kris1225
03-30-2004, 10:10 AM
Hope you don't mind, I took this out of the other thread....
My midwife charges $2900 for a homebirth and knocks off 10% if you pay cash up front. So we are paying a monthly payment to her now of about $250. It's worth every penny! Now if we had insurance that would cover it, I would look into it. But we don't have insurance, so we are just sucking it up - cutting corners wherever and finding money wherever. My FIL has offered to help financially too although we have refused him so far.
I also know that midwives sometimes will barter AND some will allow you to keep paying after the birth. My friend took a year to finish paying off her birth center birth as it was that important to her.
In my case I will never birth in a hospital again unless I want to be strapped to a bed with an epidural. The hospitals around here are only accustomed to that kind of birth. Dallas is a very medicated place. But I know that in some cities (Denton, Austin) the birth experience could be better in a hospital than here due to a different attitude overall about birth in that community.
Toddler calls....
My midwife charges $2900 for a homebirth and knocks off 10% if you pay cash up front. So we are paying a monthly payment to her now of about $250. It's worth every penny! Now if we had insurance that would cover it, I would look into it. But we don't have insurance, so we are just sucking it up - cutting corners wherever and finding money wherever. My FIL has offered to help financially too although we have refused him so far.
I also know that midwives sometimes will barter AND some will allow you to keep paying after the birth. My friend took a year to finish paying off her birth center birth as it was that important to her.
In my case I will never birth in a hospital again unless I want to be strapped to a bed with an epidural. The hospitals around here are only accustomed to that kind of birth. Dallas is a very medicated place. But I know that in some cities (Denton, Austin) the birth experience could be better in a hospital than here due to a different attitude overall about birth in that community.
Toddler calls....