Birth in Makati: how hard did it hit your wallet?

250k pesos for the mom, split into 150k hospital bill, 60k OB-GYN and 44k anesthesiologist 100,000 for the baby (2 days in NICU, 5 days in the regular nursery) Good luck

Congratulations 🎉🍾🎈

Get yourselves back to the NHS 😂 job done.

125k at Lakeview, Binangonan. C-section.

We were assured a natural birth was on the cards, but that night the contractions got severe and suddenly we were rushed to Taguig medical centre. I was left in a corridor with no access to any medical staff, and a few hours later I was told it had been a C-section and it was a healthy boy. Total cost was around 280,000 pesos. Three days in a room for observation, midwife fees and so on. You'll spend more than that on nappies.

Where would you go to give birth that's cheaper? I haven't given birth in the Philippines, but from what friends tell me it costs between 70k and 200k. The higher end is for a C-section. Does your wife realize you have to see an OB-GYN throughout the pregnancy, and that same OB-GYN delivers the baby? The hospitals you can go to are limited to where the doctor practices. You can't just go off somewhere to have the baby. I mean, you can do it the indigent way: line up at the local health centre where check-ups are free, give birth at a lying-in clinic and go home a few hours later. But there are risks, and if you can afford it, surely you wouldn't go that route.

They love C-sections here. A nasty American habit, (sometimes there's a reason) but often with no justification... it does bump up the bill, though.