We're PARENTS now? How Much it Costs To Have A Baby in Russia?
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- čas přidán 15. 09. 2023
- Lena and I have wanted a baby for a long time. Finally we're parents!
Having a kid is an important decision. Also it can be expensive.
Let's see what birthing cost in Russia is and how Russian
medical system works.
We're very excited to have our newborn Lisa with us. We love her so much:)
41 years ago, on July 22, at 4:22 am, I delivered my youngest son at home. I was alone by not unprepared. It was not my first delivery. He was the last of 4 children and I would do it all over again. I signed his birth certificate as delivering psysician. What an honor. Congratulations on the birth of Lisa. May she grow up in a world more peaceful and moral than what we have now.
I'm 41. Born on February 4th, 1982 :)
I guess you hadn't learned that giving birth requires expensive, highly certified, licensed professionals whose fees have been grossly inflated by 'insurance."
Congratulations! We also had our child in Russia. We chose Russia instead of the US because of the cost. I'm an American and my wife is Russian. Getting our daughter a US passport is inconvenient, but still possible and not too expensive.
Well having a Russian passport right now is kind of shit, The USA's passport is pretty bad in my opinion, double taxation and renouncing fees are insane.
We did the same. Amazing private clinic cost us about $2k out of pocket and that was for a cesarean section, private room, everything.
@@Anonymoose66G I agree, however the US still provides access to some of the best paying jobs in business opportunities (for now)
@@CashCatz Yes and discretionary income is lower in comparison, correct me if I'm wrong but the country with the highest average discretionary income is Switzerland.
Let's say that The USA was the best place to make money anyways for the sake of it, what do you have to put up with? A lack of workers rights, medicine and medical procedures are at least 4x the price of any developed nation, poor urban planning/design, the highest incarceration rates, poor education, school shooters, one of the highest gun crime rates in the developed world, etc, etc it's endless. To me it's not worth it even if my income increased say 40%.
@@Anonymoose66G You don't have to be in the US to have access to US income - but you do need citizenship. I live in Russia but earn dollars. Win-Win while the exchange rate is 95:1 and US dollar is still king (for now).
Congratulations Slava and Lena! What a joyful time a baby brings to your lives. The world is already a better place with Lisa in it!
😃 thank you. Glad you think so 😃
It’s true❤
@@RussianPlusHi Slava, Congratulations on becoming a father.. I'm a long time subscriber of your channel from India.. I'm coming to Yekaterinburg tomorrow..let me know if it's possible to catch up for a coffee ?
@manjunathmnm thank you 😊
The only thing a child needs, apart from the basics, is a lot of love and that will give her all the confidence, strength and success ❤️
Speaking of medical bills: when my wife and I had our daughter, both of us were 43- and so my wife was in the hospital for three days after delivery due to "Advanced Maternal Age." Fortunately our daughter was (and has always been since then) in excellent health. Soon after we got home, I received a hospital bill (this was 2009) for - 60,000 dollars!! Fortunately, by then I knew how American medical billing worked, and that in all likelihood we'd not have to cover anything out of pocket for that kind of maternal care. Sure enough, we never had to pay anything out-of-pocket, and presumably our health insurance negotiated a much (or much, much) lower rate with the hospital and paid it; and the paperwork we'd received was just the administrative dept of that institution following standard procedures. But for someone in the US who's uninsured or unknowledgeable about such billing, I expect it could be a nightmare.
Thanks 😊 glad it all worked out for you. We were thinking about going to the US to do this, but it would be too risky, we thought. We didn’t wanna have any additional risks.😊 monetary or otherwise
With virtually any USA insurance, the allowable amount will typically be about 10% of the billed. And your cost share will be a tiny amount of that. Crazy, but medical billed amounts are a hoax. When I was in Norway my host was bragging about how little they paid out of pocket for healthcare. It was pretty much I paid here in the USA.
Most health plans seem to be high deductibles now, so you still pay more than you can afford. But mine was $60k with all the bills added up (you get a stack of bills, not one). Of course, even with high deductibles, you still want to be in a network. A recent $469 office visit was only worth $68 - and of course, which happens often, the office billed wrong and owes me money. It's a time wasting game.
