enough to make me gag. Damn, Im allergic to fish and these photos still look appetising.
Most people stay in for at least five days after giving birth in Japan. Very good care and first class medical support. Mortality rates are the lowest in the world, and almost everybody gives birth in the hospital. however, it is horrendously expensive. If you have national insurance you get a lot of what you paid back later but you still have to come up with at least ¥500,000 up front. In some cases before you even have the baby. Also, not all hospitals provide such good food. Mine was awful. As Echo posted, this is pretty normal food for Japan, although well presented. It was probably a private hospital.
Oh please, in the U.S., not only do we NOT have free healthcare, the crap they try to feed us in hospitals is barely edible even for dogs, much less humans.
Asian influence? This is Asian....
if we are in labor, all we get is some crushed ice if we are lucky
In Japan everyone gets 4 nights of hospital stay MANDATORY after giving birth. It's all paid for by the national health plan, as well...
Stan, and that is still better food than what we get here in the US. What you described is just as much a luxury as what's in the photos as far as hospital food in the US goes.
Food like this is normal? Over here in M'sia, it's nothing like this. There's fish but some steamed chicken or white batter fried Mekong catfish, 2X boiled veggies, fresh fruit[honeydew/papaya], tea and some biscuits. It's decent but luxurious as this unless it's a private hospital.
Several countries still hold to keeping the mother for a few days to ensure that everything is good. Heck, I had a double-jaw surgery here (USA) and it was a f***-ing outpatient procedure--in Canada, they keep you for at least a week because the surgery requires sawing through the bones in your head and bolting them all back together.
It depends on how many kids you've had but for the first one the mother and child usually stay in the hospital for about a full week, it gives a new mother time to heal and to learn how to care for the child from the nurses and other professionals. Subsequent stays can be shorter but it is still generally around 5 days or so. (I'm the father of 3, all born in Japan)
When wife gave birth in 2011 she stayed in the hospital 6 days they even help train new mothers to care for the newborns and the food is that good!
In the USA, if I remember correctly, the stay in a hospital after birth is 24 hours. Unless there is complications.
With a c-section my friends all got a 48 hour recovery period before getting an rx for light pain meds and a follow-up appointment in a week. And even then the surgery was scheduled so it took only the first 4 hours and the other 44 were recovery. And they had epidurals!
I work in obstetrics. In the US, it's usually 2 nights for a vaginal birth and 3 nights for a surgical birth (i.e. C-section).
Is that by choice? Do women prefer to stay longer, or shorter usually? Women can choose stay for a similar timeframe here (Australia), but in some places you have the option of a longer stay if they have the room. The hospital I had my first in let me stay for a week. My other two children were born in a hospital closer to the city, but I was able to stay 5 days for each of them; recommended longer for the middle child as she was 4 weeks early, but I was keen to get my routine happening, so they let me go as long as I agreed to at home glucose test for baby for the next few days.
I believe these are options that you preorder before dinner. In hospitals where I live, maternity or otherwise, you make out your daily menu plan. It's generous. You can order doubles on pretty much everything and there are American and ethnic menus to choose from. You can ask for diabetic or low cal meals (unless nixed by a doctor) and the food is either plain (if that's what the Dr. ordered) or fairly gourmet. One time the kitchen sent up a snack for me and at first I refused it until I saw it. Tuna salad, not my fav. But it was chunks of freshly steamed ahi, chilled, with slices of pickled veggies, minced onions and mayo. I was amazed. The menus are actually coordinated with local chefs. You're in the hospital, your sick enough, sometimes you can't have visitors, the least they can do is give you a proper meal. It really can be an emotional boost.
Oh yes, the reason the night nurse and kitchen ordered and sent up a snack was because my blood sugar was too low. Unbelievable. Hospitals in Hawaii are second to none. They have a central fridge with juice, puddings, cake, pie, salad, etc. which you can have upon request without ordering up from the kitchen. When my sister was suffering from cancer, the only thing that staved off her nausea was tropical fruit juice. The nurses gave me free pass to take armfuls for both my sister and I. Nurses in Hawaii, can't say enough about how compassionate they are.
Uh yeah, I don't know why this thread is posting twice.
Was going to ask the same question... In my case, I was out the day after... And the third time, back in the hospital a week later with postpartum fever...
It always depend on how thing goes. I'm in Canada but I expect it's similar in Japan. For my first child I stayed exactly 7 days at the hospital. He was premature with some other complications. For my second child I stayed about 24h. The average here is 2 days I believe.
Where are you from Tee M? That sounds horrendous.
people often stay in hospital for up to a week after giving birth.
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Everyone's talking about the food, but look at the dishes it's served in! Those hospital plates and bowls look better than what I have at home!
In Taiwan we have National Health, like Obamacare Plus. A couple years ago, I had my hip replaced. The food in the hospital was delicious! and there was so much I could barely finish it. If you cross out some extras I had thrown in, the surgery + week stay cost about US$100. (About US$25 is deducted from my pay every month)
It's all about the bottom line here. A hospital gave me a cheese sandwich and a little cup of Apple juice after being in the ER for eight hours.
That's horrible. Hope you're okay now.
There may be reasons why you need to eat light in the ER.
Time to move to Taiwan.
It goes like that till it collapses.... then "improving it" becomes a vote trade coin for politicians...
Twenty years (roughly) now and that's never been an issue. But using that as a reason not to promote National Health is like telling people not to get married because they may get divorced.
*looks at jello*.....* throws it out the window* so unfair.
Better than some food served in many restaurants in my country. Japan is a supernation !
Wow such variety in every meal. It all looks spledid.
The Japanese--as do many Asian cultures--understand one of the biggest contributions to how food tastes is how eaters view it. If it looks tasty, your brain will assume it's tasty, and it takes a strong negative reaction from your taste buds to change that.
The Dutch mash veggies with potatoes. Build a mountain out of it and pour gravy on the mountain top. Kind of like a gravy-exploding veggie-volcano. Yup, what your food looks like definitely matters!🙃
Aside from the food, I'm amazed that she wasn't kicked out of the hospital less than 12 meal's time the way it is done in the US.
That's one of the many reasons the US simply isn't always the greatest nation on earth
In Czech we usually stay for three days: Three days of food-terror. Better to stay hungry or invite granny with some good lunch in a purse :-D
In Japan they usually hospitalize you for 1 week.
Say what you will about St. Louis, but I've had a few overnight stays at in two different hospitals (sucks to have an autoimmune disease), and I get a menu with a broad selection. I can get pretty much as much as I want and the food is yummy.
Gabi Schlatter, I agree with your comment about St. Louis hospitals. Unfortunately, over the past few years, my husband and I have been patients in 6 different hospitals in the area. We were able to order from an extensive menu in each case. I remember choices such as stir frys, custom grill orders, homemade type desserts like apple pie, fresh fruits, pizza, fresh baked rolls, etc. The worst part was that with all that yummy food, scheduled surgeries and tests keep us from eating part of the time. lol
...Or you could go to a Japanese restaurant
"free healthcare tho" Japan's healthcare is also mostly socialised and highly regulated. Nobody has any excuse.
So healthy! No wonder the life expectancy is so high in Japan