Father charged to hold his baby for the first time

Father charged to hold his baby for the first time

One of the joys of being a new parent is being able to hold your child for the first time after delivery.

Hospital bill

After the long months of anticipation and wondering how the baby will look, being afforded the opportunity to finally get to hold him/her is priceless.


But one dad was unfortunately made to pay for this experience. Ryan Grassley took to Reddit to share his shock at receiving a medical bill, stating that he has to fork out a whopping $39.35 (about R550) for skin-to-skin contact with his newborn baby.

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“I had to pay $39.35 to hold my baby after he was born,” he wrote on Reddit.

I had to pay $39.35 to hold my baby after he was born.

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