Updated Birth Packages From Thai Hospitals

[torrenova]

My missus has made good friends with a girl across the road who is about 4 months pregnant. Her boyfriend is not computer savvy so I said I would ask about recent experiences of birth packages as many hospitals do not put them on the internet.

Primarily looking at Pattaya but perhaps Bangkok as well I would like to know what you paid, what the agreed price was and how you obtained the information. This last part is particularly important as I believe that a different price will be quoted if a westerner asks as opposed to a Thai asking for a presumed Thai-Thai baby.

Also please include any comments about additional costs and complications which affected your price.

Many thanks.

[VitalGirl]

My missus has made good friends with a girl across the road who is about 4 months pregnant. Her boyfriend is not computer savvy so I said I would ask about recent experiences of birth packages as many hospitals do not put them on the internet.

Primarily looking at Pattaya but perhaps Bangkok as well I would like to know what you paid, what the agreed price was and how you obtained the information. This last part is particularly important as I believe that a different price will be quoted if a westerner asks as opposed to a Thai asking for a presumed Thai-Thai baby.

Also please include any comments about additional costs and complications which affected your price.

Many thanks.

On our first visit to the (Thai woman) obstetrician at the hospital, we aksed and she spelled out all the possible costs for us in incredible detail. Obviously huge variation depending on what you "order". We ended up with a 26 hour natural labour in the natural birthing suite at Chiang Mai Ram #1 (top hospital here), a rushed mega emergency C section (impending uterine rupture), 6 days in a private suite with all meals and newspapers (husband and bubs rooming in), specialist genetic test for my dsugther (doctor insisted any baby born to a woman over 25 might have downs syndrome or worse) pediatric visits and lactation support - all up come to a bit over 42,000 baht but my Thai husband asked for a discount (shameless, aren't they?) and they happily let us ;ay only 37,000. That was just over 3 years ago. I know another western woman who had a relatively smooth natural delivery here at the Lanna hospital and only stayed in for 3 days and paid less than 10,000 baht.

Hope that helps...