1/22/09 - LID's 3/1 to 3/2/06 --2 days
2/09 - there were no referrals due to swine flu
3/2/09 - LID's 3/3 to 3/6/06 --4 days
4/3/09 - LID's 3/7 and 3/8/06 --2 days
5/21/09 - LID's 3/9 to 3/14/06 --6 days
6/22/09 - LID's 3/15 to3/20/06 --6 days
7/21/09 - LID's 3/21 and 3/22/06 --2 days
8/21/09 - LID's 3/23 and 3/24/06 --2 days
When we started this process they were referring 30 days of LIDs each month. Now the average is 3 days worth each month. It has taken them 8 months to refer 24 days of LIDs.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Shanxi birth defects
http://www.shanghai daily.com/ sp/article/ 2009/200907/ 20090713/ article_407257. htm
Shanxi has top birth-defect
Author:Li Xinran
THE northern Shanxi Province has the highest rate of birth defects of mainland provinces, state television said.Many infants born in the province had defects, such as cleft lips, spina bifida, fluid on the brain and heart deformities, which could be linked to environmental pollution or local residents' poor diet and vitamin intake, China Central Television reported over the weekend.
China's average rates of birth defects and neural tube defects were 99.62 per 10,000 and 23.96 per 10,000 respectively, but in Shanxi in 1997 the rates were 189.96 per 10,000 and 102.27 per 10,000.Shanxi Province contains about one-third of China's known coal deposits, has many coal-fired power stations and has much chemical and metal production.Agriculture in Shanxi is limited by its arid climate and lack of water so local residents mainly live on wheat, maize and potatoes, which are not rich in vitamins.
The report showed a 100-day infant with a cleft upper lip who cried because she couldn't breast-feed and instead had to be fed budget formula.A nine-month toddler was reported to have a lump under her scalp from fluid on the brain. The toddler's mother had never been to school as she suffered spina bifida - incomplete closure of the spinal column.In another village, a three-year-old boy's heart was growing on the wrong side. He also had a pigeon chest and malnutrition. In a hospital in Shanxi's Zuoquan County, ultrasound tests showed four of the 23 pregnant women registered between April and June were carrying babies with defects.But after more than a decade of efforts, Shanxi's rate of birth defects had dropped to 112.30 per 10,000 in 2008 while the neural tube defects rate was only 19.82 per 10,000, and the figures are still declining, according to the report. Peking University professor Pan Xiaochuan said there were no confirmed links between coal mine pollution and birth defects, but the health department is increasing its research in the field.Local authorities have shut down more than 10,000 small coal mines since 2005 and planned to close thousands more by next year.
Shanxi has top birth-defect
Author:Li Xinran
THE northern Shanxi Province has the highest rate of birth defects of mainland provinces, state television said.Many infants born in the province had defects, such as cleft lips, spina bifida, fluid on the brain and heart deformities, which could be linked to environmental pollution or local residents' poor diet and vitamin intake, China Central Television reported over the weekend.
China's average rates of birth defects and neural tube defects were 99.62 per 10,000 and 23.96 per 10,000 respectively, but in Shanxi in 1997 the rates were 189.96 per 10,000 and 102.27 per 10,000.Shanxi Province contains about one-third of China's known coal deposits, has many coal-fired power stations and has much chemical and metal production.Agriculture in Shanxi is limited by its arid climate and lack of water so local residents mainly live on wheat, maize and potatoes, which are not rich in vitamins.
The report showed a 100-day infant with a cleft upper lip who cried because she couldn't breast-feed and instead had to be fed budget formula.A nine-month toddler was reported to have a lump under her scalp from fluid on the brain. The toddler's mother had never been to school as she suffered spina bifida - incomplete closure of the spinal column.In another village, a three-year-old boy's heart was growing on the wrong side. He also had a pigeon chest and malnutrition. In a hospital in Shanxi's Zuoquan County, ultrasound tests showed four of the 23 pregnant women registered between April and June were carrying babies with defects.But after more than a decade of efforts, Shanxi's rate of birth defects had dropped to 112.30 per 10,000 in 2008 while the neural tube defects rate was only 19.82 per 10,000, and the figures are still declining, according to the report. Peking University professor Pan Xiaochuan said there were no confirmed links between coal mine pollution and birth defects, but the health department is increasing its research in the field.Local authorities have shut down more than 10,000 small coal mines since 2005 and planned to close thousands more by next year.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Aug 5th 2009
As of yesterday, august 5th 2009 we have been waiting 1175 days OR 3 years, 2months and 18 days, OR 167 weeks.
there is a site that calculates the wait time with mathematical equations and they estimate at the current rate we will get our referral sept 10 2010 (that's my birthday!). That is 58 days of dossiers to be processed before they get to ours. China is currently processing about 3.1 days of dossiers each month. Currently they have placed children through March 22, 2006. Our LID is May 19, 2006.
Another year and 1 month more to wait to get our China baby. I am hoping that the speed up that so many agencies are talking about will happen this fall and we can get our referral in March/April 2010.
right now there are families stuck in china because the CDC has made a change that if a child is tested for TB and the chest x ray and sputum test is positive that they have to stay in china for 46 days to get treatment before they can travel home or leave the baby they have attached to back in the orphanage again until the treatment is complete. With this and the swine flu and now a new disease in Tibet there are a lot of worries about travel and some delays too.
there is a site that calculates the wait time with mathematical equations and they estimate at the current rate we will get our referral sept 10 2010 (that's my birthday!). That is 58 days of dossiers to be processed before they get to ours. China is currently processing about 3.1 days of dossiers each month. Currently they have placed children through March 22, 2006. Our LID is May 19, 2006.
