sky-rocketing maternity costs

[Poppy]

Where ever you want to deliver you need to make sure you are registered well in advance, otherwise they will not have a bed for you!

The public hospitals are just fine here - as good as anywhere else in Europe! Although if I had the money (or any insurance at all for that matter - we do not have any for pregnancy care), if i am honest, of course I would go to a swanky private hospital LoL!!!

I hope it goes ok for you :yeah2
xx

 

[Matty]

Registering well in advance is not necessary for the public system.
Though of course doing this does make things easier for them so they encourage you to do this.

In a worst case scenario (though I'm sure no one would do this on purpose) even if you are not registered at all, if you turn up to emergency in labour and have an ID card they will not turn you away.

If there were really no beds at all, being registered wouldn't help anyway.