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Funkymom:
The 5000 cad covers doctor fee, prenatal visits, postpartum checkup for mum and baby after delivery.
forquote author=passionup post=68551599]
Pla what are the estimates for hospital,epidural and baby?
Did the 5000cad charged my mosaic primary health care cover doctor, prenatal n baby? Kindly clarify. Thanks

Yes the 5000 cad covers the doctor fee, prenatal and post natal check up and baby.
Peter Lougheed centre rate for non residents - Semi or standard room 3,865 cad per day
Semi Private room 4, 015 per day
Private room 4, 052
New born healthy 2, 063
Intensive care unit 9,988
Am not Sure about the rate for epidural

Funkymom:
The 5000 cad covers doctor fee, prenatal visits, postpartum checkup for mum and baby after delivery.
forquote author=passionup post=68551599]
Pla what are the estimates for hospital,epidural and baby?
Did the 5000cad charged my mosaic primary health care cover doctor, prenatal n baby? Kindly clarify. Thanks

Yes the 5000 cad covers the doctor fee, prenatal and post natal check up and baby.
Peter Lougheed centre rate for non residents - Semi or standard room 3,865 cad per day
Semi Private room 4, 015 per day
Private room 4, 052
New born healthy 2, 063
Intensive care unit 9,988
Am not Sure about the rate for epidural

Funkymom:
The 5000 cad covers doctor fee, prenatal visits, postpartum checkup for mum and baby after delivery.
forquote author=passionup post=68551599]
Pla what are the estimates for hospital,epidural and baby?
Did the 5000cad charged my mosaic primary health care cover doctor, prenatal n baby? Kindly clarify. Thanks

Yes the 5000 cad covers the doctor fee, prenatal and post natal check up and baby.
Peter Lougheed centre rate for non residents - Semi or standard room 3,865 cad per day
Semi Private room 4, 015 per day
Private room 4, 052
New born healthy 2, 063
Intensive care unit 9,988
Am not Sure about the rate for epidural

Candybright:
what these rates are too much

Hotstepper:
since you have someone in Ottawa to acxomodate you, take a trio..i think about 1 hr from Montreal nd explore.

If that doesnt work, biko no send wifey bk. if u have money to rent her a place around me, then consider that too nd i will keep an eye on her .

Good Luck


@hotstepper How are you doing ? I am new on this trend but I need some informations as I plan birthing my next baby in canada. Please respond to my messages or send me a mail I can reach you through. Thank you

Koolmum:
Eeeya,I am not here to put to bed,I already did that but that was in Winnipeg. Just want to share accommodation.

Koolmum:
Eeeya,I am not here to put to bed,I already did that but that was in Winnipeg. Just want to share accommodation.

Koolmum:
Eeeya,I am not here to put to bed,I already did that but that was in Winnipeg. Just want to share accommodation.

mizGene:
Hi koolmum. Pls can u drop details of the facilities you used n cost in Winnipeg?

Thespecialist:
Hello everyone...someone refered me to this forum

Shout out to Hotstepper and to everyone that have contributed and reached out towards helping and easing the process of giving birth in Canada.

I live in Oshawa...moved to Oshawa from Toronto...I have been living in Toronto for the past 14 years.

I have assisted families with child delivery in Toronto and in Oshawa...

I will gladly answer any questions, provide information and assistance that anyone might need regarding coming to Ontario to deliver.

My experience and knowledge is kinda limited to Toronto and Oshawa as these are the places I have been directly involved in assisting families with delivering babies in Canada.

Thank you

Afoseun:
Is giving birth free for PR holders?

Xclusivemaama:
I need details of childbirith im Winnipeg too..Had my first baby in US..I want to go to canada for the second one..
Any help would be appreciated

mizGene:
Hi koolmum. Pls can u drop details of the facilities you used n cost in Winnipeg?

mizGene:
Hi koolmum. Pls can u drop details of the facilities you used n cost in Winnipeg?

Thespecialist:
Hello everyone...someone refered me to this forum

Shout out to Hotstepper and to everyone that have contributed and reached out towards helping and easing the process of giving birth in Canada.

