Private births

We looked at paying private in the uk, and this hospital came up, but we live up north and we have opted for a home birth, for minimal intervention etc. we have probs spent £1000 on prep for our homebirth maybe a bit more, as our doula is a family friend and won’t take money so where buying her vintage cases of wine etc,
If your looking at it for a more intimate and special experience I would recommend just home birthing with a nhs team on side a doula from £500-£1500, and you can hire a private midwife for like £3-5k to do everything if you want.
As soon as you go into private maternity it’s double what I’ve quoted above and more, and still a hospital setting. Unless you’re spending a lot of money on the luxury birthing suites or whatever there called now. I just found it a lot of money for why it is. Xx

I understand private can be better also, the nhs couldn’t do much when my husband ankle was completely shattered, but spire where fab, they had the best doctor on the job on a bed for me etc, nice room, brought us meals we wanted, actual food like salads and steak. Same when the nhs for oncology for my friend was literally useless,but she cured incurable cancer in Germany and private clinics!
However with birthing, it seems to cost a lot for what you get here, that’s just my view, and there is literally London hospitals that’s it x