I'm writing this comment after 5 minutes of watching this. First of all, congratulations once again Slava and Lena. Furthermore, simply put, this video warms the heart! Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment of your life 🙂
Thank you so much 😊
CONGRATULATIONS!! I remember well that time of having a newborn. A radiant phase of life! I wish the greatest of happiness to Lisa, Lena and you.
Thank you so much!!
Aw, beautiful! Congratulations and welcome to the planet, Lisa! May you have a long and happy life.
Thank you so much!!
Congratulations on your beautiful daughter, lovely to see. Becoming parents completely changes your life , then becomes your life.
Congratulations Lena and Slava from 🇺🇸 Yes, definitely speak both Russian and English simultaneously with Lisa daily! She will benefit immensely from being bilingual 👶🏼 Y'all are so beautiful ❤❤❤
Thank you 😊😃 we’ll do that
all praise to the LORD..... who is owner of the all countries
Congratulations Slava and Lena on your precious little one! She will change as she grows but I think right now she looks more like Slava. And Lena is glowing! Praise God, everybody's healthy!
Thank you 😊 I can’t wait to see what she will look like when she gets older 😊
Congrats, you two 👶 Hope it's a better world for her when Lisa grows up 💙
Thank you very much. I hope so too 😊
Congratulations to you both. No better feeling in the world than becoming parents.
I agree 😊
Congratulations! Having a new baby is exciting and awe inspiring, but it is also challenging, exhausting, chaotic and terrifying. So my advice is to go easy on yourself and each other, and little Miss Lisa. Don't quarrel. It uses up too much energy. Literally! And ask for help or advice if you need it! Congratulations again! Be flexible. Keep your sense of humor and laugh every chance you get!
good tips.
i might add that you should enjoy every moment. they grow up really quick and you'll never get to relive these moments. this is it, so better enjoy the heck out of it.
having said that, parenting is the hardest thing i've ever done.
Wow. That is a wonderful news. Congratulations Lena and Slava. Beautiful baby Lisa will bring lots of joy to your life. Greetings from your America from your Polish-American friend.❤
Thank you so much!
Congratulations to you both for making a bold decision to raise a child and take on such responsibilities. I can see Lisa will be blessed to have you both to show her how to grow in this life. Many blessings to your growing family!
Слава и Лена, поздравляю вас с пополнением!!! 👶🎉🎈Рада за вас! Пусть растёт большой и не будет лапшой 😊
Большое спасибо 🙏
Congratulations with Lisa! I'm happy to see your familiy being together back in Russia!
You both look soooo happy.. Lena is beaming!! Ive never seen her more beautiful!! God bless you all!! Your baby Lisa is gorgeous!!
Congratulations! Lisa is one very fortunate little girl to have parents like Slava and Lena. This news made my date. 🙂
😃 thank you
Congratulations, much love from Kenya 🇰🇪
Congratulations! I'm happy you guys have a healthy daughter after trying so long. My wife and I are in the same boat; have tried for 4 years and are currently undergoing IVF as well; we have an egg collection in 1.5 weeks and my wife starts the shots tomorrow (and can confirm: US price for a single IVF cycle would have cost us $25k out of pocket if we hadn't had some insurance coverage for it). I'm so happy it worked out for you!
Thank you. It’s been a rough ride. Especially emotionally. We even tried clinics in Moscow but the one in our home town worked the best for us. I hope everything works out for you.😊.
Thanks! Absolutely, the emotional component is awful. It’s hard to maintain hope, and you start to get unfairly resentful of people around you who have no problem having children. It’s extremely isolating.
My babies both cost $500 in CA USA😊with a 3 night hospital stay.
Congratulations you are a beautiful family and I hope you can prosper in Russia in the future.
Lol that because your insurance paid for it ( and you have to pay for the insurance monthly) they pay $600 WITHOUT THE INSURANCE AT ALL! JUST DIRECT PAY TO THE CLINC
Congratulations Lena and Slava you have a beautiful baby. Enjoy every moment Lisa will grow up so fast. One word of advice! My great grand daughter Chloe now 5 speaks 3 languages! Her mum only speaks English to her and her father only speaks Portuguese to her. She very quickly picked up the 2 languages. At nursery she speaks Luxembourgish. Now is is learning French and next year will start German! Every blessing to you both. I can't wait for aunt Galia to see her!