I live in Oshawa...moved to Oshawa from Toronto...I have been living in Toronto for the past 14 years.

I have assisted families with child delivery in Toronto and in Oshawa...

I will gladly answer any questions, provide information and assistance that anyone might need regarding coming to Ontario to deliver.

My experience and knowledge is kinda limited to Toronto and Oshawa as these are the places I have been directly involved in assisting families with delivering babies in Canada.

Thank you

hermosa:
hello everyone! just wanted to give God the glory for the birth of my baby boy and also give you the breakdown of what i spent here in Ontario.
i had my baby at Lakeridge Health, Oshawa,
cost:
per night: 2500
Dr: 1600.88
Baby per night: 600
went to a Walk in clinic to get baby checked out. cost: 100 CAD
Birth Cert (long and short forn, premium service): 120
PASSPORT (TO GET IT PROCESSED within 10 working days): 77. normal processing fee is 57 CAD i believe
passport photograph for 2 copies: 17 CAD
NAIJA TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: 100
no stress test (pre baby): 300
TRANSPORTATION AND LIVING: stayed with relation so free
diabetes test (try and do it in naija): i think it was less than 30 CAD. can't remember
if there's anything else i remember i'll put it here.

JESUnifemi4eva:
Hi Ncify, don't worry you will be given the details at the passport office and probably with a reference number.to forward to your husband. (I think its to get the fathers consent as well as information about your baby's location in Nigeria etc)

I paid for express passport service and got it in about 5days or so (can't really remember).

Cheers!

Virt:
Hello everyone!

This is a follow up of my post, the earlier was on visa application.

I arrived Canada in Feb, 2017 though Toronto Pearson International Airport. On arrival, the immigration officer asked why I was in Canada, I told him that I was on vacation and that I would also be having my baby there, he was taken aback when he heard I was planning to have my baby there, that he asked “you came here to have your baby?”, I repeated my earlier response. He stamped my passport and let me in. However, on going to claim my baggage, I was stopped by the border patrol officer when she saw my BIG BUMP and re-directed me to another room for further checks, I joined a line of other such people they re-directed to further interrogate their purpose of visit to Canada.

I have never been interrogated like that in my life. I really don’t know where to start in the questions I was asked cos it will take a whole page, however, I responded honestly especially since I had indicated in my visa application that I intend to have my baby there. I told the officer who questioned me so.

The following are some of the questions I was asked as I can recall.

Why are you here in Canada?
To have your baby? Why Canada?
Who would you be staying with? What does the person do? Was she the one that arranged these whole stuff for you? Where does she live?
Have you made any arrangement with a doctor here? Any medical report? Let me see. When is your appointment?
Do you have travel insurance? Do you have a return ticket? Let me see it.
How much do you have with you? Let me see it?
Is your husband joining you? No.
What do you do (work)? What position?
You have an approved leave from your employer? Etc. can’t recall others cos they were leading questions, and your responses determines what next he would ask (Sorry including my responses above will make the post lengthy).

After about 10mins or so, he approved for me to go. That room is where they return people if your purpose of visit is not satisfactory. He requested for documents from the Dr. in Canada, I told him that I don’t have but that I have that from my Dr. in Nigeria and he asked to see it and I gave him and he read through it same with other documents he requested for. He asked to see the cash after asking how much I was with, when I brought the envelope with the cash from my bag and was about bringing it out, he asked if the money was in the envelope, I told him yes, he said I could put it back (so he did not see the money) but it proved I had enough money to cover my medical bills and period of stay in Canada.

Sourcing for Doctor
I had read through the thread here and got the number of Dr Abou Seido of Brampton Civic hospital, I called his office while in Nigeria but they refused to book an appointment with me telling me they can’t give me an appointment until I arrived Canada, however, she told me the test results to come with including ultra sound scans. My friend in Canada helped me book the appointment cos I did not want delay in seeing the Dr. as I would be 34weeks when I arrive.

