How long before your NHS priviledges become exempt?
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Re: How long before your NHS priviledges become exempt?
Yes In terms of timescales, to be honest I am clutching at straws just a little bit until things start to progress with my job app and I get some clearer ideas on time scales.
But once the ball starts to roll, I think the timescales mentioned by the previous poster are reasonably realistic, so we are looking well into November before we move.
With regard to flights we were courting the idea of a trip to our holiday home in orlando in November whereby I checked with our travel insurance, and with our airlines, and once we (by means of an ultrasound) were able to determine it was a single child pregnancy new we we covered to fly provided we were back in the UK before the pregnancy reached 36 weeks. - We decided not to book as my wife decided she'd just be too damn uncomfortable on a plane for 9 hours!
As for flying with young babies, from experience with our daughter and also family with babies flying 'em young is the best way...stick them on the breast for take off and landing, they pretty much sleep the whole may and dont weight a thing....try it with a 2 and a half year old!
As for policy UA flew my daughter at 6 weeks and our aforementioned trip postponed is now taking place in February (if we are not of course already there by then!) and Virgin Atlantic have stated they will fly our latest addition at only 1 month old!!
But once the ball starts to roll, I think the timescales mentioned by the previous poster are reasonably realistic, so we are looking well into November before we move.
With regard to flights we were courting the idea of a trip to our holiday home in orlando in November whereby I checked with our travel insurance, and with our airlines, and once we (by means of an ultrasound) were able to determine it was a single child pregnancy new we we covered to fly provided we were back in the UK before the pregnancy reached 36 weeks. - We decided not to book as my wife decided she'd just be too damn uncomfortable on a plane for 9 hours!
As for flying with young babies, from experience with our daughter and also family with babies flying 'em young is the best way...stick them on the breast for take off and landing, they pretty much sleep the whole may and dont weight a thing....try it with a 2 and a half year old!
As for policy UA flew my daughter at 6 weeks and our aforementioned trip postponed is now taking place in February (if we are not of course already there by then!) and Virgin Atlantic have stated they will fly our latest addition at only 1 month old!!
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oh and for the record...blue here...
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There is actually 2 search function tabs. One in the pink bar and one in the blue bar.
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Looks like the men and women disagree.
The search bar is pink
The search bar is blue
Who cares what colour
If it does it for you.
(I couldn't get elastoplast and dingy yellow to rhyme)
Ladies correct as usual.
The search bar is pink
The search bar is blue
Who cares what colour
If it does it for you.
(I couldn't get elastoplast and dingy yellow to rhyme)
Ladies correct as usual.
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Re: How long before your NHS priviledges become exempt?
Sorry to be a little "sour" but please don't be too surprised if what you want below isn't there for you. US healthcare is so very different to what is provided by the NHS that you might not have a say in the type of birth experience unless of course you are prepared to pay out of pocket.
"provided the health cover is right and of course provided my wife and I's requirements can be met (child birth is not a medical procedure and she will be looking for a home birth or a birthing centre with birthing pool and all that kind of stuff)"
I'm not trying to put you off but on our move to the US I was just shocked at what isn't covered! Not that medical care for our family hasn't been great but its just that you pay for every little thing: no free antenatal classes where you can have your concerns addressed informally, no daily midwife visits for a week after the birth, no health visitor clinics for weekly baby weighing (and more addressing of concerns!).
"provided the health cover is right and of course provided my wife and I's requirements can be met (child birth is not a medical procedure and she will be looking for a home birth or a birthing centre with birthing pool and all that kind of stuff)"
I'm not trying to put you off but on our move to the US I was just shocked at what isn't covered! Not that medical care for our family hasn't been great but its just that you pay for every little thing: no free antenatal classes where you can have your concerns addressed informally, no daily midwife visits for a week after the birth, no health visitor clinics for weekly baby weighing (and more addressing of concerns!).
