Getting Birth Control as a Visitor: My expereince

This one depends pretty much on the airline.  Some will let you fly fairly close to the confinement date, others not within the last two months.  The RAF, for example, require a full health check six weeks prior to confinement date...

And last week a Ugandan woman gave birth to a full-term baby over Canadian airspace.

And also in the UK, you don't see a doctor when you're pregnant unless you have or develop a medical condition.  You see a midwife.

I am six months pregnant and flying to the states for a visit next week.  AA, BA, Continental and Virgin all allow flying up to the end of the 6th month.  So a visitor following the rules, shouldn't have any trouble getting back to their home country to have the baby - even if they got pregnant on day one.   

I suppose a responsible person who got pregnant would want to see a Dr if they happened to get pregnant whilst on an extended visit.  That should definitely be chargeable to the visitor.  Whilst I can understand BC for visitors (a little...not a huge fan), I cannot understand stretching the NHS to provide "Free" maternity care for a visitor.  Every time I go to the hospital for a scan or appt, the wait is massive, the staff are stressed and in these situations care can be compromised.  Adding additional visitors to this mix will only cause more problems.   

I got pregnant as a visitor and my then BF/now DH paid for the prenatal visits with our midwife. I returned to the states, got married, got spousal visa and returned and had our daughter a few months later...ok only 6 weeks later. The first thing that I did when I got back home to the UK was to register with my GP and called the private patients office and sent them my visa and my passport to change me from private pay to NHS.

That would have slim to none chance of success if the couple aren't married, in which case the person would be eligible to use the NHS on the appropriate visa.

Not quite, but this is probably not the place to debate the immigration side of things!

Vicky

Not quite, but this is probably not the place to debate the immigration side of things!

Vicky

Yes, it really isn't.

 
 Whilst I can understand BC for visitors (a little...not a huge fan), I cannot understand stretching the NHS to provide "Free" maternity care for a visitor.  Every time I go to the hospital for a scan or appt, the wait is massive, the staff are stressed and in these situations care can be compromised.  Adding additional visitors to this mix will only cause more problems.   

But I don't think they would be charged, if "family planning services" are free - wouldn't pregnancy check-ups fall under family planning?  Or do they just consider family planning to be birth control?

But I don't think they would be charged, if "family planning services" are free - wouldn't pregnancy check-ups fall under family planning?  Or do they just consider family planning to be birth control?

Maternity services and family planning are considered two separate things.

But I don't think they would be charged, if "family planning services" are free - wouldn't pregnancy check-ups fall under family planning?  Or do they just consider family planning to be birth control?

As I learned from this exact experience...Family planning is just birth control. Pregnancy falls under the private patient services for Non NHS eligibile persons such as visitors, ergo my wallet being £1,000 lighter after paying for 5 months of antenatal services last year.