Pregnancy and maternity

Nemecis

Hello. I had moved recently to Ireland. I want to ask about pregnancy and maternity how does it works here.
When you find out that the home test is positive, what are the next steps ?

IvyTheTerrible

MOD: Hi OP,
I've moved your thread to the Pregnancy forum as you'll get more useful information here. Please take note of the new charter.

Cakerbaker

When I got a positive test I went to my GP to confirm. I then decided what hospital I wanted to go although depending on where you are in Ireland you may just have one maternity hospital nearby. I then had to decide if I wanted to go public, semi private or private and contacted the hospital register. You said you recently moved to Ireland so you may need to check what levels of maternity care you are entitled to either from the state or health insurance as as far as I know this may vary depending on your status here / whether you're an EU citizen etc. Citizens Information might be able to help you with this. Others may have different advice based on their experiences.

Roselm

Have a look here at Citizen's information
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/

Nemecis

I come from a European country. I will have to do some of my scans privately and all the other publicly.
Do you know in Galway area where to get baby scans besides the Carepoint medical centre ?

toadfly

You could try Galway Fertility Clinic, they do scans. Think they are around €100.

LegacyUser

Why not attend Carepoint Medical Center, sorry just being nosey, I attended them in the past and found them very helpful

Nemecis wrote: »

I come from a European country. I will have to do some of my scans privately and all the other publicly.
Do you know in Galway area where to get baby scans besides the Carepoint medical centre ?

Nemecis

They do not perform early ultrasounds I did my research and I booked my appointment for an early one elsewhere.