Specialist

Hello
My husband and I are hoping to get pregant soon, I had a complete molar pregnancy last February and have just been given the all clear
I hav been advised it would be best to use a specialist once I get pregnant I would like to know who has had one how much it cost and also any recomendations on who to use I would like to go to Auckland Hospital for the birth....
Thanks ladies

im in wellington but for an idea on prices i pay $2700 per child for a really high up specialist who has his own parctise and part owns his own private hospital :)

be careful being in manukau and wanting to go to akld - choose someone who only delievers in akld not middlemore and akld or you may end up at MM or with somone not your own spec!!! we live manukau also so I was very careful in my choices as you could not pay me to deliver at MM!!!!

I had anil and loved him - but he not doing deliveries so prewarned us for next time....but glad to hear his side kick is ok!!

cost wise it was $4000 - upside was great treatment and someone to push the hospital for the birth i wanted and also about 20 + scans thruout the pregnancy ( we had probs so this was a total relief for me!!)

My specialist is based in Newmarket her name is Slyvia Rosevear she is about $3700 she delivered my last baby at the AKLD Hospital.

i never saw a midwife until after baby was delivered cos the hospital midwifes do the home visits. i only ever saw my specialist and got scans monthly til 28 weeks, then fortnightly til 36, then weekly. he also pushed for the things i wanted ie, i got to come home same day. i wouldnt pay for a specailist if i was only going to get standard scans and see a MW most of the time but maybe thats just me

My friend has just had baby in Auckland and able to then go to birthcare no extra cost,
My dictor has advised me it would be best to get a specialist due to a chance of molar pregnancy happening again,
I think it would be good for my peace of mind to have the specialist also as I would get more scans and someone will keep a close eye on me, I have to have scans from 5 weeks so atleast I will get to see baby early and have any fears quashed.
I really appreciate all your advise is it funnyof me tht i would prefer a woman????
Now to get pregnant of to "rape" my husband

i think that is pretty normal for most ppl to want a woman. i was the other way around. lol. i def wanted a guy but i think thats an attitude thing, i get on better with guys IRL and dont have many girl friends. strangely enough i actually feel more comfortable being in a weird and compromising position with a guy than a woman. lol

LOL Bombshell.

I'm not in NZ so no help on costs but I had a male OB and I loved him. He was super calm and reassuring and laid back. I have always been one to ask for a female doctor in the past so I didn't expect to feel so comfortable with my OB, but as I say I thought he was awesome

You should be able to ring around the ones mentioned here and go for a chat and see what you think, you can always change your mind

Flissty wrote: NZPiper, you would have had shared care like Emma and it's cheaper. Some OBs offer it in Auckland. Otherwise it's OB all the way but their MWs offer support postnatally from what friends say.

ok postnatally - yes the specialist kicks in a midwife of their recommendation but the OB still does the 6 week check on YOU - the mummy! Altho Anil ok'ed the midwife I didnt gel with her and found her waffly...mind you my thoughts on plunket...dont get me started!

I went through birthright $4000. Was fantastic, but Anil Sharma decided to give up private obstetrics during that time. I have also met someone who has told me that Melinda Hii has also decided to give up this too. I saw Lisa Meyer after Anil and she was brilliant and so was Mahesh. The only one there I didn't really like was David Ansell who took over Anil. I had a problem and rang him as he was oncall ob and he was rude. The others Lisa, Mahesh, Chern and Valeria are absolutely lovely. Lisa comes out to Dr Peter Volossos room at Botany town centre some Thursday nights.

I too wanted a guy at first, but when I started going to Lisa Meyer she was fantastic and I no longer started to care.

For fees you pay at 18 weeks, 28 weeks and then 36 weeks. They have mw there too and they assign you one for post care. The other good thing about private ob is that for the birth I had a mw who was part of birthright with me for the whole day. We were the only ones at Auck hosp not buzzing.

We will be going through birthright again, hopefully Lisa, but I don't care, and although $4000 is a lot, it is definitely worth it.