Definite Difference

I called the hospital yesterday to learn what the estimated costs for giving birth might be. This is what you'll get for about $10,500.00:

1. A 2-night stay whether you really need to be there or not.


2. An episiotomy (you may not receive this, but you pay for it)


3. A 1 1/2 hour separation from your baby only 1 hour after birth so the baby can have a bath(why?), a Vit. K shot and eye goop. All of this can be denied, but it is not encouraged to do so.


4. Prenatal, delivery and post-pardem care for the mother and the baby.

The positives are that you can have your other children in the delivery room and you baby can room in with you, though it is often encouraged that the baby sleep in the nursery so the parents can rest.

We will pay a little more for a home birth, but it seems worth it to me. We meet with the midwife tomorrow. I can't wait.