Ugly dude with no job and no chemistry?
RELATIONSHIP PROPAGANDA
Friday, October 16, 2009
Have to bring it up yet again...Knocked Up? Seriously?
Have you seen Katherine Heigl? That movie was NOT realistic...sorry!
Ugly dude with no job and no chemistry?
RELATIONSHIP PROPAGANDA
Ugly dude with no job and no chemistry?
RELATIONSHIP PROPAGANDA
Proceeding in an orderly manner...
Well, figured out I can't be anywhere without blurting it out. The word is out.
After hours of frustration dealing with insurance companies I have come to the realization that there will be NO private insurance coverage for the alien lima bean. Having owned a medical supply company, I am very aware that Florida Medicaid is not stellar in their reimbursements. I was then self-charged with the task of locating a board-certified reputable doctor who takes the measly giblets the state hands out. I spent much of the day yesterday compiling a spreadsheet of doctors who were listed as accepting this pittance...as I called, my dismay worsened as it seems many of them now do NOT accept it any more.
FINALLY, I found a great practice, with a great reputation, with a nice office (yes, I am snobby about that too, I want the alien lima bean to feel special and if I am having to go to the doctor every month I want it to smell good in there).
Comprehensive OB/GYN of Boca and Boynton was amazing and helpful and very kind on the phone. They offer a free consultation visit which I will be doing on Monday. I am relieved and hopeful at this news.
On another note, my blurting has gotten the word out, and as everyone says that they don't recommend telling anyone until they are "out of the woods", I need my village whether I am in or out of those woods. If something goes wrong, I need my village...if something goes right, I need my village.
After hours of frustration dealing with insurance companies I have come to the realization that there will be NO private insurance coverage for the alien lima bean. Having owned a medical supply company, I am very aware that Florida Medicaid is not stellar in their reimbursements. I was then self-charged with the task of locating a board-certified reputable doctor who takes the measly giblets the state hands out. I spent much of the day yesterday compiling a spreadsheet of doctors who were listed as accepting this pittance...as I called, my dismay worsened as it seems many of them now do NOT accept it any more.
FINALLY, I found a great practice, with a great reputation, with a nice office (yes, I am snobby about that too, I want the alien lima bean to feel special and if I am having to go to the doctor every month I want it to smell good in there).
Comprehensive OB/GYN of Boca and Boynton was amazing and helpful and very kind on the phone. They offer a free consultation visit which I will be doing on Monday. I am relieved and hopeful at this news.
On another note, my blurting has gotten the word out, and as everyone says that they don't recommend telling anyone until they are "out of the woods", I need my village whether I am in or out of those woods. If something goes wrong, I need my village...if something goes right, I need my village.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Ugh...more relationship propaganda
Watching "Knocked Up". Are there any movies about women who actually make it through this process without making it work with the alien's father???
Ugh.
I understand the innate human need to feel that we need to be coupled up in order to procreate; but that is NOT my situation and I do hope that my creative spark will come more often to help me inspire others in a similar situation.
On another note; I am going to be okay with this whole Medicaid thing...funny, but to me that holds more of a stigma than single motherhood. Is that crazy? Anyway, I pulled up the names of every doctor in Palm Beach County that takes Medicaid and from there I am developing a spread sheet with reviews, hospitals served, etc. and from there I will make my decision. Funny, in this flick she goes and has an exam at every doctor she's thinking about, is that realistic?
On yet another note, I took the magnets off 4 minutes ago....tick tock. They were bugging me, but I'm betting I'll be back to being a believer shortly.
Did I say I got a plastic baby at Catholic Baby Testing Services?
Getting an ultrasound there for free tomorrow!
Ugh.
I understand the innate human need to feel that we need to be coupled up in order to procreate; but that is NOT my situation and I do hope that my creative spark will come more often to help me inspire others in a similar situation.
On another note; I am going to be okay with this whole Medicaid thing...funny, but to me that holds more of a stigma than single motherhood. Is that crazy? Anyway, I pulled up the names of every doctor in Palm Beach County that takes Medicaid and from there I am developing a spread sheet with reviews, hospitals served, etc. and from there I will make my decision. Funny, in this flick she goes and has an exam at every doctor she's thinking about, is that realistic?
On yet another note, I took the magnets off 4 minutes ago....tick tock. They were bugging me, but I'm betting I'll be back to being a believer shortly.
Did I say I got a plastic baby at Catholic Baby Testing Services?
Getting an ultrasound there for free tomorrow!
Insurance Nightmare...
So the previous policy that I had in Georgia actually had maternity coverage. I let that coverage lapse when I got a new policy in Florida that did not have maternity coverage...again, "I don't need no stinkin' maternity coverage".
