Having a Baby in Panama...

I know its been forever since I first started the posts about living in Panama and some of the paperwork that is required. What can I say? Baby, husband, laundry, cooking, other blog posts...it all keeps me busy. So here I am finally going to continue on the information highway and give you more insight into how to have a baby in Panama. I know that when Seth and were looking into this topic, we found pretty much nothing out there. So hopefully, this post finds someone looking for the same information, and it is beneficial.

I've already raved on and on about the medical care in Panama. It is fantastic! You will be very hard pressed to find anyone who will tell you that they had a horrible experience at a Panama hospital. So even though the healthcare industry is fantastic! Getting all your paperwork together after you have that little love nugget can be quite daunting to say the

We're Having a Baby...in Panama?...

Right when we were in the process of getting the house ready to put on the market we found out I was pregnant. We had already planned on having our first child abroad so when we looked into countries, the medical care was first priority. So how was it, you ask? Actually, I cannot explain enough how much the medical care system in Panama blows the US system out of the water! Not only was it cheaper, it was better. The doctors are focused on the patient and not on the insurance companies. I am in no way saying that doctors in the US are not concerned about their patients. I'm just saying that

What's Up with Panama?...

When we decided to move to Panama everyone would ask us, "Why Panama?" It was kinda random if you think about it. After doing all of our want list and research, it just seemed like the best place for us to plant our feet first. When we first moved to Panama, we lived in the old town in Panama City called Cosco Viejo. We actually lived right around the corner from the Presidential Palace. After about a month and a