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August 2026
- Health insurance during pregnancy in Argentina: what actually worksWhy travel policies don’t cover childbirth or the newborn, what prepagas offer by law and in practice, what public hospitals charge in 2026 and how to protect yourself.

- Where to give birth in Buenos Aires: private clinics and public hospitalsHow to choose: neonatal ICU, the doctor and their team, what the contract must cover, C-section and epidural, your birth partner, the clinic tour and public hospital rules in 2026.

- How to prepare for birth in Buenos Aires: the flight, the fit-to-fly note, your records and first daysA week-by-week plan: when to fly and what airlines require, the fit-to-fly certificate, your pregnancy record and translations, what to pack and your first days.

- Giving birth at Sanatorio Mater Dei: the renovated Palermo maternityA Palermo maternity fully renovated in 2025 and breaking birth records in 2026. Rooms, delivery rooms, NICU, birth registration and payment for foreigners — from the clinic and La Nación.

February 2026
- Giving birth at Sanatorio Otamendi: maternity, NICU and registrationOne of Buenos Aires’ largest private maternity units: more than 3,000 births a year, water birth, a strong NICU and birth registration in the building. What is known and what to check.

- Giving birth at Hospital Alemán: maternity, NICU and registrationOne of Recoleta’s best-known private hospitals: its own mother-and-child centre, high-complexity NICU, on-site birth registration and an international office. What is known and what to check.

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