Another year and 1 month more to wait to get our China baby. I am hoping that the speed up that so many agencies are talking about will happen this fall and we can get our referral in March/April 2010.
right now there are families stuck in china because the CDC has made a change that if a child is tested for TB and the chest x ray and sputum test is positive that they have to stay in china for 46 days to get treatment before they can travel home or leave the baby they have attached to back in the orphanage again until the treatment is complete. With this and the swine flu and now a new disease in Tibet there are a lot of worries about travel and some delays too.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
100 million
http://www.shanghai daily.com/ sp/article/ 2009/200907/ 20090712/ article_407186. htmHenan tips birth of 100-millionth
The most populous Chinese province, Henan, expects to have its 100-millionth citizen by next July.The province's Population and Family Planning Commission made the prediction on Friday ahead of yesterday's 20th World Population Day.Henan predicted the symbolic birth was likely to come between noon of July 7 next year and the morning of the next day.Reaching the number has been delayed by 13 years, said Meng Xiancheng, head of the Henan commission, as the province avoided 33 million births over the past three decades, thanks to China's one-child family planning program. The population of Henan stood at 99.18 million at the end of last year, accounting for 7.4 percent of the country and 1.5 percent of the world.The large population poses a challenge to the province, Henan's Communist Party Chief Xu Guangchun said. "We must strictly control the birth rate and make sure the population is below 107 million in 2020.Birth control"We cannot slack on this issue, or else we could have hundreds of thousands of extra births in the twinkling of an eye," Xu said.
In Henan, local people are well rewarded if they voluntarily answer the country's call on birth control. Rewards ranging from land and education preferences have reinforced birth control efforts.Li Meixiang, a 42-year-old woman in Duandong Village, Mengzhou City, had been approved to have another child besides her 14-year-old daughter. However, she gave up the quota to continue enjoying the benefits of one-child status and received as reward a patch of land to build a new house.The large population has become a big burden for the development of Henan, diluting the wealth and resources of residents, said Wang Xianzhi, director of the Institute of Population and Development Studies at Henan Institute of Education.
The province's incentive-oriented family planning policy has won extensive support, but it is still not enough to stop the current baby boom, said Wang."The 100-millionth citizen is a warning," she said. Xinhua
The most populous Chinese province, Henan, expects to have its 100-millionth citizen by next July.The province's Population and Family Planning Commission made the prediction on Friday ahead of yesterday's 20th World Population Day.Henan predicted the symbolic birth was likely to come between noon of July 7 next year and the morning of the next day.Reaching the number has been delayed by 13 years, said Meng Xiancheng, head of the Henan commission, as the province avoided 33 million births over the past three decades, thanks to China's one-child family planning program. The population of Henan stood at 99.18 million at the end of last year, accounting for 7.4 percent of the country and 1.5 percent of the world.The large population poses a challenge to the province, Henan's Communist Party Chief Xu Guangchun said. "We must strictly control the birth rate and make sure the population is below 107 million in 2020.Birth control"We cannot slack on this issue, or else we could have hundreds of thousands of extra births in the twinkling of an eye," Xu said.
In Henan, local people are well rewarded if they voluntarily answer the country's call on birth control. Rewards ranging from land and education preferences have reinforced birth control efforts.Li Meixiang, a 42-year-old woman in Duandong Village, Mengzhou City, had been approved to have another child besides her 14-year-old daughter. However, she gave up the quota to continue enjoying the benefits of one-child status and received as reward a patch of land to build a new house.The large population has become a big burden for the development of Henan, diluting the wealth and resources of residents, said Wang Xianzhi, director of the Institute of Population and Development Studies at Henan Institute of Education.
The province's incentive-oriented family planning policy has won extensive support, but it is still not enough to stop the current baby boom, said Wang."The 100-millionth citizen is a warning," she said. Xinhua
Thursday, April 16, 2009
3 years
next month will be our 3 year LID anniversary. Yikes, can't believe that. There has been some talk about speeding up the process, that China has sent letters to all the orphanages to ask for more waiting children. Also, i have read that it is now becoming one of the orphanage director's job requirements, to get a good job review, they must have more children get paper ready.
Currently they have placed children up to LID March 8, 2006. i believe it has slowed down to about 1-2 days worth of LIDs each month. The average before that was 5-7 days. And when we started 3 years ago they were doing about 20-30 days worth of LIDs each month.
So, with no speed up we are looking at about 14-20 months wait. Geeesh, i think i have been saying that for 3 years now. We do hope for a speed up. It is possible now with the Olympics over and the spot light off of China. We have heard there would be speed ups before...many have not happened. There is a lot of attrition to the SN program that is moving at high speed. There is always HOPE!
Currently they have placed children up to LID March 8, 2006. i believe it has slowed down to about 1-2 days worth of LIDs each month. The average before that was 5-7 days. And when we started 3 years ago they were doing about 20-30 days worth of LIDs each month.
So, with no speed up we are looking at about 14-20 months wait. Geeesh, i think i have been saying that for 3 years now. We do hope for a speed up. It is possible now with the Olympics over and the spot light off of China. We have heard there would be speed ups before...many have not happened. There is a lot of attrition to the SN program that is moving at high speed. There is always HOPE!
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