Thank you very much for your kind words
Рад, что вы вернулись. И поздравляю вас с появлением мелкой)
Congratulations Slava and Lena on the birth of your beautiful baby daughter Lisa. I wish your family health, happiness and success.
Congratulations to both of you. Thank you for sharing this part of your life with us.
Thank you 😊
Many congratulations! A proud Mama and Papa!
Congratulations!!!!🎉🎉🎉 For Lisa to be bilingual, I would suggest you first let her learn Russian and then start teaching her English from the very basic things like the alphabet, vowels, and different words, and then she herself will start framing sentences on her own, you will just have to guide her a bit. That is how we usually do in India and you will see that most of the Indians are multilingual. Watching English News, reading newspapers then writing the same news in her own words will also be quite helpful.
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While picking the baby, I think that Lena should also give a little support to Lisa's head as Lisa is just 3 weeks old and the baby's muscles and joints are not that strong to be kept like that.
Congratulations Slava and Lena on bringing your beautiful daughter into the world. Now the real fun begins. All the best to you and your family.
Lisa is the best name
It has class and is timeless
Congrats Slava, congrats Lena
Lisa is beautiful! Congratulations! They grow so fast. Cherish every moment. 🥳🥳
Thank you so much!! She is a lot of fun that’s for sure😂
Congratulations! Look up baby sign language, less crying and improved communication skills for the baby, they can sign before they can physically speak, so they can communicate more effectively and don't have to resort to crying! This is from when they're like 7 months old or something..
Edit: Fixed typo
Thanks for the tips!
Ms Lena and Master Slava (not intended as to master and slave, even if a pun for Slava would fit in naturally, haha, get him Lena) just wanted to say both my parents were deaf (both deceased). As a young boy, I learned American (old style, there is a new stye too) sign language. Probably cried a lot less than other babies (my parents couldn't hear me partly a poor tasting joke). What I found out was most basic sign language is GLOBAL. Serving in the USMC, over seas was eye awaking (hearing impaired, lousy pun) was in Japan, Korea and Tiawan. Young deaf ladies met (5 at the USO club in Tiawan 1 night) and we hit it off extremely well to speak/sign together with each other. (I'll leave out all of the details). Learning to deaf sign is very helpful when one needs to communicate in a large crowd! Across a vast area where a voice would be impossible. It is also a safe way to communicate should there be a distressful or troubling situation. It's a life learning experience that will open future doors for all as the world we live in is really very small.
Congratulations, you guys! Lisa is a lovely child and fortunate to have such good parents and a big loving family!
Hey Slava, congratulations to you and your family!!
Can you get a piece of plywood to cover that gap and make your own ramp there in the lobby so the stroller can go up safely. I’m sure no one would mind?? Best of luck!
Congratulations to you both. I wish Lisa a long and happy life.
Congratulations Slava! God bless you and Lena and your new daughter. I pray your life is filled with happiness, health and prosperity. All the best from California
Aww we are very happy for Lisa and you both. A lot of love from us. Stay blessed and happy Lisa ,wish you all the best in life and future.
congratulations to your little angel Lisa!!
almost one year ago I searched Russian alphabets just out of curiosity and I found one of your very first videos on youtube and since then I have kept watching your videos. I have learn a lot about Russia and its pepole thanks to you.
Now I am planing to visit Russia for the first time.
Love from Sweden
Дочь -это прекрасно) учитесь плести косички, здоровья малышке и родителям.
Спасибо большое😊. Будем стараться 😃
Congratulations to you both and blessings for your beautiful baby girl. ❤❤❤
Congrats, guys - the first baby is amazing
Thank you so much. Great advice! We’re going to put it to practice 😊
@@RussianPlus Wish you and your family all the best and thank you for great entertainment: I really appreciate how objective you are about Russia
It's most important that kids can clearly distinguish between the different languages. We opted for mom speaking her native tongue, daddy (me) speaking his native tongue and we have a third, common family language which is english.
so far it works very well, we have no issue with mixing but the eloquence and sentence complexity clearly varies between the different languages since it's hard to mimic the full immersion you'd get in a complete, single language environment.
kid's too young for media consumption (in our opinion) but we readbooks in all 3 languages (obv), movies will eventually follow (focusing on the harder languages on of which is very hard, the simplest one being english obv) and we'll add proper lessons for the difficult one (with a different alphabet) when appropriate, likely in parallel to school.
personally i think 3 languages is the very maximum, esp. since they may be forced into second languages in school which in our case adds a 4th rather soon and a 5th somewhat later - i'm still pondering on how to deal with this but it seems counterproductive. we're working on a way out of that....
