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Public or Private?, Have you decided?

butterflydreamin... butterflydreaming View Member Profile	12/04/2012, 06:19 PM Post #21
Posts: 283 Joined: 23-May 10 From: Perth NOR
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Saw dr today and sure enough I have to go public as I'm high risk.

accidentally_pre... accidentally_preg View Member Profile	16/04/2012, 03:57 PM Post #22
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I've just found out - 7 weeks! Not planned but welcomed I don't have private health so I've got no choice but to go public. I'm in the area for The Women's though, so I guess that's pretty good?

sparrowfall View Member Profile	16/04/2012, 07:37 PM Post #23
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QUOTE (triplewordscore @ 16/04/2012, 03:57 PM) I've just found out - 7 weeks! Not planned but welcomed I don't have private health so I've got no choice but to go public. I'm in the area for The Women's though, so I guess that's pretty good? Congrats! A friend of mine is going through the Women's and is in the COSMOS program (for low risk pregs). She see's the same midwife for all visits and is loving it. Another friend is also going pub through the Women's but is higher risk so she can't do the COSMOS program. She is seeing Dr's and specialists for all appointments. They both love the Women's so far!

accidentally_pre... accidentally_preg View Member Profile	16/04/2012, 08:30 PM Post #24
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QUOTE (sparrowfall @ 16/04/2012, 07:37 PM) Congrats! A friend of mine is going through the Women's and is in the COSMOS program (for low risk pregs). She see's the same midwife for all visits and is loving it. Another friend is also going pub through the Women's but is higher risk so she can't do the COSMOS program. She is seeing Dr's and specialists for all appointments. They both love the Women's so far! That's good to hear. Thanks!

3beautifulDS View Member Profile	16/04/2012, 08:42 PM Post #25
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we goin public, they were really good to me and my family. DS 1&2 were born in NZ but DS 3 was born here and we didnt have a problem with them except for quiet time between 2-4pm hubby had to go and come back but the nurses werent stricted enough and the others stayed and man they were noisy lol. I chose to leave after 3 days which they didnt want me to but i was missing my boys and hubby. So we happy to go public again.

frogcal View Member Profile	18/04/2012, 03:26 PM Post #26
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I will be going public as there is no private hospital doing obstetrics within 100kms of here and I am classified high risk. We have top level PHI so could change if unhappy with the ob so will see what happens. Currently doing GP led care with OB oversight so crossing fingers for no issues.

abc_123 View Member Profile	18/04/2012, 04:35 PM Post #27
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We are fortunate to have a fantastic maternity ward at our local public hospital, so as long as this pg remains low-risk (they don't accept high risk patients - they're usualy transferred the The Canberra Hospital), we'll be going there again. It's just like private care, without the associated costs. We do share care with the midwives and a GP, and the midwives deliver bubs unless there's a problem, and then your chosen GP comes in (not whoever is on call). It has private rooms and all have their own ensuites. The delivery rooms are spacious and all have their own big bath. The only negative I experienced (and this may be a positive for a lot of people) is that they pride themselves on being a low-intervention hospital, so don't encourage the use of drugs for pain relief. Next time I go, i want an epi, damn it!

Red nut View Member Profile	19/04/2012, 10:50 AM Post #28
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Private ward attached to the biggest public Women's hospital in the state. Hopefully best of both worlds!

soontobegran View Member Profile	19/04/2012, 11:18 AM Post #29
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I went private for privacy and a choice of Obstetrician. When I had my babies women still had about 5 days in a public hospital but in most cases it meant sharing with 3 other ladies. Now, I would still go private so that I wouldn't be turfed out after 1 or 2 nights........so many women are not ready to go home. In terms of care most major public women's hospitals are perfectly able to provide as good or better obstetric care as most Private hospitals. They will often have better staff ratios, more modern equipment and on site emergency and high risk services. I would most certainly not be afraid of having to go public and if my finances were extremely tight and my family was going to miss out on essentials because I chose PHI, I wouldn't hesitate to use the public health system.

vintage.blue View Member Profile	20/04/2012, 04:52 PM Post #30
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I'm going to go private but go to a public hospital. I don't have PHI but have found an obs who will still take me. The fees are exactly the same, it's just the hospital that's different. The private hospital is way too expensive without PHI, but the public one will be fine. Any my public hospital has private maternity rooms anyway so it's all good

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