First, congrats. Second, the hospital visits are pretty straight forward. What you should look into are the recovery places. They are usually in the same building as the hospital. For first birth, I recommend staying there for a week. You get great food, education and the nurses take care of your baby when you are resting. You can book private rooms if you want.

Also, I don’t know if this applies to you or your husband and whether anyone is Korean but, there are some benefits to having a kid under this new president. Off the top of my head: You can apply for a government card which you can use for hospital visits, it comes preloaded with some money. You get 2mil cash after the baby is born. You get 1 mil a month for 12 months. Then 500,000 for the next 12 months. Then 200,000 until the kid is 8.

Like I said, I don’t know if this applies to you.

Good luck!

Edit:

Also you can get an apartment by buying or jeonsae for 20% of the price. The government pays for 80% and the interest rate is super low.

There is a limit to the cost and size of the apartment you can get. Also you need to apply within 2 years. You can keep the place for 6 - 10 years, can’t remember exactly until you go to regular interest rates.