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Jennifer Lopez spends $1.4 million giving birth
Categories: Pregnancy & Birth, Bump Watch, Celeb Kids, Celeb Parenting
It's been over 25 years since I gave birth, so I have no recollection of just how much it cost me to have that baby. But I think it would be a pretty safe bet to assume the number was in the thousands, nowhere near the $1.4 million Jennifer Lopez is said to have spent birthing her twins.
According to several sources online, the cost of giving birth in the U.S. averages just under $9,000. So, how do you stretch that number to $1.4 million? JLo did it by shelling out $700,000 for a luxury birthing suite, spending $300,000 on private doctors and nurses, adding on another $300,000 for security and topping it all off with $100,000 in salaries for personal assistants during her pregnancy.
Deduct that from the reported $6 million Lopez is being paid for exclusive pictures of her babies and she still ends up making a nice profit.
According to several sources online, the cost of giving birth in the U.S. averages just under $9,000. So, how do you stretch that number to $1.4 million? JLo did it by shelling out $700,000 for a luxury birthing suite, spending $300,000 on private doctors and nurses, adding on another $300,000 for security and topping it all off with $100,000 in salaries for personal assistants during her pregnancy.
Deduct that from the reported $6 million Lopez is being paid for exclusive pictures of her babies and she still ends up making a nice profit.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Karen 2-29-2008 @ 4:43PM
Wow! That is mind-boggling, considering I only paid $2000 including midwife fees, birthing kit, and assistant to have my homebirth in 2006.
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Carrie 2-29-2008 @ 7:26PM
Ditto. The most I ever spent was around 2K for my births. (First in hospital with certified nurse midwife, other 3 at home with private midwife.)
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Madison 3-01-2008 @ 10:33AM
Having my twins cost over a million dollars- thank god we had wonderful health insurance. Of course i had a ton of complications and the boys stayed in NICU for over two months.
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Michelle 3-01-2008 @ 9:01PM
Madison, My son was also a million dollar NICU baby, but insurance covered the bulk of it. I think the point is, JLo couldn't have a "normal" delivery like us peons. She had to have a "special" delivery, out of pocket. Ya know, the stork laying diamond-encrusted eggs and all that.
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