Help. Pregnancy & Australia.

[Cymru am Adelaide]

If you've just started the Visa process you may not even be able to arrive in Oz Until after the baby is born, it took us 6/7 months in total never mind organising some where to live etc. Home births are not common in Oz so i would say it was a risk.

If your husbands been offered a job would they be flexible to wait until after the baby is born?

 

to clarify if you have a 190 visa ad are from the UK your birth is covered by medicare just things like blood tests and ultrasounds you need to pay for . you could always email medicare or ring them for advice x

[Guest]

You are entitled to Medicare on a 457 visa but it is not full medicare it is the 'reciprocal agreement' (this assumes you are from UK)

 

This old post suggests that obstetric care is covered http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/western-australia/70776-reciprocal-health-care-agreement-medicare.html

[Guest]

wow thanks for all ur comments ! i need to research this alot more !! Hopefully im covered if not i better get saving ! Thanks Guys ♡

 

If you're paying for private then expect to save up 10s of $1000's - the whole private health care system in Australia is based on the assumption insurance is paying and the costs are astronomical.

 

Dentistry can cost $500 for a scale and polish and I had to pay $750 for lycra compression socks (or rather my insurance did)

 

Edited to add - perhaps not quite as much as I thought it would be, this article might help

 

http://www.kidspot.com.au/familyhealth/Pregnancy-Health-The-medical-costs-of-having-a-baby+6657+184+article.htm

Edited April 27, 2015 by Lady Rainicorn