You’re having a baaabbbbyyyyy!! The news can obviously be the greatest news of your life – but then – here come the bills. A new study looked at the cost of childbirth in all 50 states to determine where having a child is relatively a bargain and where having a child is Massachusetts.

Body Nest, a California company that makes pregnancy pillows, crunched the data and spit out a master list of states ranking them from least expensive states to most expensive states to have a baby in. We’ll give you the Top 10 in each category and spoiler: the news ain’t great for Massachusetts…

To get their data Body Nest added together rent increase, infant childcare, and childbirth cost.

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #10

  GEORGIA
  Total Average Cost: $17,787

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #9

  NEW MEXICO
  Total Average Cost: $17,304

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #8

  IDAHO
  Total Average Cost: $17,149

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #7

  SOUTH DAKOTA
  Total Average Cost: $17,066

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #6

  SOUTH CAROLINA
  Total Average Cost: $16,112

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #5

  LOUISIANA
  Total Average Cost: $16,012

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #4

  ARKANSAS
  Total Average Cost: $15,470

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #3

  KENTUCKY
  Total Average Cost: $15,450

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #2

  MISSISSIPPI
  Total Average Cost: $14,748

• LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #1

  ALABAMA
  Total Average Cost: $14,130

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #10

  MARYLAND
  Total Average Cost: $26,148

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #9

  COLORADO
  Total Average Cost: $26,311

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #8

  WISCONSIN
  Total Average Cost: $26,386

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #7

  HAWAII
  Total Average Cost: $26,498

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #6

  MINNESOTA
  Total Average Cost: $26,634

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #5

  NEW JERSEY
  Total Average Cost: $26,693

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #4

  CONNECTICUT
  Total Average Cost: $27,979

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #3

  ALASKA
  Total Average Cost: $29,192

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #2

  CALIFORNIA
  Total Average Cost: $29,695

• MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #1

  M A S S A C H U S E T T S ! ! !

  Total Average Cost: $34,689

  Not… even…… close. 🙁

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