On meeting Dr. Abou-seido, he said that for his patients from the 3rd world countries, he usually try to make sure they stay for just one night in the hospital since they would be paying out of pocket, if there are no complications during birth. I was so glad because that was why I chose to use him in the first place. Somebody had earlier posted how the Dr. helped her stay one night even with CS deliver and I decided to go for him. He actually helped me stay just for one night and It was my third CS. On the day of surgery he asked if I wanted to tie my tubes, I told him no (I’ve read about its side effects, so I wasn’t ready for such family planning. Lols)

The following are the breakdown of my costs

Doctor fees including epidural - $3,500 (His epidural Dr. is the best I have seen, I didn’t feel the process at all and it was done in less than 1 min.
Hospital fees - $2000 for me, $600 for the baby per night
Pre-op fees - $200
Circumcision fees (not in the hospital) - $250
Family Dr visit for baby checkup - $50
Birth Certificate (long and short) - $60 (got it in 1 week)
Passport (expedited) - $107 (got it in 2 days)
Nigerian Emergency travel document - $150 (got in 1 day) Hotstepper’s contact was amazing, he processed and posted the document to me same day, and I received it the following day!!!
Total - $7,000 (including other small fees not mentioned above).

I stayed with my friend so no transportation and feeding costs.

I travelled alone, so my husband had to go to the Canadian high commission in Lagos to sign before the baby’s passport could be processed.
Delivery at Brampton Civic hospital was very okay, no issues whatsoever, except that I had to pay 2 nights upfront after which they say they will refund the unutilized one night fee ($2,000). My friend used a her debit card to pay, so they said refund will be through cheque issuance but that if it was credit card, it would have been done immediately. We are expecting to get that back soon.

I arrived Nigeria 2 weeks ago hassle free.

I hope my experience will help somebody cos this thread helped me a lot from visa application to delivery to paper work etc.

God bless you all - (By the way, I had the whole process committed to God in prayer, so don’t overlook this aspect at all, because it has been God’s doing not man).

hermosa:
hello everyone! just wanted to give God the glory for the birth of my baby boy and also give you the breakdown of what i spent here in Ontario.
i had my baby at Lakeridge Health, Oshawa,
cost:
per night: 2500
Dr: 1600.88
Baby per night: 600
went to a Walk in clinic to get baby checked out. cost: 100 CAD
Birth Cert (long and short forn, premium service): 120
PASSPORT (TO GET IT PROCESSED within 10 working days): 77. normal processing fee is 57 CAD i believe
passport photograph for 2 copies: 17 CAD
NAIJA TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: 100
no stress test (pre baby): 300
TRANSPORTATION AND LIVING: stayed with relation so free
diabetes test (try and do it in naija): i think it was less than 30 CAD. can't remember
if there's anything else i remember i'll put it here.

omopeace4luv:
pls I need help with regards to getting a guarantor for my baby’s passport pls

aquaboss11:
You can just go ahead with the vacation application and declare when you get here. It all actually depends on you. You can also attach your pregnancy documents with proof of enough money to cover your stay and birthing and choose "others" in the purpose of visit.

Koolmum:
You need someone who can stand in for u.The person will be asked to provide details abt you and your baby, just like a verification process,he/she wuld be required to fill a form and in that form,their passprt no will be inputed.
If u can get someone who knows a citizen. That's all u need.

Demi007:
Hi everyone. Im new here.

Tried catching up with all the posts and ive gotten a lot of useful information thank you everyone and particularly @hotstepper.

The issue here now is i am due January next year and currently trying to apply for a visa and im having issues (mostly within myself lol) don’t know whether to add in the application (additional information section) that i will also be going to deliver my baby there. Even though i indicated vacation.

Orr im thinking I should leave the application as it is (holiday for 2 weeks), and then declare at POE?

Im really confused. I have family there so all of that isn’t an issue and thanks to everyone here, I was able to get cost and Drs num etc.

Kindly help me. God bless you

justwise:


There is nothing confusing here, state the fact in your visa application..you are going to give birth in Canada.

Declaring at Poe is so deceiving because you are pregnant when you applied for that visa and knew that you want to use it for child birth.

If we continue to lie our way through every immigration system then we are going to make things difficult for others.