Multiple Arizona couples are looking for ways to recover the money they paid upfront to Babymoon Inns after both birthing center locations closed suddenly this summer.
As Ariel Trufin prepares the nursery for her first child who is due in October, she tells ABC15 she is “super excited” and wants the gender of the baby to be a surprise. She and her husband George Trufin could use a good surprise after the shock they went through this summer.
“The journey has been eventful,” Ariel said.
Ariel was supposed to get prenatal care and deliver her baby at Babymoon Inn. It’s a birthing center in Phoenix where midwives have provided full-service maternity care for more than a decade.
“It felt very warm and welcoming,” George said.
The Trufins signed the services agreement in April. Since they weren’t using insurance, they wrote a personal check for the full fee, nearly $7,000.
“We just recently got out of debt, and we didn’t want to put it on a credit card or anything like that,” said George. “They had the option of, if you pay in full, it’s almost 20% off.”