What do you estimate you spent between the time you found out you were pregnant until you took your baby home? I'm thinking everything - ultrasounds, dr. visits, prenatal drugs, hospital stay(s), maternity clothes, etc.
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I didn't keep good records with Charlie but I will this time around. I can't recall paying anything for the doctor's visits.
Our hospital stay was $700/night x 3 nights = $2100
What insurance didn't cover, esp since I got a c section = ~ $3000?
prenatal vitamins were $50/month x 9 months = $450That's about $5500, but I'm pretty sure the figure was higher.
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I live in Ontario, Canada so we pay very little unless you have a semi or private room. C-sections are completely covered too.
So ultrasounds, hospital stay, drs visits, bloodwork, etc =$0
Private room =$108 for whole stay(OHIP+private insurance=what was left over)
Prenatals were $70 bucks for 9 months -
we'll see how much other things come out to, but so far for my current ob, i paid $20. i was told i don't have to pay for anything else unless my insurance doesn't cover labs. i was told that the hospital i'll be giving birth at has private rooms for all so i guess it's free? plus, my hubby is an employee of the hospital so i think my overall hospital stay is free.
HOWEVER, so far, paid a lot to GET pregnant. copays for infertility treatments, ivf process and medications.... i'd say about $4,000-5,000 (my insurance paid 80% of the ivf).
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I did a big breakdown on my blog, not sure if we have the same self-promo rules here, but this is the link if you want more info on what I included in the costs...http://www.killerbdesigns.com/the-cost-of-a-baby/
With pretty much all purchases/medical bills included, it was $2500. That's nursery, maternity clothes, prenatals, the whole nine
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With our insurance, we have to pay $30 for the first doctor visit and $500 deductible for the hospital, but everything else (including ultrasounds, extra tests, or even if I had to have a c-section) was covered.
For prenatals, I just used drugstore brands so about $15/month (totaling ~$150, I assume).
Maternity clothes, about $200.
Nursery, just under $500.
So all in all, about $1380.
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Let's see:
Total cost billed to insurance was $3000, for 4 days in the hospital. We owe $36, which is for the cost of my husband's meals that he ate while at the hospital. My health insurance costs $250 a month, but it's mandatory to be covered, so I didn't include it in the calculation. We also upgraded to a private room for an additional $1000 but we have never been billed for it.
Prenatal vitamins: I used a drugstore brand, I think I went through 6 bottles (using buy one get one free)...$50 max
Maternity clothing: I bought very little with the intention of wearing it until it disgusted me and I could give it away: $200
Nursery: IKEA for us, just under $500
Grand total: $786
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I live in fort worth & my doctor & hospital is in south fort worth, for comparision. I work for a smaller company & we don't have the best insurance. my husband is choctaw & gets free health insurance, but for the baby to be covered by that, we would need to go through indian health services & that's really inconvenient due to distance, so we're using solely my insurance.
So far, Dr bill is: ~1350
hospital bill: ~1200
{these are both as long as I have an uncomplicated, vaginal delivery - anything unexpected happens & it will be more, woo hoo}
and I've paid ~11 for prenatal vitaminsso grand total {thus far} is ~$1561, man
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Mrs. Dumpling wrote a great post about the grand total for her baby girl http://omgmom.blogspot.com/2010/02/is-it-expensive-to-have-baby.html
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