’76
Every weekend your grandma would take you to the outdoor cinema. She would let you sit on her lap and hold you in her arms as you fell asleep to the music in the movie.
’97
After graduating from university, you
found a job and stayed in the local city.
You also met someone you like.
Got married.
Had a child.
Why did you choose to have children? You think that is a matter of course. After getting married, you have children.
In the early stages of pregnancy, you started to prepare application materials for a birth permit.
–ID.
–Hukou
–Proof of employment documentation.
Other than that, you still need proof that you haven’t had a child before. You went to your company’s infirmary, also the family planning department during the one–child policy.
“Hey Lian, I need your help for the no child proof.” “Wow, congrats! Am I the first person to know that in the company?” "Of course!"
Besides, a deposit of 3,000 yuan is required to ensure that you will place an IUD after giving birth. That's your two months’ salaries.
Why did you choose to have children? You think that is a matter of course. After getting married, you have children.
In the early stages of pregnancy, you started to prepare application materials for a birth permit.
–ID.
–
–Proof of employment documentation.
Other than that, you still need proof that you haven’t had a child before. You went to your company’s infirmary, also the family planning department during the one–child policy.
“Hey Lian, I need your help for the no child proof.” “Wow, congrats! Am I the first person to know that in the company?” "Of course!"
Besides, a deposit of 3,000 yuan is required to ensure that you will place an IUD after giving birth. That's your two months’ salaries.
Hukou is a system of household registration used in mainland China.
It was originally created as a means to maintain a sense of social order, protect the rights of Chinese citizens, and “be of service to the establishment of socialism.”
In the wake of the Reform and Opening Up, a massive floating population of migrants developed. Even then, the work of carrying out the one child policy would not be easily ignored. People in many places established special centers devoted to providing this population of migrants with birth control materials. This photo taken in 1991 shows a worker distributing birth control drugs to women in Fuxin city, Liaoning province.
’99
Six months after the baby was born, you
went to the hospital for IUD insertion.
Since the health insurance includes family planning, the operation is free. You started to feel nervous when you were registering for the appointment. The nurse confirmed with you that the insertion must happen three days after menstruation, and she gave you a document of postoperative precautions to avoid infection.
Lying on the gynecological chair after a simple checkup you were still nervous, and hadn’t realized that the insertion was over. “Finished. You can get up now,” said the doctor.
“Come back to have the reexamination after a month.” Getting out of the operating room, you rested in the chair outside for half an hour, and then took the bus home.
Since the health insurance includes family planning, the operation is free. You started to feel nervous when you were registering for the appointment. The nurse confirmed with you that the insertion must happen three days after menstruation, and she gave you a document of postoperative precautions to avoid infection.
Lying on the gynecological chair after a simple checkup you were still nervous, and hadn’t realized that the insertion was over. “Finished. You can get up now,” said the doctor.
“Come back to have the reexamination after a month.” Getting out of the operating room, you rested in the chair outside for half an hour, and then took the bus home.
IUD inserted certification.
content includes name, gender, age, number of children (male/female),birth place, operation type, date, doctor's name, and hospital name.
content includes name, gender, age, number of children (male/female),birth place, operation type, date, doctor's name, and hospital name.
’99
A month later, when you went for the reexamination, the doctor said while writing
on your medical record, “Your cervix is relatively loose. The ring that you used before has fallen off. Come back next time, and we can have another one inserted.” Later, your IUD has changed from
a ring to a T shape.
After that you went to the hospital for a checkup every one or two years. You would always go when you saw free gynecological examinations in the community.
After that you went to the hospital for a checkup every one or two years. You would always go when you saw free gynecological examinations in the community.
Transabdominal sonogram showing the Cu T IUD.
Cheung, Vincent Y. T. “Sonographic Appearances of Chinese Intrauter ine Devices.”
Cheung, Vincent Y. T. “Sonographic Appearances of Chinese Intrauter ine Devices.”
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
, vol. 29, no. 7, 2010, pp. 1093-1101.The story ends here but still continues
somewhere in the world.
somewhere in the world.
