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Latest post on 14 March 2012 - 21:32

Pregnant. Hooray!!

So now I need to sort out a Drs/hospital and don't really know where to start.

Am I right in thinking you go straight to the dr/hospital you want to have your baby (as opposed to the Uk where you go to your GP)? And as for choosing a hospt I have heard good things about the American Hospt, City Hospt, Welcare and Medcare. Does anybody have any feedback? Also would love to how how you chose you hospt. Did you visit etc?
Also do you choose a Dr there or get assigned one? If so can I pls have any suggestions?

Also I do have maternity in my insurance but only up to a limit. Does anybody know how much a standard pregnancy/birth costs?

Sorry for so many questions but I really don't know where to start.

Thanks

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Latest post on 17 March 2012 - 19:14

Congratulations! May u have a happy nd a healthy months ahead!

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Latest post on 17 March 2012 - 18:22

congrats cherryblossom! There is loads of info on this forum to help you find out what you need to do. I can highly recommend City hospital and Dr Elsa.

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Latest post on 16 March 2012 - 22:34

Congratulations! We went straight to the OBGYN as soon as we found out. The first time he scanned me (at about 2 weeks) it was too early to see anything. A week later I was rescanned and could see that the pregnancy had progressed. We were really happy with our Doctor (Amir Nasseri). He has a private clinic 9Medical and also works at City.

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Latest post on 16 March 2012 - 21:56

Hi, thanks for all the tips and names. I'm still not clear what the first thing I do is. In the UK I would just go and see my doctor to get it confirmed I'm pregnant, ask what happens next and so on. Do I need to pick a hospital and an obs/gyn person now (and wait weeks!) just to do that? Or do you just go to your normal doctors clinic at this stage?

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Latest post on 15 March 2012 - 12:51

Dr. Elsa at City hospital is amazing x

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Latest post on 15 March 2012 - 11:46

Congratulations and wishing you a happy pregnancy! I also highly recommend Dr. Rosalie Sant and she can deliver at American hospital, city hospital or Welcare. I have delivered at American hospital before and am very happy with them. I took a look at city hospital this time but since I already feel comfortable with American I'm reluctant to change. This is the link for the prices of the maternity packages at American hospital: http://www.ahdubai.com/dynamicdata/main.aspx.

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Latest post on 14 March 2012 - 22:11

Congratulations !! I would highly recommend Dr.Shiva at Medcare Hospital. She is excellent, Can't remember the package rates but I have it written on a paper somewhere, will try to dig it up :) . Best of luck with the pregnancy.

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Latest post on 14 March 2012 - 21:46

Congrats!!! Its a beautiful time .. enjoy it! Sorry can't help you much since I had my DS 9 years ago. But I personally cant recommend Dr. Rosalie Sant enough. I'm sure you will get more information and support on the Mum and Tots forum

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Congratulations !!!

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Congratulations! Its hard not having a clue isn't it, i was in the same boat a couple of years ago, and i was all over the place worrying about what i was meant to do, you will need an antenatal package and delivery package, think the antenatal is about 4000, and a standard delivery around 10000, I actually went to umm sequimm clinic and al wasl for my ante natal package, then ended up going back to the UK to have him, because my hubby had to go back for a couple months with work.. anyway lol I can't be much more help than that, every hospital you look up will have good and bad reviews, I was planning on having my baby in al wasl just because they are a lot cheaper (think about 7000 for standard) and a lot of private hospital still transfer there if there is a problem so i decided i would be in good hands, hope you get a bit more info :)

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Congrats! EW does have a themed board "Pregnancy, Babies & Toddlers". Try your post there too and read more :-)

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