I’m in New Zealand, have a six month old son, we paid $0 from finding out she was pregnant up until going home after she stayed three days in the hospital to ge

I’m in New Zealand, have a six month old son, we paid $0 from finding out she was pregnant up until going home after she stayed three days in the hospital to get comfortable with feeding him (there were no complications, no caesarean). All checkups + scans pre-birth were free. It would have cost money only if we decided to go for a private obstetrician, I think it’s the same in Australia. So if it’s one of the 90% of births with no complications, going for the free public option just makes sense.