ya, man! My bill swell up to 13k (or was it 17K can't remember) !
Mainly bcos of the long wait in the delivery ward, the 5 tubes of epidural, the emergency c-section + the natural delivery + vacuum + induce (i had EVERYTHING! u name it, i had it!). But also due to i had mine in Mt E and was stayin in the single bedder, hubby stay over as well and since mine is considered "complicated" labour, i had to stay slightly longer in the hosp after delivery
I started having contractions at 7pm Monday nite, got admitted the next day at 5-6am, waited in the delivery ward for 2 days (bcos dilation was very very slow due to OP position), doc burst the bag manually, injection to induce further, waited again until fully dilated, doc cut below (yes! I got 2 places cut! below and c-section area!) and i tried to push, cannot come out, doc use vacuum, and push, again cannot come out, so doc say baby under distress, need to go emergency c-section. Baby finally come out on Wednes morning 9am and the c-section only took 15min (according to my hubby since i on GA) for them to take baby out.
I had epidural (used abt 5 tubes in total, one after another since it was a long long wait) after the pain was unbearable after the 1st induce (using tablet insertion). By the time i fully dilate, want to push, i can't feel one side of my legs(numb) that my hubby has to help me hold my tat leg so that i can push.
Sorry gals, not to scare u but my true life encounter is quite an extreme case.. so don't worry too much abt yours.