Yesterday I tried to get reinstated with Aetna...its been too long since my policy lapsed in June, I confirmed with United Healthcare that, in fact, I do not have maternity coverage...and let's take a guess at what my ONLY option is at this point...yep, you guessed it...medicaid.
I had suspected as much last week and completed the requisite online applications and was told to call in for a phone interview this week. After spending 45 minutes trying to get through without an "all lines busy" message I then spent 2 hours on hold to the shortest, most annoying song I have ever heard in my life. During the first 20 minutes of being on hold this lovely fatigue set back in (and oh yes, I no longer miss Ambien) and I went to the bedroom to "rest my eyes". After the first hour passed I found myself sparring with snoozing...but terribly afraid that I would finally get through to a person and be in this very odd dreamland I have found myself in lately.
2 hours later, luckily I was able to hear the voice of the woman on the other end and, after a relatively painless telephone interview, I was given a list of additional documents needed. My first step was to get "official documentation" of the pregnancy from a list of clinics. Once again, I swallowed my pride (have a feeling I am going to be doing this a good bit in the weeks and months to come), and drove to a Catholic Charity Clinic that was on the list and right down the road...I walked out 30 minutes later with another positive pregnancy test, a plastic baby and lots of subtle pro-life brochures. I guess they aren't as severe as they were when I was younger. The woman was so excited to have a pregnant result (apparently it's the local pregnancy testing spot and they are getting a lot of negative ones), she signed me up for an ultrasound on Thursday. All in all not a terrible experience, but I am a SNOB when it comes to my body and it pisses me off that a woman with health insurance has to resort to Medicaid.
Moving forward I decided to look up some of the doctors that had been recommended to me. Guess what, none of them take Medicaid. I thought I might have a gander at the allowables and reimbursement rates and NO WONDER nobody takes it.
So now...I have everything ready...to find a decent doctor in this town that will take Medicaid...UGH!
Yesterday I tried to get reinstated with Aetna...its been too long since my policy lapsed in June, I confirmed with United Healthcare that, in fact, I do not have maternity coverage...and let's take a guess at what my ONLY option is at this point...yep, you guessed it...medicaid.
I had suspected as much last week and completed the requisite online applications and was told to call in for a phone interview this week. After spending 45 minutes trying to get through without an "all lines busy" message I then spent 2 hours on hold to the shortest, most annoying song I have ever heard in my life. During the first 20 minutes of being on hold this lovely fatigue set back in (and oh yes, I no longer miss Ambien) and I went to the bedroom to "rest my eyes". After the first hour passed I found myself sparring with snoozing...but terribly afraid that I would finally get through to a person and be in this very odd dreamland I have found myself in lately.
2 hours later, luckily I was able to hear the voice of the woman on the other end and, after a relatively painless telephone interview, I was given a list of additional documents needed. My first step was to get "official documentation" of the pregnancy from a list of clinics. Once again, I swallowed my pride (have a feeling I am going to be doing this a good bit in the weeks and months to come), and drove to a Catholic Charity Clinic that was on the list and right down the road...I walked out 30 minutes later with another positive pregnancy test, a plastic baby and lots of subtle pro-life brochures. I guess they aren't as severe as they were when I was younger. The woman was so excited to have a pregnant result (apparently it's the local pregnancy testing spot and they are getting a lot of negative ones), she signed me up for an ultrasound on Thursday. All in all not a terrible experience, but I am a SNOB when it comes to my body and it pisses me off that a woman with health insurance has to resort to Medicaid.
Moving forward I decided to look up some of the doctors that had been recommended to me. Guess what, none of them take Medicaid. I thought I might have a gander at the allowables and reimbursement rates and NO WONDER nobody takes it.
So now...I have everything ready...to find a decent doctor in this town that will take Medicaid...UGH!
Monday, October 12, 2009
A New Week....continued Alien Invasion
Well, I've been "normalizing" the whole thing. The word is out. It may or may not all work out the way it is supposed to. Hoping everything is good and healthy and wonderful, found a great show versus watching "A Baby Story"...on TruTV "I didn't know I was pregnant" showcases crazy fat drunks who one day think they may be having symptoms of food poisoning and they end up with a perfectly healthy baby hours later...
Of course I am being healthy and doing everything I am supposed to do. But I am 38. I did read something that most of the statistics regarding women over 35 were written in the 70's and haven't been updated since then. So many women are having babies later in life and I cannot live in panic and fear. I have to surround myself with good energy and warm thoughts and wishes...including not lying about being pregnant, being single, or being a bit scared.
Man I miss Tab....
Of course I am being healthy and doing everything I am supposed to do. But I am 38. I did read something that most of the statistics regarding women over 35 were written in the 70's and haven't been updated since then. So many women are having babies later in life and I cannot live in panic and fear. I have to surround myself with good energy and warm thoughts and wishes...including not lying about being pregnant, being single, or being a bit scared.
Man I miss Tab....
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