Help/advice about having a baby in Oz
#16
Re: Help/advice about having a baby in Oz
I'm Australian and my wife is a Pom. She had PR when we moved to Adelaide.
Our son was born here. We used a public hospital and didn't pay a cent. They also sent us a nice lady who visited every day for a week and took care of the housework. Again, no charge for this.
It was a great experience.
Our son was born here. We used a public hospital and didn't pay a cent. They also sent us a nice lady who visited every day for a week and took care of the housework. Again, no charge for this.
It was a great experience.
Last edited by Vash the Stampede; Nov 26th 2013 at 11:35 am.
#17
Aussie Finn Mixture!
Joined: May 2005
Location: Leschenault WA (after few locations around WA and Around Europe!)
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Re: Help/advice about having a baby in Oz
Must be a new thing, I got a nurse that made sure I was coping, if she would've done household work I would've been very surprised as, given as far as I know they are there to assess you can COPE!
#18
Re: Help/advice about having a baby in Oz
#19
Re: Help/advice about having a baby in Oz
With regard to buying things for the baby I would consider buying things second hand. Babies grow so quickly things often only have a few months of use before they are too small or not suitable any more. Also pre-birth there is a tendency to by lots of gorgeous cute things, whereas after the birth all you want is hardwearing, practical, easy to use things. Talk to someone who's had a baby for a shopping list (or PM me if you're stuck), look on Gumtree and see if there are any Facebook sites covering your area that sell maternity / baby things. I'm in Sydney and we also have monthly baby & kids markets near us where people set up tabletops to sell second hand goods - there might be something similar in your area.