Hi and congrats on your pregnancy.

I too had my 1st born in a Private Hospital and loved every bit of it. My baby was born 4 weeks early via C/S due to complications with me and he spent 4 days in the special care nursery. I loved the fact that I had a private room and that my DH could come and go whenever he pleased. He often didn't come in until 9 or 10 at night and would stay until 1 or 2 in the morning due to his work etc.
Yes it cost us some money to go private but that didn't bother us.My Ob charged about $170 for initial visit and then I was bulk billed until 20 weeks and then I had to pay $1800 and got 80% back through Medicare. I paid for my scans and blood tests and claimed those back through Medicare too. It then cost me $200 excess to stay in the hospital and my health fund covered everything there ie theatre fee, anathesist(sp)special care nursery for DS and 1 week stay for me.

If I didn't have complications I think I would still go Private but thats just my personal opinion. Good luck with whichever way you decide to go