Jingles Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Hi, I'm 30, recently married and in the very early stages of my first pregnancy. We moved to Perth in February 2013 and live in North Perth, although we'll be moving to Ellenbrook around March time when our new house is finished. I am lucky and have a great network of Friends here, but none that are having or thinking of having children now and we don't have any family here either. It would be great to meet some others in the same situation as us so we can support each other and share the experience. We are delighted that I am pregnant, quite shell shocked but also a little apprehensive as we are going through this for the first time. Also we haven't used the heath service at all here so the whole experience seems quite daunting at the moment. If you are in the same situation feel free to contact me. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Hi, I'm 30, recently married and in the very early stages of my first pregnancy. We moved to Perth in February 2013 and live in North Perth, although we'll be moving to Ellenbrook around March time when our new house is finished. I am lucky and have a great network of Friends here, but none that are having or thinking of having children now and we don't have any family here either. It would be great to meet some others in the same situation as us so we can support each other and share the experience. We are delighted that I am pregnant, quite shell shocked but also a little apprehensive as we are going through this for the first time. Also we haven't used the heath service at all here so the whole experience seems quite daunting at the moment. If you are in the same situation feel free to contact me. x I know now bridges has recently had a bubba, while in Perth, not sure how often she comes on here anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hi jingles I've just had my first baby here and the care was fantastic. If you fancy a meet up let me know.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Nancy, do you pay for having a baby in the hospitals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Keefo I didn't pay anything at all as used the public health care, don't know how it works if you go private.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks for the reply Nancy, Do you pay into a private health scheme, if you do I wonder if you would of had to pay gap fees or is care for all women having a baby free of charge? Oh and congratulations, fun times ahead, we had our 1st child 15 months ago & it's hard but brill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annjean Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Private health would have a gap fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 So in this instance you would of had to say Medicare & not private upon entering hospital, even if you had some sort of private health scheme I guess or can you not opt for Medicare if you have private health cover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 We've got private health care but it doesn't cover pregnancy for the first 12 months so was no use to us, pregnancy is an added extra on your health ins so you don't have to take it.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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