{"id":117363,"date":"2014-02-20T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/?p=117363"},"modified":"2014-02-19T09:08:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T14:08:13","slug":"home-birth-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/home-birth-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth Costs Are Bogus, So Cheap Asses Should Consider Home Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We could have used a hospital and paid out-of-pocket, but I’m not a big fan of hospitals myself. Just a matter of preference\u201d\u201dthough I would definitely go to a hospital if I had a broken leg. We did a bit of research and quickly found out that birthing center costs were far cheaper: $3600 in total, with absolutely no hidden expenses tacked in, unlike many of the horror stories I’ve heard related to hospital bills.<\/p>\n

Our first son was born in a birthing center for $3600. Our second son was born at home, because that was where our midwife offered care at the time, for $3600. Compared to other nightmarish insurance tales we have heard from friends, we got a pretty good deal.<\/p>\n

2013 estimates<\/a> for the average cost of birth in the US added up to $30,000. This cost estimate was for vaginal delivery and did not include the cost of a C-section:<\/p>\n

“The average total price charged for pregnancy and newborn care was about $30,000 for a vaginal delivery and $50,000 for a C-section\u201d\u00a6with commercial insurers paying out an average of $18,329 and $27,866.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I understand that many times you can’t predict the outcome of a delivery. What was thought to be a simple pregnancy could cost you more than you ever expected in emergency hospital bills. I’m not a medical professional, so you can toss my advice right out the window if you want to. I just know that the only way I was able to afford to have two kids was because of low-cost home birth.<\/p>\n

Home birth isn’t for everyone, especially a high-risk pregnancy. But one great benefit to the entire process, besides not having to leave my house to pop out a baby, was knowing that we would pay exactly what we were quoted by our midwife, and not a penny more. Those that are interested in a midwife-assisted birth and feel it’s the right choice for them can add one more advantage to the list: It’s a helluva lot cheaper.<\/p>\n

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again\u201d\u201done of the reasons that my husband and I chose midwife-assisted…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21323,"featured_media":117365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,262,4],"tags":[35137,1542,1540,2775],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":18,"label":"giving birth"},{"value":262,"label":"home birth"},{"value":4,"label":"Pregnancy"}],"post_tag":[{"value":35137,"label":"home birth"},{"value":1542,"label":"home birth or hospital birth"},{"value":1540,"label":"home birth vs. hospital"},{"value":2775,"label":"home birth vs. hospital birth"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/shutterstock_128153381.jpg",500,334,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Bethany Ramos","author_link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/author\/bethany-ramos\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":18,"name":"giving birth","slug":"giving-birth","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":960,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Giving birth soon and want to know what really happens? Learn tips, new ways & trends women are using to give birth.\r\n","parent":4,"count":118,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":18,"category_count":118,"category_description":"Giving birth soon and want to know what really happens? Learn tips, new ways & trends women are using to give birth.\r\n","cat_name":"giving birth","category_nicename":"giving-birth","category_parent":4},{"term_id":262,"name":"home birth","slug":"home-birth","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":963,"taxonomy":"category","description":"The at home birth trend is rising. Want to know what really happens? Learn tips, trends in women giving birth at home.\r\n","parent":4,"count":15,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":262,"category_count":15,"category_description":"The at home birth trend is rising. Want to know what really happens? Learn tips, trends in women giving birth at home.\r\n","cat_name":"home birth","category_nicename":"home-birth","category_parent":4},{"term_id":4,"name":"Pregnancy","slug":"pregnancy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Learn how to combine pregnancy and good health. Get the best good health, pregnancy tips for women, advice trends & info\r\n","parent":0,"count":2199,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":2199,"category_description":"Learn how to combine pregnancy and good health. Get the best good health, pregnancy tips for women, advice trends & info\r\n","cat_name":"Pregnancy","category_nicename":"pregnancy","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":35137,"name":"home birth","slug":"home-birth","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":262,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":45,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":1542,"name":"home birth or hospital birth","slug":"home-birth-or-hospital-birth","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1603,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":1540,"name":"home birth vs. hospital","slug":"home-birth-vs-hospital","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1601,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2775,"name":"home birth vs. hospital birth","slug":"home-birth-vs-hospital-birth","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2839,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}