Hi Canuck78, Just need clarification on this point . Isn't the kid covered under OHIP just after birth ? Myself and my husband are going to stay in Canada forever. Also, my PR VISA is in process. My husband is a PR since 2017 and a tax payer in Canada.
Child birth without OHIP
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Hi Canuck78, Just need clarification on this point . Isn't the kid covered under OHIP just after birth ? Myself and my husband are going to stay in Canada forever. Also, my PR VISA is in process. My husband is a PR since 2017 and a tax payer in Canada.
Thanks for your wishes.You need AIP for that, AOR is not enough.
To OP, if you have had an uncomplicated pregnancy so far and are okay with trying non-interventional birth, then I think the Toronto Birth Centre is a good option since they are a non-profit and don't charge you extra. They do send you to the hospital in case of emergencies. Keep in mind even with uncomplicated pregnancies epidural is a good idea (and emergency c section more likely) if your baby is in a posterior or transverse position but if that's not the case and you think you could handle the pain, you could give it a try. That's IF you're able to cover the hospital expenses if need be. These would include emergency c-sections, inductions, NICU stays, etc. They do have alternative forms of pain relief such as hot tubs, birthing balls, TENS machine, laughing gas etc.
Good luck mama! I am 39 weeks pregnant and will be trying the no epidural route, and I'll be thinking of you!
My best wishes to you as well. I prefer the no epidural way.Hello KMKBALAMURUGAN, are u still in the group?
I have very similar situation as you experienced.
My wife can't enjoy OHIP even I have been employed as a full time staff in Ontario, because my comapy is not registed here.
May I know how your story finally? After the experience can you share me some of your experience?
Thanks in advance.
I have very similar situation as you experienced.
My wife can't enjoy OHIP even I have been employed as a full time staff in Ontario, because my comapy is not registed here.
May I know how your story finally? After the experience can you share me some of your experience?
Thanks in advance.
What type of visa are you both on? Are you working remotely for your employer? How pregnant is your spouse? Are they on an SOWP and are they working full-time?
Hello,
I hold a OWP, while my wilfe hold a SOWP. Yes, I work fully time remotely from Toronto for my employer, who is registed in Nova Scotia. But my wife is jobless.
More horrible is I tried to contact obstetricians, but most of them do not accept patien without OHIP.
So even I want to pay, no doctor can help.
Crying.
Hello, thanks for your reply.
I hold a OWP, while my wilfe hold a SOWP. Yes, I work fully time remotely from Toronto for my employer, who is registed in Nova Scotia. But my wife is jobless.
More horrible is I tried to contact obstetricians, but most of them do not accept patien without OHIP.
So even I want to pay, no doctor can help.
Crying.
Did you check the health insurance coverage in NS for foreign workers and family ?
https://arrivein.com/healthcare/how-to-apply-for-a-health-card-in-nova-scotia/
It's not very clear if family is covered...
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Unfortunately you need to be employed by an Ontario employer. If you call enough OBs you should be able to find one taking private patients but both physicians and hospitals prioritize OHIP patients first and there is not a ton of capacity. You must have tried to apply for OHIP before getting pregnant. You can change employers, move to NS, your wife may chose to give birth in her home country if she has coverage there, you can pay privately, etc.
Thanks a lot for your help, but it is my mistake that I have not checked the OHIP requirment carefully.
We have paied a 1 year rental for the current apartment in Toronto.
So I am very hesitated to mvoe to Nova Scotia.
Also, the MSI requirement is that I need to sta
I may try to go for a Midwife service and want to birth at hospital.
Just wonder if any problem that a midwife can't handle, will they still ask me to go for a OB?
Midwife and OB should be same qulified for taking care of childbirth?
Some midwive also have privileged hospital, but I am not sure whether hospital treat midwife same as a OB.
Pregnancy some time is not really under control. Some couples tried so hard so many years but still failed. And the migration process is so long and full of uncertain. It is hard to put another uncertainty (pregnancy) into the migration planning.
The migration take year to get approval and actual landing. How can a couple guarantee no baby during such a long period of time?
In the beginning of this chat topic, some people criticized KMKBALAMURUGAN of not consider the pregnancy before migrating to Canada. I am sure the criticize must from someone either never try to migrate to another country or never pregnancy.
Child of OP will be covered by ohip from birth(father is PR so no issues there), its just the mothers costs they have to pay.
That’s fine. Then people don’t have much of a leg to stand on when they find they aren’t covered by the healthcare system or what’s left of it by the choices they made.
It’s like people living beyond their means , the bills start rolling in, then complaining they can’t pay .
In real life , that’s not quite how it works.
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Why not get a full time job in NB so that your wife will be covered in the medicare?
He pre-paid a year of rental in toronto ... which is not a common practice. Usually, ppl signed a year of rental contract and paid 1 or 1.5 months of rent for damage deposit... If they need to break the contract, it won't be the full year of rental. I think it's a few months' rent penalty if they break the contract early and landlord sometimes will allow without penalty since a new tenant may pay more rent.
Are you talking about OP or ThreeFourZeroFive?
ThreeFourZeroFive as replied earlier is on OWP and wife is on SOWP. Regardless, the child will be covered.