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@Torchwood: CONGRATS!!! First in our group!!

@Torchwood: congratulations! Girls are wonderful!

Thanks everyone! We're so excited! And DH had totally forgotten about getting results this week (how do you forget that?!), so my surprise worked great! And I'll be honest, I really want a girl.

August 2015 Mamas
August 1: OhCaptain, Goldy
August 2: MrsStar
August 3: Anutka, Joneo6o3, kayakgirl73, Mihzi
August 4: Mrs. scientist
August 5: getjazzy, dagny, Mrs. J
August 6: lil owl
August 7: MrsStormy
August 8: lilteacherbee
August 9: aprild, raspberries
August 10: Torchwood
August 12: buttermilk
August 14: Mrs. Microscope, abmamma
August 15: Anagram
August 16: krispi
August 19: BamaBee
August 21: MissLace
August 22: kjpugs
August 23: mommygrace
August 25: MrsADS
August 30: autumnlove
TBD: pinkcrayon

@Torchwood: yayyyyyy!!!! So exciting!!!!!

@Mrs. J: On the one hand, that'd be enough for me, since my MS is very intermittent. On the other hand, most people who need it need a lot more than that! That's ridiculous. Will that at least last you till your midwife can approve more?

@Mrs. J: I don't know how you're functioning at work like that. My nausea is very mild and I'm super tired all the time, and I barely make it to 3pm every day. Teaching is one of those jobs where you can't exactly take a break whenever you need a minute. I hope the zofran works and the morning sickness is completely gone in a couple weeks (or less!).

@Mrs. J: that's pretty standard with Zofran because it's expensive. My doctor had to call my insurance, but I still had a 90 day supply by the end of the week (of the generic Ondedestran, or something).

I'm also on Reglan and Diclectin now, all three. I take Zofran as a last resort (sometimes only half a tab) because it gives me terrible, awful constipation. Like...bad things happen in the bathroom that involve me crying, and sometimes glycerin suppositories or natural enemas. It is BAD.

I'm also sick 24/7 and just trying to survive at this point.

Question: Does anyone else's insurance cover Panorama/Counsyl screening, even if they're not high risk? My doctor said they were both completely covered by my insurance, so I went ahead and got them - but I can't find anything on their website that says they're covered, and I'm worried I'm gonna be charged after it's all said and done.

@raspberries: my doctor said it would be covered with LO #1 and it was NOT covered, which I didn't find out until after I had LO when I got a 1200 bill. I'm pretty sure I could have gotten my doctor's office to resubmit the claim and say it was necessary (since they promised me it would be covered), but I was a total idiot and dropped the ball.

I had the test in like, January--had Lo in July and didn't get that bill until September! I was deep in a new mommy fog, put the bill aside to start calling insurance and doctor to work it out....and then promptly forgot. =( =(

I didn't think about it again until I got an overdue notice saying they were going to send it to collections--by then, the doctor had no record of them promising me the test would be covered and my husband ended up paying the $1200 to save my credit score.

I felt awful. So, so awful, because I totally felt like it was my fault for not following up immediately.

So just don't let that happen to you!

@Anagram: Yikes. What an awful thing to go through months and months later! You put enough of a scare into me to call the insurance company to ask for clarification - she said the charge depends on how the office codes it, and that she'll check with the coding specialist at my doctor's office tomorrow morning and call me back.

My insurance itself is super ambiguous, but has a section that says, "Prenatal: - Diagnostic Testing & Genetic Counseling: Your benefits include the services of a genetic counselor. These benefits are available to all covered persons in your immediate family. Covered health services include related tests and treatment." Crossing my fingers this means the Panorama/Counsyl tests are included in that.

@raspberries: That sounds like it should be covered under that description. Hope it is!

@Mrs. J: that's crazy! Are you getting generic ondansetron? Check other pharmacies and your insurance. I pay $10 for 21 or 28 pills.

@lulibee: yay second baby and Floridian! What part are you in? I'm in Orlando.

@lulibee: welcome!!
@MrsStar: I'm with you!

@lulibee: Welcome and congrats!

@kjpugs: thanks! Kissimmee here. I moved last March, from Massachusetts

@lulibee: Welcome!

So, I found a doula that's super perfect. She had a late loss herself (38 weeks), she's training as a loss doula (to help with births of babies that are lost or have terminal birth defects), she's older than me (odd, I know, but important to me), she has experience with traumatic past birth experiences, she's even worked with my midwives quite a bit before. Only thing is, she's about twice as expensive as I tokd DH I thought a doula would be. My estimate was low, but she's higher than average around here. He does understand how important a doula is in my case, thankfully, but I don't know how he'll feel about it being so much more than he's expecting. Gah!

Hopefully today is my last day hiding the bump at work! NT scan is Monday and if everything looks ok we will be telling work and then everyone else. I'm exciting because it's getting seriously difficult to hide now and I saw my boss eyeing my mid section yesterday so I think he's on to me

@lulibee: Welcome!

@getjazzy: Awww, your little bump is so cute!