midwife or OB?

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We are currently ttc for our rainbow baby but talking about switching out of the OBGYN I'm currently seeing. I love the idea of a midwife with a home birth or birthing center but I worry it may end up being more than I can afford. How much out of pocket did you ladies pay for your hospital birth or midwife assisted birth? For those ladies that have done both which was better for you?

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I'm going with a midwife. She delivered my first and made my experience so great. It wasn't the original plan but the hospital was being negligent and so my family called her and she took over. She will definitely be by my side from the beginning this time around. 😊

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I would love a midwife, especially since I'd love a home birth and a vbac, but my first delivery was a csection and while I hope I get my vbac I also have a sinking feeling it won't happen. I'm going with an open minded ob who is willing to do what I want so long as baby and I are doing well.

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I have an OBGYN and a water birth accredited midwife. I will be having a hospital waterbirth 😊

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I've had a homebirth and 3 hospital births with very naturally minded hospital midwives. I just had my baby yesterday and had a hospital birth. I love my hospital births and will never have a homebirth again. Our homebirth with CNMs was horrible and we came very close to losing our daughter. It was something that would never have happened had we been in our hospital. I will be the odd ball here but will never recommend a homebirth to anyone. We ended up transferring by ambulance for the NICU and the whole thing could have been avoided. Our homebirth was $8,000, put us in the NICU and almost cost us our daughter's life.

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We're paying our midwives $3500. Our first was born in the hospital, and we paid $1000.

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Midwives are usually around 3k to 3500 which is way cheaper than a hospital birth unless you're 100% covered. If I wasn't in an apartment with obnoxious neighbors I would be having a home birth.

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Midwives or Doulas are rarely covered by insurance. I'd do a google to see the average cost in your state. Your obgyn should be able to give you a recommendation list

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I like my midwife a lot.

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