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03 Dec 2008 12:00 AM by amy1 Star rating in San Miguel de salina.... 7 posts Send private message

Hello,

I have just, last weekend, moved to Villa Martin in the Orihuela Costa area and have since found out that I am pregnant!  I will be under the Spanish national health system....does anyone have any experiances and / or advice that they can give me please?  I speak very basic spanish so plan on learning as much as I can in the mean time!!

As much advice as possible would be appreciated :)

Thanks

 

 

Amy



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03 Dec 2008 10:59 PM by andenca Star rating in London. 44 posts Send private message

The Spanish NHS is good, however, they believe in "the natural way" and if you want pain relief, like in the way of an epidural, you will have to pay for it. You may discuss this with your gynaecologist (in Spain GPs do not do antenatal care, I believe) as thinks may have changed more recently. Congratulations anyway, and enjoy your pregnancy. (best thing will be to register with a gp and find out all the facts).





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20 Dec 2008 8:39 PM by Daisytroll Star rating. 2 posts Send private message

Hi,

i had my daughter here in Spain 4 years ago, and although the healthcare was excellent, it certainly differs from the UK.  For a start, if you're a first time mum, you won't be shown anything, i.e. how to bath the baby/fed/change/dress as traditionally your family take care of all that, however, I found that the nurses and midwives were very helpful when I asked them anything - they assume you know it all!

As Andenca says, pain relief is a bit different too.  It varies from hospital to hospital so check with your midwife.  Many hospitals don't do gas and air and you can only have an epidural if you go into labour during normal working hours!  As I say, it does vary, so check.  It also varies as to whether your partner can be with you for the birth.  Some hospitals have more than one bed in the labour room and if any of the other beds are occupied, your partner (unless it's a female) can't be with you.  After a normal delivery you'd be expected to stay in hospital for 2 days, they are very strong on breastfeeding and won't generally provide milk unless you've had a caesarian.

In my experience the Spanish NHS is very good, however, they do tend to treat you as a piece of meat and don't always give you information - don't be afraid to ask questions, a lot of the time it's because they assume you already know.

anyway, congratulations and enjoy it.

Jill

 

 





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21 Dec 2008 8:13 AM by amy1 Star rating in San Miguel de salina.... 7 posts Send private message

Hi Jill & Andenca

Just wanted to say thank you very much for your replies to my thread.  It has helped me alot!

Many thanks

 

Amy



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