Well, it's official, Tate is going to be a big brother!
This took us by surprise, again..hahah! But what an amazing surprise and blessing! We found out the first week or so of October and I haven't wanted to say too much until I made it past 12 weeks. Well, here we are at 14 weeks and it hasn't necessarily been an easy journey. I feel like in this picture I look pregnant!
First, we found out our insurance-yes, the one we pay $400+ a month for, does not cover maternity! UCK! So, to have a baby, without any complications during pregnancy or delivery, would be about $10,000! That about knocked the breathe out of me. Why do we have health insurance if this isn't even covered?! The most important time in a woman's life and it isn't covered?! Ridiculous.
Then Trevor and I came down with the stomach flu/bug. It was miserable. I don't even remember the last time I was that sick. I started throwing up at 8 PM and then puked every 30 MINUTES until 6 am. Luckily, Victor and Trish (PaPa and Gigi) were able to watch Tate while we recouperated. I had to go to the doctor the next day and was so sick and hurt that I cried most of the day :( My ob/gyn did an exam and was worried that I might have an ectopic pregnancy because of pain and tenderness in my stomach and back. If that was the case I would've had to have emergency surgery to remove the baby. I had to have bloodwork and an ultrasound and after 4 hours at the doctor I was told it was just a stomach virus and that I was severely dehydrated but the baby looked good. I went home and rested for the next day and a half. By the end of those couple of days I couldn't wait to get my hands on Tate. I missed him so much. Victor ended up getting sick, too, a couple of days later.
During this pregnancy I've had a lot less morning sickness but still have the fatigue. I don't think it would be as bad, but chasing around a hyperactive, busy boy like Tater is exhausting! I didn't really have many food cravings the first time around and I'm still not. I've wanted queso and tortillas from Rosas, pickled ocra, and buffalo wings and TONS of fruit-yummmy.
I started at 123-ish pounds, when I got sick I went down to 122, and when I went in at 12 weeks I was at 124.4 pounds. I was kinda happy to see some weight gain. I want this baby to be getting all he/she needs to get big and healthy. I can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl. I'm thinking it's a girl this time because my pregnancy has already been different-less morning sickness and more breakouts on my face. Either way, I will be happy. I'd love to have a little girl to dress up and play with but a little boy would be great for Tate to have someone to play and wrestle with. I'm getting more and more excited every day and I can't wait to see how Tate responds to a little tiny baby. It will be so strange to start all over in the newborn phase.
Katie, call the hospital. We also have an independant policy, which doesn't cover maternity. If we paid the hospital before the baby was born, they knocked off 50%. My OB did the same thing, I just had to ask. I had a C section and a 4 day hospital stay, and we were out about $8000 for the hospital, OB, lab and sono, all together. Which still totally sucked, but better than the $15,000 it could have been! We just started making payments as soon as we found out we were pregnant.
ReplyDeleteAll that aside, congratulations! How close will this make your kiddos?
Congratulations Katie!!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS!!
ReplyDeleteWith Brady, we didnt' have maternity covered either!! I had my ob paid before I had him! BUt then afterwards, Medicaid contacted me about the bills coming in! They look at what you are making at the time ... which was just bryan's paycheck since i wasn't working! They ended up paying for EVERYTHING (i was even reimbursed for the ob bill I had already paid)! I don't know what Trevor does ... but it doesn't hurt to check into them!
Thanks everyone!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmy and Susan, thanks for the advice! We've already started paying. My nurse practitioner is great and suggested since we are a one income, contract family that we check with medicaid. I didn't think we would qualify but luckily I think they will cover just the baby costs. So, I'm very happy about that.
My babies will be 16 months apart. I can't believe they will be so close but it will be fun but I know it's gonna be difficult at times. How far apart are your babies Amy?