# Giving Birth in Russia vs. the US: Ambulances, Care and Costs

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2098370554440872397
- Source account: [@RussianRoad\_](https://x.com/RussianRoad_)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:33
- Published: 2026-09-11
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs) And our youngest was born a few weeks ago. She was born here.

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=3) She starts going into labor. Uh, she's on the phone with a friend of hers that lives just a building over, and her friend asks, "Well, have you called the ambulance yet?" And I'm like, "Well, we need to make sure it's serious." She's like, "Just call. It's Russia, who cares?

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=15) Just call the amb-" And so she just called for us.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=17) She's like, "Okay, I'm calling them now." A few minutes later, they get here.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=20) They come walking up, and their first question is, "Why didn't you just call earlier?"

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=24) They were very annoyed that I was in- Uh-huh ... full-blown labor. They're like, "You should have called the moment you had the first contraction. What are you doing?"

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=30) In the United States, you don't really call a h- an ambulance unless it's a really bad emergency. Everything's super expensive.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=35) Heart attack. You know, maybe if your arm gets cut off or something- Yeah ... you're gonna call an ambulance.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=42) Experience was positive. Um, the doctors are, were very, very professional. Very, very good.

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=48) And in the United States, you go in, you know, you give birth.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=50) You're trying to leave as soon as possible, basically.

[0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=52) Everything's expensive. Whereas here, the expectation was you'd be there for three days.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=57) There was no rush. They were making sure everything was, was correct.

[1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=62) It wasn't as much of this kind of stressful sy- system of, "Okay, the longer you're here, the more money that's gonna come, either from your insurance company or you..." It, it, it was nice that way.

[1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=71) Yeah. It was a lot less stressful than- Yeah ... just a medical experience in the US is going to be, because you're worried about all the things that are gonna happen with- Or how much you're gonna have to pay.

[1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=80) Yes. 'Cause I remember when our daughter got sick, sitting there in the hospital going, "How big is this bill going to be?" And it was a big bill, so.

[1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=87) Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Even with good insurance.

[1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=89) Even with good insurance. The insurance through my work was quite good.

[1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/98RtPSZZNXZP/en/giving-birth-in-russia-vs-the-us-ambulances-care-and-costs?t=92) Yeah. So. Yeah.