How much does homebirth cost?

It is often said that birth is an investment.    In other words, families must decide what is important to them and what do they wish to get out of one of the most joyful experiences in their lives.  What do they want to spend their money on?  Do they care if, at the end of the experience, they feel that they got their money’s worth?  That they would do it all over again? Do they feel that relationships are important? That their feelings and wishes are honored? That they will remember their experience forever in a positive way and look back on it in happiness?  Because every mother, and even their partners, will always remember their birth experiences for the rest of their lives. 

Care provided by homebirth midwives is very different than the traditional physician/hospital experience.  We become a part of your family.  We walk the journey with you.  We are there for you.  We support and honor you.  While our care is more comprehensive, the cost for such care is actually a lot less than that of hospital-based care.   And  you  will   always  have  less  risk  of  induction,  epidural and  cesarean section.

Insurance  companies  are mindless,  faceless,  soulless,  money-hungry  bureaucracies  that  only  care  about  how  much  care  they  can  deny  or  how  little  they  can  pay  to  providers.    At  least,  after  5  years  of  trying  to  work  with  them,  this  has  been  our  experience.   Like  more  and  more providers who  can no  longer  sustain a  practice  by  contracting  with  insurance  companies,  we  have decided  to  also  go  the way of  a  cash,  check  or  charge  business.   The  abuse  has  been  real,  disheartening,  and  offensive.    They  fail  to  recognize  the  excellent  care that  we  give  and  refuse  to even  want  to  listen  or  learn  about  it.   We  are so  looking  forward to the  improvement  in  our  mental  health  without  having  to  constantly  fight  and  argue  and  be  on  hold  forever  just  to  get  paid  for  even  less  that  what  we  deserve.   Maybe  someday  things  will  change,  but  for  now,  remember,  you  get  what  you  pay  for.