...it may just be hormonal, but I called medi-cal options 2 days ago and asked if they had me in the computer system as swtiched over to blue cross so that I could start looking for someone at alta bates or sutter delta to deliver me. They said I would be switched over as of Aug 1st. Okay, that isn't to bad, so I started calling OB's to see who took medi-cal and I must've called like 20 and no one does. Those that do are not taking patients until Oct and that is when I am due.
So I called back to see if I could just stay on county medi-cal and not switch to blue cross but they said I'd have to fill out the papers again and send them in and after they receive them it'll be 15-45 days before I'll be "active" on this plan again, but until then I could see someone on Blue Crosses plan.
I don't know what to do. I don't know what hospital is best. When I do searches or ask people it comes down to who your OB is and your relationship to your OB, which I don't have! I'm just so tired! I tried asking if there was any way to expidite the paperwork because I was already at 30 weeks but I guess they just assume if I 'm on medi-cal that I'll take any OB and it doesn't matter if we are a good match or not.
So basically after my dr. appointment today, I have to find a new OB and decide if I want to deliver at Sutter Delta or Alta Bates, if I can even find an OB who will take me at this point. Or I can switch back to County health plan, and meanwhile, I don't know what I'll do while I wait for the insurance to kick in. I obviously can't afford to be billed for it out of my own pocket, even though I know that is what he will expect me to do. He keeps telling me not to worry about it, meanwhile I'm still not 100% sure that I can trust him to allow me to try for the VBAC I want.
To answer a few questions from a few posts back...I am considered Gestational diabetic. I had it before with my 1st, but there is debate amonst my doctors on if i've been diabetic all along, or if it came back after my 1st birth (cuz I was told that it did go away) or if its just Gestational again. I tested really early and had really high readings for my 1st 2 hours from the 3 hour test. I feel fairly comfortable giving myself the insulin injections and since I've been medicating myself for the last two months, I've had to take on the responsibility of it...in the sense that the last center provided me with enough insulin and supplies to get through 2 months and instructed me on how to adjust my doses if I needed.
I don't know what kind of diabetic I am. I just know that I'm way more stressed out about all of this than I should be and it scares me! I know its risky. I do, but I still want to try for the vbac. I want to do a trial of labor and I want to avoid a c-section if at all possible. I'm willing to schedule a c-section at 41 weeks, if it comes to it, and I'm willing to let them knock me out if an emergency c-sec becomes necessary. I just want to feel supported and I don't feel it at all. I feel like the medical community is against me. Thank goodness we didn't loose our insurance any later, I wouldn't have any choices at all. My heart goes out to all the women who are in similar situations as this. No one should be put through this. no one!
So I called back to see if I could just stay on county medi-cal and not switch to blue cross but they said I'd have to fill out the papers again and send them in and after they receive them it'll be 15-45 days before I'll be "active" on this plan again, but until then I could see someone on Blue Crosses plan.
I don't know what to do. I don't know what hospital is best. When I do searches or ask people it comes down to who your OB is and your relationship to your OB, which I don't have! I'm just so tired! I tried asking if there was any way to expidite the paperwork because I was already at 30 weeks but I guess they just assume if I 'm on medi-cal that I'll take any OB and it doesn't matter if we are a good match or not.
So basically after my dr. appointment today, I have to find a new OB and decide if I want to deliver at Sutter Delta or Alta Bates, if I can even find an OB who will take me at this point. Or I can switch back to County health plan, and meanwhile, I don't know what I'll do while I wait for the insurance to kick in. I obviously can't afford to be billed for it out of my own pocket, even though I know that is what he will expect me to do. He keeps telling me not to worry about it, meanwhile I'm still not 100% sure that I can trust him to allow me to try for the VBAC I want.
To answer a few questions from a few posts back...I am considered Gestational diabetic. I had it before with my 1st, but there is debate amonst my doctors on if i've been diabetic all along, or if it came back after my 1st birth (cuz I was told that it did go away) or if its just Gestational again. I tested really early and had really high readings for my 1st 2 hours from the 3 hour test. I feel fairly comfortable giving myself the insulin injections and since I've been medicating myself for the last two months, I've had to take on the responsibility of it...in the sense that the last center provided me with enough insulin and supplies to get through 2 months and instructed me on how to adjust my doses if I needed.
I don't know what kind of diabetic I am. I just know that I'm way more stressed out about all of this than I should be and it scares me! I know its risky. I do, but I still want to try for the vbac. I want to do a trial of labor and I want to avoid a c-section if at all possible. I'm willing to schedule a c-section at 41 weeks, if it comes to it, and I'm willing to let them knock me out if an emergency c-sec becomes necessary. I just want to feel supported and I don't feel it at all. I feel like the medical community is against me. Thank goodness we didn't loose our insurance any later, I wouldn't have any choices at all. My heart goes out to all the women who are in similar situations as this. No one should be put through this. no one!
