Home help after a caesar?
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Topic: Home help after a caesar?
Posted By: lottieandharry
Subject: Home help after a caesar?
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 11:26am
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Hi just wondering if anyone can advise me on whether you are entitled to home help after a caesar? I am du e to have an elective caesar in Jan and my DD will be around 22 months old. Some people have said yes and others no? Also if yes where do you access this help from. Thanks in advance. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 1:48pm
maybe try winz but i think you have to have more the one babys eg-twins or more but you never know give there 0800 number a ring they should be albe to tell you on the phone outherwise good luck with bubs ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 4:13pm
| When we had our Auckland Ceasarean support group running years ago we used to help each other out depending on localitys where we lived |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 4:24pm
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I recently heard that you can have home help after a c/s. I didn't know that when I had one (end of 2003) so I haven't applied for it before. Your mw will know the details, give her a call sometime. -------------  |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 5:30pm
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I got home help after ceasar - I told my midwife I wanted this and she arranged it for me. I have 2 other kids but they aren't young (at rhyleys birthday they were 8 and 13)
I got it for around 5 weeks (your entitled for 6 weeks for 2-3 per week) It was good, she did my bathroom, vacumming, washed floors, strip and set beds, and put washing on the line. Well worth it I say. But if your partner isn't working or is hom ewith you for a while they won't give it to you. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: lottieandharry
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 8:20pm
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Thanks everyone for your help. My midwife was one of the ones that said I wouldn't be entitled to any help and it may be because as Ann C said hubby will be at home for the first 2 weeks. I will give WINZ a ring anyway and just see what they say. Never know until you enquire.
If not I may even see if I can find a cleaner just for the first couple of weeks to do bathrooms etc. Hope fully it won't be too costly??!! Thanks heaps for all the advice, it's much appreciated. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: shelly
Date Posted: 02 November 2007 at 5:51pm
| My Mother in law helped me - she did all my cleaning and hang out my washing and it was great |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 25 November 2007 at 3:34pm
who do they apply to tho??? would have been nice for me - DH and mum took turns to stay home or come home early where able to....who funds it??? and is there an income test??? that normally does us out if so!
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 25 November 2007 at 7:33pm
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If you had abdo surgery for anything else you would be entitled - unless you have other people in the house who are able. I assume it would be funded by whichever company runs the DHBs home help in that area. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 25 November 2007 at 8:09pm
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You dont have other kids tho Bombshell,...or are you thinking about this for the next one?!
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 26 November 2007 at 8:44pm
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next one....
Ah hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..... 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 26 November 2007 at 9:08pm
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No as far as I know its not income tested cause I never got asked what our wage was and probably would of out ruled us too.
As for your Dh being off the first 2 weeks so was mine and since christmas was around the 5-6 week mark they stopped cause they found it hard for someone to do it and DH was off again (his work closed for the christmas break) I would still ask to apply for it like i did, not once did my midwife say or suggest I wouldn't get it she was happy to get the forms for me. I don't think it was thru winz though - more like the health board or a side part of it. ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 26 November 2007 at 9:09pm
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pretty sure one of the critira was that you had other kids though ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |