I just found out that it costs us as public patients only our clinic visits and any ultrasounds we choose to have. As it is a larger rural hospital we have a team of midwives and our chosen doc will attend even on his holidays!
We also can stay for as long as we like up to 5 days and DH can stay with me and bubs on a mattress on the floor the whole time. Also they only have 1 double room and that is only used for twins so that both parents and bubs etc fit in the one room which means we are guaranteed a private room!

Public is definitely the go for us.

Joy.