Congratulations to the parents on your little bundle of joy, and daughter, Lisa. Very pretty name. Just watched video of Zack, now living in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Best wishes to all of you. FROM TEXAS
Thank you so much! Can't wait to see Zack again. Maybe next year
Congratulations!! Lisa is beautiful! All the best to your whole family at this special time!
Thank you so much!
Congratulations to both of you on having Lisa! Blessings in abundance
My best congratiolations to both of you,. with your daughter, Lisa!!!
A wonderful video, and I have been missing you for a long time.
You always show us wonderful and warm videos also including your family, parents and aunt Galina.
I wish you good luck as parents, and I rembered the time when I became a father for my 2 children, now they are grown ups.
Please, also speak and sing songs in English language for Lisa as well as the Russian ones... kids learn fast and she will have an advantage about the English langauge, since you and Lana both speak English.
You will have a wonderful time for the coming years, watching your beautiful daughter growing up!!!
With love from Norway.
Congratulations!! Lisa is beautiful! What a wonderful place to have a baby!
Congratulations 🎉 from Michigan USA
So happy for you both! Thanks for sharing the wonderful news! Your daughter will have lots of wonderful experiences and interactions. She’ll be fortunate to have Russian and English languages spoken around her!
Congratulations Slava and Lena.A beautiful daughter,a beautiful wife,Slava you are a blessed man!
Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Awww, a huge congratulations to you both! Lisa is a beautiful name ❤. I'm looking forward to seeing Aunt Galya meeting her. Enjoy every minute!
Thank you so much!
Congratulations 🎉❤
Classical music, and hope you teach her to think in multiple languages.
Heartiest congratulations to the new parents !
(14:28 - 15:18 was very cute )
Congrats to you both! May your family have a long and prosperous life. ❤
Thank you so much!
Wow! Congratulations, man! Best wishes, from my family, to yours.
Thank you very much!
Congratulations Lana and Slava! So happy for you guys. Welcome to the world Lisa! 👍👍
Thank you very much😊
Congratulations! I do not know Mioki Brand but Merry"s is famous in Japan.
I feel Lisa resembles Slava very much.
I hope peaceful world will come soon.
Thank you! I guess she took after me 😃
She is the cutest little pie 🎉❤ thank you for the update, loved to see you three and hearing the information ❤❤❤
😊
Being a Lisa myself, I want to welcome your new Lisa! Congratulations on your new baby!
Thank you Lisa:)
CONGRATULATIONS !!! So happy for you two !!! Lisa is a beautiful baby !!! And..... Lena, you look fabulous ! Your video is very interesting. Keep making videos about what is going on in your lives. Looks like you two are great parents !!!
Thank you so much!!
Congratulations to both of you! Your life will be so much better and complete now. Blessings to your growing family.
Maybe a documentary series on why married couples are choosing (or maybe not choosing) to not have children?
Thank you so much! Wow that’s a tough one. I guess everybody’s got their reasons. Thanks for the idea.
Congratulations! Wishing you both every happiness! And your new baby Lisa too!
So happy for you two! No one is more deserving! Congratulations! Yes, name Lisa is very common and I'm in the USA, Washington, DC. know and have known a lot of Lisa's' 🎈🎉👨🏻👶🏻👩🏻🎈🎉
Thank you so much!! This name is popular in Russia too. When I was in the states working as a waiter my managers name was Lisa 😂
👍🏽@@RussianPlus
Congratulations Slava and Lena! Time has passed so quickly, you are parents now. Wish you all the best!
Hello Anh! Thank you so much! Can't wait to see you again! :)
Congratulations guys! Been following you for a long time and it's awesome seeing you having your first child ♥ Many blessings.
