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I find it sad that you don't have access to the program I do. I must admit SA home birth programs seem to be some of the best and most available and they are public.
Of course they have requirements which are understandable. 30min from hospital, not high risk etc but I don't have to pay anything for mine.
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Sara: woah. that is a really high fee. i reckon the fact that HB does cost so much is one of the many reasons why the HB rate here in Oz is so low.
PZ: yeah for us it would of had to of been a loan if we couldnt of scraped through; my PTSD after DD1s birth ensured that lol. but like you, we had never taken out a loan and it was soo scary to think about.
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I was just thinking the same thing Cassius, that if homebirth were more accessible financially it might become a viable option for alot of people.
I know our health insurance covers some homebirth but Im not entirely sure about the legalities of it. So I guess Id better call and sus it out. $3400 would be doable for us and I think hubby wouldn't really balk at that esp if our PHI covered some of it.
Although Im also not sure why there needs to be a second midwife if everything looks to be going ok; the second midwife barely made it to my last birth and she pretty much just took photo's for us.
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