For the American moms...

[BumbleBiasMum]

 I can't believe that you all have to pay to give birth! I was shocked when I found out!

I'm curious how much you actually have to pay?

[MamaTwinkleA]

I paid 2800 but I had a homebirth with a midwife. That was for all services. Prenatal, birth, and postnatal.

[whatmynameagain]

I have insurance that covers. But of I didn't it was in the range if $2,000.

[rosemagic01]

I don't know how much it was. It was mostly taken care of by the insurance I had. I had a csection though. 

It takes a doctors time to have visits and hospital money to keep you there and all the stuff they use and the time it takes to have a baby. While I feel its over priced I also feel doctors should get paid for their time its their job. 

[bunnywzrd]

No idea. It was covered under our insurance.

[NovaChick26]

Gosh I cant remember its been almost 5 yrs now lol , my ex always handled the bills so I didnt even give it much attention then , but yea it is really expensive between the charges of giving birth and then the charges for the baby.

[AHmom103]

 My kids cost around $6000 each (for prenatal, c-sections, and postnatal for me), but our insurance covered everything.

[Gealach]

I had state insurance at the time so I don't know what the grand total was

[Babybear89]

Way too much

[furbabymum]

 Imagine that. Paying for services rendered. Shocking!

[norahsmommy]

When I had #2 it was 5,800 dollars. We lost our health insurance when dh lost his job 2 months before dd was born. That was the amount for the hospital stay, birth and doc fee. It took me 3 yrs to pay that off.

With Liam's birth it's about 3,000 so far ( not all the bills are in). But we have insurance now that covers most of it.