U.S. Mommies To Be

[southerngal2]

Tuesday would be PERFECT actually- we should have all of our stuff moved from one house to the next AND have the house cleaned out to turn in the keys...

Well I'm crossing my fingers for Tuesday!

 

[MissFox]

Thanks. Although April 1st wouldn't be a bad birthday I'm really just afraid of being so far away from the hospital and laboring like my sister (not likely, but still a chance). Her longest labor was 2 hrs and her other 2 were only 1.5 hours. Water breaks then contractions start and if it's only 1.5 hours there is a good chance we wont make it to the hospital from the new cabin.

 

[luckyme225]

That would be crazy, can you stay at the old house until you bring baby home?

 

[MissFox]

Not if she doesn't come by the 30th. Kinda a bummer situation but we were originally going to be able to stay with MIL for a week or so if we needed but that's not going to work out since she's no longer speaking to us (so much drama!)

 

[lisaf]

I remembered to ask my instructor about the home nurse thing. I guess its only available in SOUTHERN california. Its a program called WEB. They offer it to you when you're in the hospital and you get home visits from a nurse up to 9 months after the birth. The first visit is usually breastfeeding but other visits are to do a general check and make sure baby is meeting developmental milestones etc. You can stop the visits any time.
(its apparently funded by the tobacco taxes)

 

[heyyady]

Tobacco taxes???

 

[lisaf]

yeah, they added like 50 cents to the cost of a pack in taxes years ago.

 

[heyyady]

I just quit smoking a year ago- I'm quite aware OF the taxes- I'm just confused as to WHY they are paying for nurses and only in So Cal?

MissFox- I LOVE your picture! So Cute!

 

[DarlingMe]

It probably has to do with all the surgeon general warnings and risk for low birth weight with smoking and second hand smoke. I am sure the cigarette companies negotiated some deal in order to keep their prices down and keep the pregnancy warnings at bay!
BTW the podcast I listen out of San Diego is about pregnancy & talks about the visiting nurse sometimes and they make it sound like it is the whole state. I wonder if there are different programs in different counties or something based on the taxes?

 

[MissFox]

I was told there was a home visitor that would come out after birth- but I believe only once and they give you a number if you need more meetings.
Thanks!!! This is my favorite one so far (of the 3, lol) that I've gotten from the maternity shoot

 

[JNA]

All the conversation happens when im sleep lol. I have been wondering how on earth you pregnant ladies stay up so late but obviously im in a different time zone lol

I wish we had the nurse visit option over here in NC. Our healthcare system is focused more on profit than really taking care of people

Went in for an ultrasound this morning and once again could not see everything they wanted. Baby girl is stubborn and would not budge. Got a good look at her heart though and some cute pics

 

[JNA]

O yeah Miss fox your baby girl isnt coming till april 9th because she wants to be born on my birthday lol

 

[southerngal2]

Cute pics JNA!
And NO! The baby is coming on April 7! MY Birthday!

 

[JNA]

Cute pics JNA!
And NO! The baby is coming on April 7! MY Birthday!

Haha we shall see. Im sure miss fox prefers your bday lol

 

[MissFox]

April 7th IS my due date you know!

 

[JNA]

But its cool to be fashionably late hehe

 

[lisaf]

Lol, as for the visiting thing, it might be that different counties got to choose where their money went. I don't think taxes always make sense where they are spent, lol. Afterall, if all those taxes we pay on gasoline went into our infrastructure and roads, we'd never even know what a pothole was

I know there is a Healthy Familys thing in all of California which is for low-income or can give coverage to the baby until the baby can get on a parent's insurance etc. It mentions home visits too. The WEB thing is not income based though.

EDIT : Lol, I guess it IS county-specific... WEB is the name for my county (Santa Barbara)... it stands for Welcome Every Baby.
"Welcome Every Baby is the only county-wide, newborn home visiting program in California available to all newborns. It is funded by First 5 Santa Barbara County and a growing number of private foundations and is operated by the Santa Barbara County Education Office."

 

[southerngal2]

April 7th IS my due date you know!

NO! I didn't know that!

 

[southerngal2]

Ok, so I just scheduled a 3D/4D ultrasound for tomorrow!
I wasn't sure if we were going to do it or not but DH said he wanted to do it!

Now I'm all excited! I can't wait!

 

[MissFox]

OOOO SO EXCITING!!! Hope it goes great for you!! And that you get TONS of pictures!
and yup- April 7th is my due date. Everyone wants my baby to come on their birthdays lol. I have 3/19, 3/20, 3/25, 3/29, 3/31, 4/1 and so on! I've thought April 1st since the beginning. DH has though 3/28. My next sweep is the 29th so we shall see.