private maternity care?
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Topic: private maternity care?
Posted By: xpreciousbubsx
Subject: private maternity care?
Date Posted: 26 January 2013 at 7:23pm
| Hi! As i mentioned in another post,i am not yet pregnant, but am doing aa bit of research after my last eventful pregnancy! Is it possible to have a private obstetrician for pregnancy care and then be referred to the public hospital to have a caesar ( had an emergency caeser last time). If so, what kind of costs would this entail? Thanks in advance :) |
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Posted By: CarrieMum
Date Posted: 27 January 2013 at 10:06pm
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I think it is possible in the larger cities to obtain your own private obstetrician and have them perform your caesar. It costs about $3000.00 ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Lanata
Date Posted: 28 January 2013 at 11:13am
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Hi, I had an ob with my DD and a caesarean or VB was included in the cost of obstetric care as well as one of their midwives after the birth. Shop around, my ob was $4,500 inAuckland but shop around and see what looks right for you |
Posted By: tyrbear2
Date Posted: 28 January 2013 at 7:54pm
| I had a private OB in Wellington and it cost $3,300 and they would do the CS. There are not many so you need to call up quickly |
Posted By: Supra34
Date Posted: 05 February 2013 at 4:12pm
| We're going with an OB, its our first bubs via IVF. We got pregnant on our first publically funded cycle so figured $3500 wasn't much to ask for peace of mind :) Oh thats in Taranaki, there's only a few here to choose from. If this pregnancy goes well we'll probably go for a midwife next time round, seeing as we will be forking out for the next cycle of IVF. |