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  • 01-06-2012 11:15pm
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    cwtch_88
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭


    Hi anyone know how much they cost when you go public?


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    Neyite
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    If you are going public on your pregnancy, all your checkups, scans and antenatal appointments are free.

    The only time you might decide to pay for a scan is if you wanted extra scans on top of the ones your hospital schedules you for which you would have to get in a private clinic and they can range from about €100 to €150


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    cwtch_88
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭cwtch_88


    Neyite wrote: »
    If you are going public on your pregnancy, all your checkups, scans and antenatal appointments are free.

    The only time you might decide to pay for a scan is if you wanted extra scans on top of the ones your hospital schedules you for which you would have to get in a private clinic and they can range from about €100 to €150


    I'm new to all this so please excuse my blondness! So it's free even if I don't hold a medical card?


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    Neyite
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    cwtch_88 wrote: »
    I'm new to all this so please excuse my blondness! So it's free even if I don't hold a medical card?

    Yup. Free for every woman in Ireland if she wishes :) I have vhi but chose to go public, and dont have a medical card. I also found out that the baby's 2 week and 6 week check up are also free after you give birth. I have a post-natal appointment at 6 weeks so I imagine that is also free.

    I had a lot of appointments due to having an endocrinology issue already and never paid a penny. Same goes for if you have a little fall (which I did) and you go straight in to get checked out to make sure baby is ok. I had an emergency C-section plus baby went to neo-natal for a couple of days to get checked out - all free. I did give chocolates and other goodies to the midwives and nurses that looked after me and baby as a thank you, but that is entirely optional.


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    Joe10000
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    We've had three private scans, regular ones cost 100 and the 3D one was 140.


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