Ivy--I'm sorry about your insurance. 
It's just not fair.
Our insurance is the only one my midwife knows of that won't accept her as an out of network provider. It makes me so angry. And to top it off, we got a letter from the back-up doctor's office informing us that if we chose hospital birth with our insurance we would owe....$350. Can you believe that??? And we would only have to pay one co-pay total for all visits, nothing for ultrasounds, etc. All prenatal care would be free.
We spent our entire tax return (thank God we had that just in time!) to pay for the midwife, otherwise we'd never have been able to afford a homebirth. It's worth it, but it still stings a little to think of all that money we desperately needed and could have saved if I was willing to give birth in the hospital again.
Our old insurance would have covered the homebirth partially, but we had to switch when my DH got a job with Toyota. The new insurance is way better for medical things, but doesn't accept my midwife or any homebirth stuff.
By the way, DH's job is constantly up in the air now because of all these recalls. He's a temp, you have to be a temp for two years before you can apply for permanent. The temps are of course always the first to get laid off, and they have already started laying off some of them--but so far it's just the temps with attendance or disciplinary issues. My DH never, ever misses work luckily.
I feel like we're just sitting around holding our breath waiting. It would suck for him to be unemployed with a brand new baby. Too much stress to handle. The last time he lost his job (to no fault of his own) this past fall we used up what little savings we had. This time we would be completely screwed and have no way to pay bills or mortgage unless he got another job again instantly. We can't save any money because he makes exactly enough to pay the bills as a temp worker. (Regular employees get paid nearly twice as much, so if he can just make it another year or so when he can be hired on...we'd be set.)
Dhinderliter--My midwife would tell you to take Floradix and to also take chlorophyll. Twice the dosage the bottle of chlorophyll says unless you get lovely green diarrhea, then take a little less. If you put the chlorophyll in orange juice (and don't look at it while drinking) then you won't even know it's there.
I did that after I bled very badly (talking pools of gushing blood, emergency d&c) from my miscarriage and it worked very fast! My iron was back to normal in less than a week. I'm planning on taking that regimen after the birth just for good measure because it made me feel so much healthier all around.
It's just not fair.Our insurance is the only one my midwife knows of that won't accept her as an out of network provider. It makes me so angry. And to top it off, we got a letter from the back-up doctor's office informing us that if we chose hospital birth with our insurance we would owe....$350. Can you believe that??? And we would only have to pay one co-pay total for all visits, nothing for ultrasounds, etc. All prenatal care would be free.
We spent our entire tax return (thank God we had that just in time!) to pay for the midwife, otherwise we'd never have been able to afford a homebirth. It's worth it, but it still stings a little to think of all that money we desperately needed and could have saved if I was willing to give birth in the hospital again.
Our old insurance would have covered the homebirth partially, but we had to switch when my DH got a job with Toyota. The new insurance is way better for medical things, but doesn't accept my midwife or any homebirth stuff.
By the way, DH's job is constantly up in the air now because of all these recalls. He's a temp, you have to be a temp for two years before you can apply for permanent. The temps are of course always the first to get laid off, and they have already started laying off some of them--but so far it's just the temps with attendance or disciplinary issues. My DH never, ever misses work luckily.
I feel like we're just sitting around holding our breath waiting. It would suck for him to be unemployed with a brand new baby. Too much stress to handle. The last time he lost his job (to no fault of his own) this past fall we used up what little savings we had. This time we would be completely screwed and have no way to pay bills or mortgage unless he got another job again instantly. We can't save any money because he makes exactly enough to pay the bills as a temp worker. (Regular employees get paid nearly twice as much, so if he can just make it another year or so when he can be hired on...we'd be set.)
Dhinderliter--My midwife would tell you to take Floradix and to also take chlorophyll. Twice the dosage the bottle of chlorophyll says unless you get lovely green diarrhea, then take a little less. If you put the chlorophyll in orange juice (and don't look at it while drinking) then you won't even know it's there.
I did that after I bled very badly (talking pools of gushing blood, emergency d&c) from my miscarriage and it worked very fast! My iron was back to normal in less than a week. I'm planning on taking that regimen after the birth just for good measure because it made me feel so much healthier all around.
your way!
our insurance/health care system!!
to all the mommas with house/finance issues. We're scraping money out of our student loan payments because our house has been on the market since November with no takers, so we're doing 2 mortgages. It's totally sick that our insurance system isn't better.
DH left them out on the counter and I was sick of the meltdown every time we passed. Oh well - at least I knew I wasn't going to get Mother of the Year award, certainly not while pregnant.
enjoy your hair appt! i think i'm going to make one - i know the split ends showing up are only going to multiply, and i can't imagine when i'll get back after the baby is here...
) my face is a little chubbier.. but that's it. Yesterday at the MW, though, her scale said 35lbs total and only 5 in the past 2 weeks. Phew. Edit: Obviously I also have a large basketball tummy to show for it, as well. Silly me.
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