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picnic...don't be concerned about being sour! There is a good side and a bad side to everything and it has always been obvious to me that healthcare was going to be the big gripe in the US despite cost/standard of living in other areas being much better than in other countries...it's just about finding the best way to dealing with your problems...getting a healthcare plan that you can afford that covers as much as you can get it to...obviously with corporate plans as I am learning via these posts being great if you get offered a good one!
Believe me I'm already begining to understand that you pay for each and every little thing and not all of these little things (such as a $20 doctors visit) are often not covered on plans...your knowledge therefore may be useful in my other post on 'cost of pro-creation in the US) where I'm trying to get a bit of a breakdown of all the pre/post natal and labor elements...
Regards to a 'forced-experience' I knew that would be the case, although american life through the TV screen is often never accurate my wife often gets hot under the collar about how the US medical bunch treat child birth likes it's a medical procedure when it is in fact the most natural thing in the world!
It is looking more and more likely that as a previous poster said we may still be in this country in Janurary anyway by the time job interviews take place and visas are processed.
The option of a return to the UK for childbirth is also still looking viable if the right conditions are met...but I'll seek out advice from our 'resident home birth expert' (this board is great! LOL!) and see what we can come up with....
Having said all of this (and it wont stop me posting because ulitmately I'm building a battle plan here!) I've not heard anything back yet about my job application so all of this could be a false dawn.....we shall see!!!!!
Believe me I'm already begining to understand that you pay for each and every little thing and not all of these little things (such as a $20 doctors visit) are often not covered on plans...your knowledge therefore may be useful in my other post on 'cost of pro-creation in the US) where I'm trying to get a bit of a breakdown of all the pre/post natal and labor elements...
Regards to a 'forced-experience' I knew that would be the case, although american life through the TV screen is often never accurate my wife often gets hot under the collar about how the US medical bunch treat child birth likes it's a medical procedure when it is in fact the most natural thing in the world!
It is looking more and more likely that as a previous poster said we may still be in this country in Janurary anyway by the time job interviews take place and visas are processed.
The option of a return to the UK for childbirth is also still looking viable if the right conditions are met...but I'll seek out advice from our 'resident home birth expert' (this board is great! LOL!) and see what we can come up with....
Having said all of this (and it wont stop me posting because ulitmately I'm building a battle plan here!) I've not heard anything back yet about my job application so all of this could be a false dawn.....we shall see!!!!!
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Regards to a 'forced-experience' I knew that would be the case, although american life through the TV screen is often never accurate my wife often gets hot under the collar about how the US medical bunch treat child birth likes it's a medical procedure when it is in fact the most natural thing in the world!
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Not good Nicky! Not good!
I'm weighing things up at the mo and with another child after this one a real possibility it may be that we wait and I continue to look for L1 and even H1B opportunities as I progress with my career...I always aim high and work hard and if I stay in the UK know I will be a manager or high level consultant by the time I'm 30 (4 years! ) which will make an L1 or H1B hire even more possible!
This way we can get childbirth out the way first in the way we want!
I will continue to post on this board to exhaust all my questions about this particular attempt to emigrate until the job application fizzles out (I've still not heard anything! )
I may stick around on the board, suck up all the information I can and help others with their experiences until our time really does come!!!!
I'm weighing things up at the mo and with another child after this one a real possibility it may be that we wait and I continue to look for L1 and even H1B opportunities as I progress with my career...I always aim high and work hard and if I stay in the UK know I will be a manager or high level consultant by the time I'm 30 (4 years! ) which will make an L1 or H1B hire even more possible!
This way we can get childbirth out the way first in the way we want!
I will continue to post on this board to exhaust all my questions about this particular attempt to emigrate until the job application fizzles out (I've still not heard anything! )
I may stick around on the board, suck up all the information I can and help others with their experiences until our time really does come!!!!
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BTW I did have mine naturally, well with the help of a hell of a lot of drugs
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Well I'm proud of my wife for giving birth to our daughter with nothing but a tens machine in the early stages of labor, some relaxation techniques and the soothing effect of the water in the birthing pool as pain relief...she did this in a birthing centre and as such wants to go one better this time and have a home birth...something she is let to convince me of...id like the idea of the birthing centre again!