Due July 2009

Hi everyone

I am new to the forum and am actually moving to Hong Kong from Australia in March 09. I am pregnant with my second child (first one just turned two) who is due 26 July. THis forum sounds like lots of fun with lots of support, so was wondering if I could join?

I also have some questions if you don't mind.. I have been reading various forums on geobaby, and whilst I was originally going to go to QM for delivery, my husband prefers that we go private, so i've been thinking about Adventist? Is anyone booked to go there?

Also, any recommendations for private obs? Does anyone know what my chances are with booking a private obs in March (ie so late in the pregnancy?)

Thanks!
 
Hello ladies, how are we all? Welcome MuminHk to the forum, we really hope you can make our catch ups once you have settled into HK. I am also from Oz (in case you didn't guess) and have a one year old as well. We have only been here for 6 months but it is great, really enjoying it so far. I don't know much about Adventist, but know that both with Adventist and Matilda (the other very popular private international Hospital) you need to book in early and pay a deposit. Also, I think some Obs get preference for their clients in certain hospitals. Personally, I am seeing Dr Lucy Lord from Central Health. There are two Obs there, the other being Dr Grace Cheung. Both are extremely popular and have a great reputation. Details are below:
http://www.centralhealth.com.hk/
So far I have been very happy with Dr Lord, and have a few friends who's baby she has delivered. They too have been happy with her. In saying that, there are many good obs in HK, and many of the mums to be in this forum are seeing many different ones. I will send you a PM with further details. Re booking Obs in March, I would recommend phoning ahead and speaking to them directly. I know Central Health have many Midwives who are very informative on the phone. I know that many book up quickly (I was told when I found out I was pregnant at 4 weeks I might not get in to see Dr Lord, but thankfully I did.
Zany500 - I am off to Macau on Friday for 5 days, so maybe we will run into each other there.
MisB - feel free to pass today's email onto your pregnant friend, and if she can make it, I will add her to the list!
PinkB- sorry to hear about your back, hope it continually improves for you. What a bummer about Yoga, I am hoping to join once I have a helper organised for Emma.
Woodstock07 - congrats on your scan, glad to hear all went well.
All - I am having very weird dreams as well. Had a weird one the other night that I had an affair with Gordon Ramsay (weird!). Thankfully we didn't kiss or anything more, but when reporting all this back to my husband he is beginning to think I am weird! They are really vivid and I feel like I am waking from really heavy sleeps. I could sleep through an earthquake at the moment.
Hope all is well with everyone today.
 
Welcome and congrats MuminHK! I just replied to your question in the Dr Doo thread. Not that I was much help but I definitely recommend you give the clinic a call and I'm sure they'll give you some details over the phone. I'm not seeing the Doc for another 3 weeks, otherwise I could've got their price list for you. I'm also an Aussie and have been living here for 18 months.

AussieMum, thanks for your thoughts. I've had two physio treatments this week and another one on Friday so am starting to feel a lot better. The physio says I'm responding well to the treatment, so I'm happy about that :smile: She has recommended I take up pilates once she's got my pelvis sorted out.

I cracked up over your dreams about Gordon Ramsay. Classic! Have you been watching too much of the Lifestyle channel lately ;)

MisB, I'm really looking forward to joining the prenatal fitness classes at Pure. They sound great and my physio said that I'll be fine to start in a couple of weeks. Yay!

I hope everyone else is feeling well and you all enjoy the CNY break. I'm very jealous of the people going to warm beach locations. I'll be freezing in snowy Japan. Will be nice to get away though.
 
Just a little message to wish you all a very happy new year of the Ox ! Enjoy your holidays !

Hope everybody is doing good.

Jeanne
 
Hi everyone

Thanks for the warm welcome and thanks for emailling the contacts list Kath. I'm in the throws of organising my move from Melbourne to Hong Kong, and it seems that everytime I strike something off my to do list, I add another two! At this rate, I'll still be here in July :)

I did have a questions about Queen Mary. Is there anyone here who's going to deliver at Queen Mary? My husband has a permanent HK ID card (it had 3 stars??) and I'm presuming I'll also be able to apply for some sort of resident HK ID Card (but it doesn't have 3 stars?). So, with this ID card, will I be treated at the Queen Mary as a public patient? or will I need to be admitted as a private patient?

Also, I'm thinking about having an elective c-section done (cos I had an emergency one last time), do Queen Mary cater for booking elective c-section as a public patient? or will I need to wait until I go into labour and see what they think on the day?

Does anyone know?

PS. Happy Chinese New year to all!!

Cheers
 
Hi Ladies! I hope you all had a nice New Years Holidays! I was quite jealous reading about all your fun adventures as I was stuck here organizing our new house. Not fun! And today I am off to Tokyo for a trade show- back in a week! Hope you all are well, looking forward to seeing you next weekend!

Mari

Heikeli- I sent you a PM- very interested in your helper!
 
we should try to gather all the moms from central who's expecting in july 2009. so we can exchange all the tips and stuff. im expecting our first baby in july 30th.

lets have some weekend get together. will be great if all the first time dad can get together too to share their thoughts. mine obviously nervous. :P

cheers,
tash.
 
Hi all
Looks like everyone has been a little quiet on the forum front. Hope everyone is doing well!
Tash- I know that this is late notice, but we actually have a group gathering this Sunday (tomorrow) including husbands and any kids some might have. It is to be at Floating Restaurants. I will send you my email via PM, please feel free to email me if you wish for further info or want to come along, we would love to meet with you and your dad to be!
hapa808- hope you had a great time in Tokyo.
MuminHK - I am not sure of the details of QMH, but as a Melbournian, never been to HK before, we got a HK ID via my husbands work visa, and as a result I am sure if we needed to are entitled to public services provided at QMH. Some of the girls are though planning on QMH, so maybe best to check with some of them. As for the elective c-section, from word of mouth, I think that you can't elect for this in public unless there is a medical reason. Probably best to check with your Ob when you get here.
Happy CNY to everyone as well! Really looking forward to catching up this Sunday for a food fest!
xoxo
Kath & Em
 
Hi Ladies,

How is everyone today? To those who were at the lunch yesterday, thanks so much for a fantastic day and thanks Kath for organising it all. My hubby and I had a great time and it was so nice to meet your other halves.

I'm already looking forward to the next one! I think we definitely should do a junk trip at some stage if we can, especially before it gets to hot and we get too big.

Have a great week everyone, especially the girls who are finding out the sex of their bubs this week. How exciting!!

Melinda xx
 
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Hi ladies !

Hope you enjoyed the lunch sunday as much as we did ! was really great meeting you all again ! Sorry we didn;t have a chance to speak with everybody...next time for sure.

Little update on my side...I had a scan today, and I'm very frustated !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still don't know the sex...grrrrrrrrrr
Once the scan was over, hubby asked Dr Lord when she will be able to tell us, and she replied :"Oh ! I could do it today, but I didn't know if you were willing to or not !"

I'm so pissed off ! she is the one to ask if we want to know or not ! grrrrrrrr

Well, it's just curiosity anyway, the baby is doing great, sounds like it's going to be a quite healthy and big baby ! 227g instead of 150g average at that stage ! yes yes...and his head is the size of a 18w3d baby...hope it's gonna slow down...:-)

Going for the morpho scan on Feb 27th...this time, I'll jump on the sonographer and ask for the sex before the scan starts ! 17 more days to wait !

Hope to have some updates of you girls soon.

Jeanne
 
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