February Valentines 2012 - We have our first Valentines!

[geogem]

hi ladies,

finally got a decent nights sleep last night!! yay - lets hope it lasts!!

in all fairness I think we are pretty luck having the NHS - we dont pay alot out of of salary and its not bad, just not sooo efficient either but i have never had any problems with them.

only popped in quick to check in, will speak later. x

 

[lilrojo]

Hey ladies.. dont you ladies in the us get prenatal care 100% covered.. im in the us and blue cross blue shield and prenatal tests and scans are covered 100%... the only thing i have had to pay for is my second set of hcg testing since i have had 2mc's prior to this pregnancy.. and i will pay for my flu shot..but thats all.. our monthly ins is high though at 602 a month for 3 of us..

COngrats on the blue and pink bumps..

8 days till my 20 week scan..

 

[nightkd]

I think I'm just going to get a cosleeper before baby is born, $100 on Walmart's website... I've got crib etc on our baby registry, but the only thing anyone bought from there with Evey was a highchair (which is great and really handy now, but there were things we needed more when she was tiny...) so I'm not getting my hopes up that anyone will buy anything we actually need....

With E's crib, I kept my eye out for sales and jumped as soon as I found a crib I liked at a reasonable price It's a convertible one also.

MIL got her mattress used last time (apparently that's okay, as long as you have a full waterproof cover on it, which we do..) so that's another thing we are going to have to figure into the budget eventually...

We're hoping to qualify for Medicaid atm... We are barely below their max for a family of four, so we'll see... It would help a LOT though!

 

[Guppy051708]

Hey ladies.. dont you ladies in the us get prenatal care 100% covered.. im in the us and blue cross blue shield and prenatal tests and scans are covered 100%... the only thing i have had to pay for is my second set of hcg testing since i have had 2mc's prior to this pregnancy.. and i will pay for my flu shot..but thats all.. our monthly ins is high though at 602 a month for 3 of us..

..

....sort of. but kind of not..so the deal is its "covered" however, we still have to pay our deductable and our coinsurance ($400 deductable PP/ $1500 coinsurance PP). So actually i just paid $60 on my ultrasound It doesn't matter what you get, each person, in our family has to pay $400 off the top before insurance kicks in (this doesn't count the premium of $500-$600 per month). Then after i get that $400, if i go in network i have to pay 20% of the bill until i pay $1500. If i go out of network, then my coinsurance jumps up to $2500PP and i have to pay 80% of my bill. So, they dont cover it persay, they do so long as i pay for it ...we have blue cross blue shielf of Mass. ....every policy is different! It covers really well but its dang expensive!


Can't wait till your scan!!!

Gonna go pain another coat!

 

[tiggertea]

I do agree that when the NHS works, it works well. And we are very lucky to have anything like that in place. I've just been failed by it too many times not to jump at the chance for a rant at how I've had to pay for a good service.

 

[tiger]

kelly - sorry its a bit late lol !
to be honest, the thought hardly crosses my mind. its not like there is a snake in every garden or anything. but to be on the safe side, i just dont let jesse go playing near bushes etc. ive been living in north queensland for 15 months now and this place is notorious for deadly snakes, and ive seen 1 green tree snake, 1 brown snake and only recently 2 rock pythons(but to be fair, i was on a bush walk to see the pythons)
as for spiders, im terrified of them and have a huge phobia so i just dont let jesse go near them.

also all this talk of insurance confuses me. we dont have insurance here, not many people do. anything that is done at a hospital ie scans/chiro/physio at hospital depts is free because of the health system and we pay about $20 per month through our electricity.
also medicare (ur NHS i think?!?!?!) covers MOST things, but not all.

ok ladies - i have my specialist appt next wednesday and they want to book me in for another scan im so excited! i hope they do it !

 

[tiger]

oh and 20 weeks yesterday

 

[swanxxsong]

Aw, congrats RealMe on the bump!

LilRojo, you're lucky! lol. I have lots of copays and deductibles and I have decent insurance (Aetna) but I still haven't had much luck in getting off without paying at least something for every appointment thus far. xD Ah well, she's definitely worth it!

 

[lilrojo]

It is pretty crazy how different insurance is in different places.. we do have to pay our deductable but all the necessary prenatal is 100% covered.. but like the birth i will have to pay about 3000... my deductible will start over in Jan with it being the new year so 1500 for me and 1500 for the baby.. but babies are worth the cost for sure..

Hope your all doing well.. anyone have any hints for dealing with heartburn.. mine seems to be flaring up pretty bad.. that and my sciatic nerve.. i hate to whine but at some moments its seems all i can do..

 

[RJ2]

Hi Ladies,

as usual I've been away for a bit and there is so much reading to catch up on but I'll try my best. I hope everyone has been doing well and if you haven't I hope your luck changes and things start improving soon.

 

[swanxxsong]

LilRojo - for heartburn, I was taking non-stop Tums. My doctor said that if I ended up taking more than 4-6 a day or that the Tums stopped helping, then to let her know and she'd put me on something stronger. Thankfully, within a week after asking her about it, the heartburn has stopped again. So if you're having issues with it, I'd say ring the doctor if Tums aren't helping, as they may be able to give you a more helpful remedy.

