Obgyn recommendations for private prenatal care & public delivery?

Thank you so much Gielian!! That was really helpful! Hope you don't mind me asking, would you be able to share how much does dr Wilfred Wong charges? How often does one need to see a doctor? Like biweekly? Weekly?

I called tsan yuk hospital and the earliest they can see me is 25 November (which seems like a life time away!), and they said it would just be a check up and a scan won't be taken at this appointment. Does this sound normal?

Thank you very much again for your help!!!!
 
You're welcome! :) I completely understand the long wait in the public hospital but you could visit Dr. Wong or other private doctors in the meantime.

Dr. Wong charges 800/1100 for consultation and 600 for ultrasound. I've ever only been charged 1100 for consultation but every time I see him I am there in either his ultrasound & consultation room for at least 30 mins. I do have to wait about an hour to get called though but if you are able to get the earliest slot (10:30), it's the best one. For my first trimester, I've seen him more often than normal because I am paranoid haha! I had an mc last year and Dr. Wong also wanted to ensure that this time I am taken care of from the very beginning. I saw him on 4w2d, 7w2d, 8w6d, 10w5d and 15w6d. I was supposedly only going to see him about every 3-4 weeks but there was a time when all my symptoms vanished and was so scared so I saw him the week after.

He has been very supporting of the public + private route I am taking and have suggested that the visits I have between him and the public hospital be at least 2 weeks apart.

As for the public hospital (Pamela Youde), after registering with them at 5weeks, my first appointment was in:
-9w1d for blood tests
-12w2d for my down syndrome test (ultrasound and blood test)
-14w5d for the antenatal check up (first time in seeing an OB in the public hospital and she discussed my results with me, says it was normal. A doppler to hear the baby's heartbeat, check my breasts and did a papsmear.)
-21w3d for the anomaly scan this Wednesday. I did have a thread here on geobaby asking about this and turns out not all public hospitals offer this as they may have limited slots.

Sorry for the long post! Hope this was helpful!
 
Sorry, i meant I've been charged 800 for consultation 99% of the time and was charged 1100 only once in the 1 year that I've been seeing him.
 
Hi All,

I'm planning to go thru this route too as I'm concerned about last minute complications and I'm not insured. I'm seeing a private doc and have yet to tell her about my thoughts.

Does anyone know about the delivery charges in QMH? Will I need to use my private doc or will they assign another doc for delivery?

Thanks
Kelly
 
Hi Kelly, if you are giving birth at a public hospital...you cannot choose who your OB is unless you are high risk or going the private route in the public hospital.

I am consulting my private doc throughout my pregnancy but will have no choice in the public hospital as to which midwife/doctor will deliver my baby.
 
Thank you so much Gielian for all your extremely helpful information!! Much appriciated!

Doctor appointment booked for today but this week it feel like all my symtoms are going away.... And the lines on my pregancy tests are getting lighter .... I had a chemical pregnancy earlier this year too .... So fairly stressed out and very upset ...., :(
 
Kelly, please don't freak out! :-) I would love to have the same OB deliver my baby but insurances here dont want to cover complicated pregnancy because of my previous miscarriage and PCOS. I don't want to pay at least $70K just to give birth at a nicer hospital...when in fact if there are complications, we'd be sent to the public hospitals. That is actually what's keeping me calm :-D don't worry!
 
You're welcome cocomomoxx! :-) It would be best to see the doctor today to see what is really happening...Dr. wong has been very helpful and comforting evry time I see him and will let you know how he could help and what you could do if there is anything that wasn't going as planned.
 
Hi,

I just found out I am 8 weeks pregnant with our first child and we would like to take the 'half half method' also. We only found out yesterday but need to start making appointments. I am a little anxious as I am unsure how to go about it. Any information you can offer will be great.
 
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