Thank you. We are very happy now.😊
Поздравляю с рождением маленького чуда и самой большой радости! Пусть ангел кроху всегда оберегает, пусть путь ребенка будет светлым и добрым. Желаю крепкого здоровья и благополучия семье, неугасаемого счастья и любви!🤗💖💖💖
Спасибо огромное за теплые слова 😊
Congratulations! Definitely start to speak English to Lisa, as well as Russian. You know being bilingual is a great skill. You could read English bedtime stories as well as Russian ones.
Thank you. That’s exciting. I can’t wait to read some bedtime stories. 😃
Congratulations Slava, wishing your daughter health , happiness and peace.
Congratulations to you both! This is so exciting! So happy for you! Lisa is a little doll!
How beautiful & exciting, congratulations to you both and to the whole family! Well done Lena, and welcome little Lisa!
Thank you:)
Congratulations on your baby girl! All the best to you, Lena and Lisa!
Congratulations to you two and welcome to baby Lisa. God bless you all.
Congratulations guys!
Happy belated "Birth"-day Lisa!
Sending blessings to your beautiful family ❤❤
Thank you so much!!
Congratulations, how wonderful! You and your wife are a lovely couple, welcome to parenthood! It's a long haul but worth it. Enjoy her, she'll be grown before you know it! Any plans for more kids?
Thank you so much! i hope so
you've had many sleepless nights lately. and It's been a while since you've had a good night's sleep. I think babies are amazing because they help us appreciate our mothers more. We get to experience what our parents went through, which helps us appreciate them even more.
Congratulations, Slava & Lena on the addition of sweet little Lisa to your family! Wishes for much joy and love coming to you from California.
Congratulations to the both of you! Enjoy every exhausted moment because it goes by so fast! I’m sure you will take Lisa on lots of adventures!
Thank you so much!!
Поздравляем молодых родителей! Обожаю твои видео ))
Спасибо 😃
Congratulations!Happy birthday little baby girl Lisa!
Such a nice story we had to watch it twice.
Heartiest Congratulations to Slava and Lena on the birth of their kid.
Hi and Hello from India. Wishes from our family . Wishing you both and the baby wonderful Life together. God Bless
Congratulations 🎉. Wishing the newborn and your family a healthy and prosperous life
Congratulations on your baby! Hoping for good health for her.
Поздравляю вас (Лену и Славу) с рождением доченьки ❤🎉
Спасибо большое 😊
Congratulations to you both.
Congratulations! That’s really wonderful. Lisa has great parents. all the best to you all💖
Congratulations Lisa she looks so much her smile like Slava's dad and his eyes too
OMG I am so excited and happy for you guys. Lisa is precious. Personally, I like the name Nikita for a Russian baby girl, lol. I can't wait to see Aunt Galia see Lisa for the first time. Congratulations to you both and for sharing her with us (most people in the West don't want to show their babies' faces), and all the best to you from Toronto, eh? :)
Thank you so much!!
First of all: Welcome Lisa. I wish you a good and prosperous life. Of cours, congrats to you Slava and Lena and I was happy to see you again. Missed you for a while and crossed fingers that you are well. So, enjoy the time together in your little family. Zombie time will pass by. I am sure you will have the cutest, the prettiest kid, as every other parents will have too. CU
Thank you so much 😊 we’re very happy 😊 and still can’t believe it’s happening 😂
@@RussianPlus Slava, I dont think I have to start with basisc, I mean flowers and bees 😀
Showers of blessings & congrats to you & Lana on your new bundle of joy! Thanks for sharing the joy with us. I have been enjoying your travel journeys on youtube. Cheers! 😊 Shirley, Singapore.
Congratulations to all three of you! Wishing you all health and happiness!
Congrats, I hope to visit Russia in order to make awesome memories and friends.
Przyjmijcie moje szczere gratulację z Polski, o ile ma to dla was jakiejkolwiek znaczenie.
Dziękuję❤
I moje.
Congratulations! Welcome, Baby Lisa! 🎉
Congratulations to both of you and Many Blessings to your new daughter, Lisa.
Congratulations and all the best to your family!
Thank you so much!
congratulation Slava bro and Lena May God bless Little Princes Lisa
Beautiful Baby ! congratulations and all the best! stay well all three of you!
Peace and blessing to you my man, keep up the energy.