How much money do you need to prepare to have a child?

With prices rising day by day and it being difficult to make a living, you really need to think twice before having a child! For a family, having a child requires energy and is also very expensive. So how much does it cost to have a baby? This needs to be divided into three stages: pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum. Let's calculate from the two stages of pregnancy and hospitalization for childbirth.

Pregnancy expenses

1. Check-up fee at the hospital:

First: From the moment you discover you are pregnant, you need to have a blood test and B-ultrasound, to the checkup and card creation in the third month of pregnancy.

After the third month of pregnancy, a pregnancy check-up is required every two months.

After the seventh month, check once a month; from the eighth month onwards, check once every two weeks.

Check once a week from 9 months old.

The total inspection is about ten times, and the basic cost is 100 yuan per time, so ten times is 1,000 yuan;

In addition, there are Down syndrome screening (approximately 1,000-1,200 yuan, different hospitals have different charges), major fetal malformation screening (200-400 yuan, different hospitals have different charges), blood sugar test (300-500 yuan, different hospitals have different charges), and the cost of three additional major tests is 1,500-2,100 yuan.

Therefore, the cost of going to the hospital for prenatal check-ups is about 2500-3100, which is the actual price;

Secondly: Because there are many patients in the hospital, it is inevitable that the pregnancy test will take up the entire day, and you need to go to the hospital to eat lunch and other additional expenses, which is 50 yuan each time, and 500 yuan for ten times;

Statistical analysis: The cost of going to the hospital for examination is 3,000-3,600 yuan

2. Increased clothing expenses during pregnancy:

During the entire pregnancy, the changes in body shape, weight gain, and breast size are quite large, and may even differ by a large size. Clothes will not fit well and will be uncomfortable to wear, which is also bad for health. Therefore, it is inevitable to add some maternity clothes, underwear and other types of clothing.

Maternity clothing plus 3 sets, 100 yuan per piece, totaling 300 yuan;

For underwear, add 2 sizes, 3 pieces of each size, 40 yuan per piece, totaling 240 yuan;

Other uncertain clothes, totaling 160 yuan;

Statistical analysis: Adding clothes during pregnancy costs 700 yuan

3. Nutritional supplement during pregnancy:

Because of pregnancy, the so-called "one person eats for two", it is inevitable that the nutritional cost is higher than the meal cost. Some people eat baby formula throughout pregnancy, and some take calcium tablets, vitamin tablets, etc. throughout pregnancy. These are not counted for the time being. We only count the basic expenses, plus the expenses of vegetables, fruits, meat, and milk.

2 eggs a day, 2 yuan; vegetables, 10 yuan; meat, 20 yuan; a bottle of milk in the morning, noon and evening, 6 yuan, other things, 12 yuan, a day's expenditure is 50 yuan, and the pregnancy period is 270 days;

Statistical analysis: Food expenses during pregnancy are 13,500 yuan

4 In general, the total expenses during pregnancy are: (3000-3600) 700 13500= (17200-17800) yuan, that is: approximately (17200-17800) yuan will be spent during pregnancy.