I can’t believe this. Usually I think of the USA as number one, but definitely not when it comes to health care and maternity leave. Glad to be Canadian where we get either 12 months or 18 months may leave and birth is free.

I couldn’t be more pleased to be English right now and to have been able to give birth on the NHS. I’m surprised to see in the comments that people with insurance have paid anything - I thought that covered medical costs in their entirety, but I was obviously mistaken!

Wait until you see how much a c-section costs. LOL I have amazing health insurance and I still owe thousands.

My son was born at 30 weeks and I had to be flown to a bigger town to deliver. He stayed 29 days in the nicu and when we got our first bill it was over $300k. We both have Medicaid and they paid for every thing. All depends on insurance.

I haven't even given birth yet and my hospital Bill's are up to $7000

Depends on your insurance. My bill is only $400 for prenatal care, delivery, and the postpartum appointment at 6 weeks.

Depends on the insurance you have

Someones gotta get paid. Hospitals don't run off hopes & dreams.

8000 is pretty cheap in the US... my first birth was over 21000 for a vaginal delivery, no stitches and a little over 16000 for my 2nd, also vaginal, no stitches

This is one of the reasons that my SO and I are not legally getting married for a long time. As a SAHM with no income I have Medicaid, my son has Medicaid and everything is covered. If I were to sign a marriage license tomorrow my son and I would both lose our insurance. Health care is expensive, health insurance is expensive and doesn't cover everything. My SO has an amazing job but we have decided to wait to legally get married for a number of reasons, this being one of the top ones.