I went through this about a year ago, so here is my experience.
For the first ~7 months of pregnancy we had all the tests, consultations, ultrasounds, etc, done at Ly Srey Vyna clinic near TTP. The primary doctor we had there was very good. She was French educated, spoke good English, very knowledgeable. She also gave us her phone number and my girlfriend would (and still does) often message her with questions that she will quickly answer. I guess that we paid about $150-200 on average per visit, once a month, including the necessary prenatal vitamins etc. A person could probably save some money by buying the vitamins outside of the clinic, but this was convenient.
My gf was insistent on a C-section, so we found an excellent doctor also to do that. She was French educated too, with her own private clinic, but also high up in the maternity staff at Calmette. Unlike many "doctors" here, she didn't push us to have the surgery done at her clinic. Her and her staff were really very good. She took care of the tests and consultations for the last 2 months of pregnancy. I don't believe I would have easily found a better doctor with better facilities than her in the west.
For the surgery / birth we chose to have it done at Calmette. Everything I had read or heard about other hospitals or private clinics was not good. My understanding is that 100% of all other hospitals will put her in an ambulance to Calmette if something goes wrong. Including Rattanak / etc. You don't really want to be stuck in shitty Khmer ambulance, in the middle of traffic, if something goes wrong.
I don't recall the name of the room at Calmette, but it was the "most expensive" room in the "new" maternity wing. VVVIP room or some other shit. I believe it was about $180 per night for 5 nights. The staff was quite good. Attentive, polite, friendly. They provided 3 decent Khmer style meals per day. The room was in a sectioned off area of the wing, so it was very quiet. There was a very large and almost always empty waiting room outside - limited access for the two VVVIP (?) rooms they have. The room was quite large with a typical hospital bed, a fridge, a table with three chairs, and a couch / fold down bed (I think, I never did fold it down). Also a large western style private bathroom with a nice shower. The room was cleaned well, daily, as were the hallways and rest of the wing. I found the cleanliness quite decent. Better than some western hospitals I've been in, for sure, and far better than any of the private clinics here that I've been to.
The surgery went very smooth and I was able to hold the baby for ~5 minutes right after birth - though, not surprisingly, I could not be in the room for the c-section. Then they take the baby to get cleaned, weighted, etc and you pick it up about 30 minutes later. After holding the baby, I was allowed into the OR recovery room to visit with my gf for about ~10 minutes. Then I had to pay the bill, which was a bit of a pain in the ass since the concept of a queue doesn't quite exist there. I believe the total cost at Calmette was around $1500USD.
We did give the doctor who did the c-section an extra $200 afterwards. This was never requested or even hinted at that it was required, but, I was told it was customary so... whatever.
After the birth, and after much research, we have been going to a French (Caucasian) doctor who works near the "Council of Ministers" on Russian Blvd. He has been excellent, and has very reasonable prices compared to some of the private clinics. Beware of ridiculous vaccine prices at some of the private clinics. Check vs the price list (
http://www.pasteur-kh.org/services/inte ... rice-list/) at the Pasteur Institute to get some kind of baseline idea of the prices. I had at least one clinic quote 10 times the price of Pasteur for some vaccines. Barang price, no doubt.
As was previously mentioned - be sure they get the name right on the birth papers they give you at the clinic. Also, something to be aware of, is that the birth certificate will note the place of birth as the mothers commune, regardless of where the birth actually took place. So if you are applying for citizenship papers for another country this can be a hassle.
We did a lot of research and asking around to find the doctors that we did. If anyone would like names, feel free to PM me and I can dig them up.
Enjoy it, it's pretty awesome
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