Wife is Pregnant... What to do?

[parker24]

Oh my god! Hope you're ok!

I am. This was all last year. Now I'm getting an IUD since I have other medical issues that require some form of hormonal treatment. Thank you God for the extra hormones *grumbles* I'm also now considered high risk thanks to the blood clot. FUN!

Have you found out about PEI health coverage? I have a friend who lives there, I could see if she knows anything about it.

 

[Yasmine_GRL]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it here, but if the pregnancy goes well and there aren't any risks, your wife can deliver the baby at a birth center, with a midwife and you only have to pay a few hundred dollars.

Good luck!

 

[amitheonlyone]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it here, but if the pregnancy goes well and there aren't any risks, your wife can deliver the baby at a birth center, with a midwife and you only have to pay a few hundred dollars.

Good luck!

We have no birth centers on PEI. Midwives are not allowed here currently. Many islanders are fighting for them currently but our government couldn't care less.

 

[amitheonlyone]

I am. This was all last year. Now I'm getting an IUD since I have other medical issues that require some form of hormonal treatment. Thank you God for the extra hormones *grumbles* I'm also now considered high risk thanks to the blood clot. FUN!

Have you found out about PEI health coverage? I have a friend who lives there, I could see if she knows anything about it.

It'd be much appreciated. Any information can help. I'm planning to call PEI Health and Wellness and see if they can help me out.

 

[parker24]

It'd be much appreciated. Any information can help. I'm planning to call PEI Health and Wellness and see if they can help me out.

So my friend pointed me to a website (link below) and I found this:

A person who is a foreign student, tourist, transient or a visitor to PEI does not qualify as a resident of the province and so is not eligible for hospital and medical insurance benefits.

So I don't think she can get health coverage until she is a PR.

http://www.healthpei.ca/index.php3?number=1020790&lang=E

Edit: Read that page further see this:

Persons from outside Canada establishing permanent residence in PEI may be eligible on the first day they become residents of the province.

New residents will be required to show proof of Canadian citizenship and citizens of other countries will have their status in Canada confirmed with the Department of Immigration.

Permanent residents include Landed Immigrants, repatriated Canadians, returning Canadians, returning Landed Immigrants or a Canadian citizen or spouse of a Canadian citizen assuming residence in PEI for the first time.

It's possible she might be able to get health coverage. It would be worth to call and ask. That last line suggests that PEI is like Alberta.