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Do you have to pay to hold your newborn in the US? Land of the free indeed
Yes. For caesarean they do. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doula-explains-why-hospital-cha...
“During a caesarean, many people become shaky, nauseous, uncomfortable, even faint,” Grant explained. “These are normal physiological reactions. In order to facilitate skin to skin in the OR, an extra nurse needs to be available to assist.”Earlier quoted context omitted.
It should not be charged at all IMHO. And it should be a right of the parents to hold their newborn in the moment they enter this world.
OP was being sarcastic. “Skin-to-skin” contact with mum is the very first thing they do after child birth, and continue recommending for the entire stay.
Based on this, expect US hospital prices for that service to go up.
Do you have to pay to hold your newborn in the US? Land of the free indeed
https://www.vox.com/2016/10/4/13160624/medical-bills-birth-d...
"Skin to Skin after C-Sec" $39.95
[C-Sec here means Caesarean section, a relatively safe surgical procedure to delivery a baby via an incision in the mother's abdomen. Although mostly safe, and certainly preferable to situations where vaginal delivery would incur an undue risk to mother or baby, C-Section is undesirable because it increases the rate of complications both that time, and in any subsequent pregnancy. But it's very common in the US, for a variety of reasons.]
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Do you have to pay to hold your newborn in the US? Land of the free indeed
Medical is probably the single most regulated industry in the US. The US landed at the worst possible system where the government mostly only pays for medical for old people (where the returns on expenditures are very low), but simultaneously interferes a lot with hospitals and insurance in ways that make the process very punishing for everyone. You can get much better service for way less money if you avoid the red…
They’ve all gone well for us, so I recommend them from that point of view, but on the other hand, I don’t recommend them because I’d hate to have any hand in a situation that went wrong for someone else.
Our last we actually delivered on our own because the midwifes didn’t get to us in time.
Our baby arrived 10 weeks premature and although it wasn't immediately after birth (as I'll explain why below), the hospital strongly encouraged the kangaroo care as mentioned in the article, which mom did daily until we could take our baby home.
In a week it will be a full year since birth and the baby is in no way behind developmentally compared to other 10 month olds (when adjusting age due to prematurity). So although anecdotal, I can believe this can be a very helpful practice.
Due to arriving mid-pandemic and because neither of us had COVID tests prior to the unexpectedly premature birth, we weren't allowed to visit the baby in the NICU until our tests came back negative, which was about 30 hours later. I wasn't even allowed to be with mom during delivery, but the doctor did allow me to see the baby for a couple of minutes from a distance and under the proviso that I touched nothing in the NICU (including things like walls, windows, doors, handles, etc).
Anyway, somewhat superfluous information at the end there, but it was quite an experience and I'm just happy everything turned out fine.
Based on this, expect US hospital prices for that service to go up.
Who charges? We just had our second and they didn't charge at all. Gave the nurses/midwives a chance to make more ready..... And this was at Major CT Hospital.
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OP was being sarcastic. “Skin-to-skin” contact with mum is the very first thing they do after child birth, and continue recommending for the entire stay.
there's a lot of stories / examples about this an item in the hospital bills .
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Medical is probably the single most regulated industry in the US. The US landed at the worst possible system where the government mostly only pays for medical for old people (where the returns on expenditures are very low), but simultaneously interferes a lot with hospitals and insurance in ways that make the process very punishing for everyone. You can get much better service for way less money if you avoid the red…
We’ve had 2 home births now. And the 1st birth was nearly a homebirth too. They’ve all gone well for us, so I recommend them from that point of view, but on the other hand, I don’t recommend them because I’d hate to have any hand in a situation that went wrong for someone else. Our last we actually delivered on our own because the midwifes didn’t get to us in time.
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Do you have to pay to hold your newborn in the US? Land of the free indeed
Sure https://www.vox.com/2016/10/4/13160624/medical-bills-birth-d... "Skin to Skin after C-Sec" $39.95 [C-Sec here means Caesarean section, a relatively safe surgical procedure to delivery a baby via an incision in the mother's abdomen. Although mostly safe, and certainly preferable to situations where vaginal delivery would incur an undue risk to mother or baby, C-Section is undesirable because it increases the rate…
how long until they try to give everyone the best service according to their budget. one arm holding 30$, two arms 40$, full cuddle 70$