Juniper Olivia's birth story - warning, VERY LONG! - Page 3

[halaroo]

What a story! Glad you're home and resting and Juniper is nursing well now!

[francesca]

Oh my goodness Tanya! What an ordeal! I am so glad she is here safe and you are done. Congratulations on your beautiful baby and happy healing!

[Jazzmin]

Wow, what an amazing story! Sounds like you are one strong mama.

Congrats on your little girl. Love the name, btw

[blairinargentina]

WOW. not from your ddc but i just wanted to say congratulations on an amazing (if not what you planned) birth. i am so impressed with how composed you seemed, in the face of an extraordinarily hard birth. i had an emergency (very unplanned) c-section too, so i understand the pain of that unexpected event-- be kind to yourself mama and happy healing!

[eastvillage]

I am so impressed with you!

[knitted_in_the_wom]

Congrats on your baby! I'm glad that you were able to transfer with such little fuss.

Originally Posted by Kylahroo

6/09/08 (2 days old):

I could write an entire journal about our actual hospital stay! I’ll make it quick and short, though. We had expected to go home after 24 hours, but without signing out AMA (then insurance wouldn’t pay), we had to wait 48 hours.

Are you sure your insurance wouldn't pay, or is that just the scare tactic the hospital folks used to keep you from checking out? After all, it seems like you signed AMA forms on a bunch of other stuff...and fully expect your insurance to still pay. I think it would just be useful to have a discussion on that so that anyone who reads this thread might be more aware of their rights if they run into something like this.

I'm not sure what the legality is on forcing care in order to get insurance coverage...after all, it would seem to be akin to an insurance company telling a smoker "if you get lung cancer, we aren't paying" or telling an overweight person "if you get Type II diabetes, high BP, or heart disease, we aren't paying" because the behaviors that led to the illnesses are obviously "AMA."

[Kylahroo]

Originally Posted by knitted_in_the_wom

Are you sure your insurance wouldn't pay, or is that just the scare tactic the hospital folks used to keep you from checking out?

Yes, it's a scare tactic, but it's also true. My dh is a medical doctor and he uses this fact with his patients all of the time. So, yes, we were sure.