 

[saphire76]

Heartburn means lots of hair lol. I lived w a Costco size bottle and u would not believe the amount of hair Jonas had. He had a 1st haircut at 3 months and every month after. I believe that wives tale.

 

[KellyC75]

kelly - sorry its a bit late lol !
to be honest, the thought hardly crosses my mind. its not like there is a snake in every garden or anything. but to be on the safe side, i just dont let jesse go playing near bushes etc. ive been living in north queensland for 15 months now and this place is notorious for deadly snakes, and ive seen 1 green tree snake, 1 brown snake and only recently 2 rock pythons(but to be fair, i was on a bush walk to see the pythons)
as for spiders, im terrified of them and have a huge phobia so i just dont let jesse go near them.

Thanks for replying I know im being silly, but I keep having thoughts like 'why dont I stay here, where spiders dont hurt you'

But then I look at the reasons we are going & know that its the right thing...Im sure that spiders and snakes arent as bad as I think (I hope! )

Heartburn means lots of hair lol. I lived w a Costco size bottle and u would not believe the amount of hair Jonas had. He had a 1st haircut at 3 months and every month after. I believe that wives tale.

Thats what everyone said to me, I suuffered so bad with heartburn, used to lay awake at night, drinking gaviscon striaght from the bottle! & I couldnt wait to see all this hair that my Daughter should have

She had a very fine sprinkling of hair!

 

[TeQuiero]

Ladies, I know it sounds weird, but when I was pregnant with Tony (DS2) I had TERRIBLE heartburn and the only thing that really helped was some lemonade!! I guess something about the different acid working against the stomach acid helped....

 

[Junebugs]

Ladies, I know it sounds weird, but when I was pregnant with Tony (DS2) I had TERRIBLE heartburn and the only thing that really helped was some lemonade!! I guess something about the different acid working against the stomach acid helped....

Good to know, i will try that! Oh now i want some lemonade sooooo bad.... it sounds sooo good......LOL

 

[swanxxsong]

Oooh thanks for the tip TeQuiero! I love lemonade so I will try that next time! My heartburn comes and goes - I'll have a few weeks without before the daily attacks begin again. So right now, I'm in an off-period.

How is everything going with the move Kelly? I'd be nervous too; all new things to which you must adjust, but I'm sure everything will be wonderful! And thankfully Tiger can give some first-hand reassurances. We have our share of creepies here, but I try to pretend they don't exist and avoid hunting them out unless I want to kill them.

 

[lilrojo]

Thanks for the tips ladies.. i shall try some lemonade first.. then at a last resort go to the tums.. i have been avoiding tums but seems the heartburn is here about every day now.. and i had it bad with my dd and she had a good amount of hair too.. so i too believe the wives tale...

Only one week to go for my scan.. seems to be coming fast now.. im excited, im sure you ladies are too since many of yours are over for now.. cant believe im almost halfway done.. seems to be flying by now..

Oh and Yay for mango day...

 

[KellyC75]

How is everything going with the move Kelly? I'd be nervous too; all new things to which you must adjust, but I'm sure everything will be wonderful! And thankfully Tiger can give some first-hand reassurances. We have our share of creepies here, but I try to pretend they don't exist and avoid hunting them out unless I want to kill them.

Its hard work trying to arrange everything, especially with a LO thats into everything! Thanks for asking

 

[geogem]

Hi guys,

I have used copious amounts of Gaviscon in my previous 2 pregnancies and just got a nice large bottle from the docs yesterday (as its free in the uk when pregnant) as it has started with a vengeance again!!

the hair thing is a complete myth tho, Lewis was born with 4 1/2 inches of gorgeous hair and Blake born with next to none and had bad heartburn with both!!

I

 

[nightkd]

It is pretty crazy how different insurance is in different places.. we do have to pay our deductable but all the necessary prenatal is 100% covered.. but like the birth i will have to pay about 3000... my deductible will start over in Jan with it being the new year so 1500 for me and 1500 for the baby.. but babies are worth the cost for sure..

Hope your all doing well.. anyone have any hints for dealing with heartburn.. mine seems to be flaring up pretty bad.. that and my sciatic nerve.. i hate to whine but at some moments its seems all i can do..

Wow... That's about how much I paid for DD's birth UNinsured!! :O Well, a little bit more several months afterwards when they decided to bill us for the Drs... For my stay and the epidural and other pharmaceuticals I picked up during the couple of days afterwards we paid just under $2k... For DD's stay it was like $300 or something...

The Drs however were $3800 (anesthesiologist and MW (billed as OBGYN))... Plus of course we paid $2300 for MY MWs for the planned homebirth and prenatal care...

Heartburn I dealt with last time and this time with Zantac.. That's the only thing that will work for me. Last time I was taking the higher dose, as it was worse and during the first tri, so making me really sick... This time I'm taking the lower dose as and when. Gaviscon liquid made me sick (again, it was the first trimester, so that's probably why!) and Tums just didn't help for me.

I find it's worse when my tummy is getting empty. I also read that you should eat legumes (beans etc) to neutralize the acid...

Ah, found the link:

https://www.karenhurd.com/concern_morning_sickness.html

It's more about morning sickness, but I've found beans can help with general acidicness for me. It may just be eating SOMETHING fulfilling, rather than what it is.. But hey, this is an interesting article!