Firstly, congrats :))
TMC has alot of good gynaes!
Do you have gender preference? For me I started out knowing for sure I wanted a female 🙏🏻
for male gynae in TMC I highly rec Dr Tan Kai Lit! Female i think Dr Pamela Tan seems quite pops too.
Am a FTM too ~W8 now.
Sharing based on my research & checks with my mom friends:
In general, first consults for these private hospital gynaes range from $120-160, ultrasound scans $80-120. Subsequently it goes down slightly but seems to hover around $100+$100 still on average before GST.
So far I went for 2 appts alr and spent ~$300 on average for each. This includes folic acid supplements and antinausea meds.
Some clinics have prenatal packages starting W16 I think, and others have packages start only later at W20/22...
Prior to package, there's the genetic syndrome screening at about W10, where usually we are asked to choose between:
- 90% accuracy screening ultrasound to look at baby measurements like nuchal width etc. & hormonal level testing; the results makes use of statistics to come up with a risk ratio. It's called the OSCAR test & costs about $300+.
- 99% accuracy blood screening, otherwise known as non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT). Baby DNA is extracted from our blood! NIPTs offered by gynaes here are typically Harmony or Panorama. This also reveals baby gender. They cost >$1k.
After that timepoint, there's an anatomic foetal anomaly scan typically done around W20-22, that's what is covered by the package and then subsequent consults/scans. I've seen some about $1500-2000ish (?)
Not so certain for this segment as have just decided on doing Panorama and not thought further 😊
As a ballpark figure, I think prenatal to delivery typically costs about ~$15k, for natural uncomplicated deliveries, based on my friends who gave birth in the last 6m-1y. :)
Don't worry too much, I'd say try looking at Google reviews after you decide on like 3 or 4 possible gynaes...then just make a first appointment in about 1-2 weeks and go see bubba :)
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