Re: [ozmidwifery] birthing in private hosp question

2006-01-20 Thread Mike & Lindsay Kennedy
It is sad that women pay for private Ob's and Private Hospitals thinking that they are going to get better service and more choices. So often they seem to get the opposite. rgds mike On 1/20/06, Andrea Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jayne, > > Perhaps your friend could try seeing her o

Re: [ozmidwifery] birthing in private hosp question

2006-01-19 Thread Andrea Robertson
Hi Jayne, Perhaps your friend could try seeing her obstetrician as an "insurance policy". Worth paying the money for in case a problem arises, but otherwise not required to do anything until a complication actually arises. An analogy I use is that paying for a doctor is like paying for house

RE: [ozmidwifery] birthing in private hosp question

2006-01-19 Thread Dean & Jo
Title: Message You should have said to her that $3,000 would have paid for a gorgeous suite for a few days at a 5 star hotel! I have heard women doing that: hire a midwife and birth in a 5 star hotelwhy not? The meals would be better than any private hospital any day!  And what is with