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My Due Date: February 2, 2016I have given birth!
Age: 37 years old
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A slip and fall!
By josamarie » Posted Jan. 7, 2016 10:41pm - 355 views - 1 comment
Walking up the two-step stoop to my parent's side door this afternoon when I went to let the dogs out in the yard, I slipped and fell in the snow. I landed on my side and twisted my ankle pretty bad, but worst part is that I was holding Max when I fell (normally he'd be walking, but he was concerns about getting his new shoes wet and wouldn't set his feet down!) so he landed square in my belly. I felt ok right after but obviously called my doctor to find out what they wanted me to do. Sent me to the hospital for monitoring, just to be safe, and even though everything looked fine after a half hour the doctor decided to keep me on the monitors for 3 full hours, just to be safe since we're now less than 3 weeks from induction. Everything is fine and I'm grateful for the extra caution, but what a long afternoon in the hospital with a toddler! Luckily Charlie found a sub and left work early and was able to come and keep Max entertained.
In other news, I found out yesterday that I'll be staying on lovenox until delivery instead of switching to heperin this week as was planned. My insurance does not typically cover the heperin, but because they made an exception due to my doctors insistence with Max, I assumed it wouldn't be an issue this time. Nope, the insurance will not budge and refuses to cover the prescription. Since I need 3 injections a day, we're looking at about $8000 in out of pocket costs of we were to go with the heperin for the 3 weeks until delivery. That's definitely NOT in our single income budget, so my only option is to remain on the lovenox. I'm ok with that except that it means if I go into labor spontaneously I won't be able to have an epidural. That makes me very nervous, because of my anxiety attacks. The doctor keeps telling me that it won't be a problem since they are inducing me at 39 weeks and we'll be able to plan my last injection accordingly. What she doesn't seem to grasp is that I was scheduled for an induction with Max at 39+3, but he decided to come on his own and I went into labor at 38+6. I got extremely lucky because I had taken my last heperin injection (which stays in the system for 12 hours) at 9 am and started having contractions at 7:30 pm. I was able to get my epidural by midnight and was holding Max less than 7 hours later. Because the lovenox has a 24 hour life and I have to take it twice a day, if the exact same scenario happens this time (which I know is unlikely, but that's how my brain works) I wouldn't be able to get an epidural until 9 am. By then I could be holding my baby. In the I-hate-insurance vein, our copay for the lovenox went up from $30 a month to $100. Way to keep doling out the good news!
I know women birth without any pain meds all the time, and I so wanted an unmedicated birth with Max, and I totally know my body can do it. But with my anxiety attacks being what they are I'm not sure my mind can do it. I know I need to stop over thinking it so much, but that's so hard to do when I know she could come any day! I'm going to try to focus on the positives; baby looks great, I only twisted my ankle no sprain, and Max is fine. We've had a week break from the craziness while Lolly, Cal, and dad drove to Michigan to get my gran, and the dog has been staying with my mom and her pup with great success (no more accidents!). And in 18 days or less we get to meet our baby!
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A slip and fall!
By josamarie » Posted Jan. 7, 2016 10:41pm - 355 views - 1 comment
Walking up the two-step stoop to my parent's side door this afternoon when I went to let the dogs out in the yard, I slipped and fell in the snow. I landed on my side and twisted my ankle pretty bad, but worst part is that I was holding Max when I fell (normally he'd be walking, but he was concerns about getting his new shoes wet and wouldn't set his feet down!) so he landed square in my belly. I felt ok right after but obviously called my doctor to find out what they wanted me to do. Sent me to the hospital for monitoring, just to be safe, and even though everything looked fine after a half hour the doctor decided to keep me on the monitors for 3 full hours, just to be safe since we're now less than 3 weeks from induction. Everything is fine and I'm grateful for the extra caution, but what a long afternoon in the hospital with a toddler! Luckily Charlie found a sub and left work early and was able to come and keep Max entertained.
In other news, I found out yesterday that I'll be staying on lovenox until delivery instead of switching to heperin this week as was planned. My insurance does not typically cover the heperin, but because they made an exception due to my doctors insistence with Max, I assumed it wouldn't be an issue this time. Nope, the insurance will not budge and refuses to cover the prescription. Since I need 3 injections a day, we're looking at about $8000 in out of pocket costs of we were to go with the heperin for the 3 weeks until delivery. That's definitely NOT in our single income budget, so my only option is to remain on the lovenox. I'm ok with that except that it means if I go into labor spontaneously I won't be able to have an epidural. That makes me very nervous, because of my anxiety attacks. The doctor keeps telling me that it won't be a problem since they are inducing me at 39 weeks and we'll be able to plan my last injection accordingly. What she doesn't seem to grasp is that I was scheduled for an induction with Max at 39+3, but he decided to come on his own and I went into labor at 38+6. I got extremely lucky because I had taken my last heperin injection (which stays in the system for 12 hours) at 9 am and started having contractions at 7:30 pm. I was able to get my epidural by midnight and was holding Max less than 7 hours later. Because the lovenox has a 24 hour life and I have to take it twice a day, if the exact same scenario happens this time (which I know is unlikely, but that's how my brain works) I wouldn't be able to get an epidural until 9 am. By then I could be holding my baby. In the I-hate-insurance vein, our copay for the lovenox went up from $30 a month to $100. Way to keep doling out the good news!
I know women birth without any pain meds all the time, and I so wanted an unmedicated birth with Max, and I totally know my body can do it. But with my anxiety attacks being what they are I'm not sure my mind can do it. I know I need to stop over thinking it so much, but that's so hard to do when I know she could come any day! I'm going to try to focus on the positives; baby looks great, I only twisted my ankle no sprain, and Max is fine. We've had a week break from the craziness while Lolly, Cal, and dad drove to Michigan to get my gran, and the dog has been staying with my mom and her pup with great success (no more accidents!). And in 18 days or less we get to meet our baby!
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 | Comment from pbc910 » Posted Jan. 8, 2016 2:25am Glad to hear all is well after your fall! I fell the other day. ..tripper over a cord while I was holding one of the babies. Fell hard on my broken toe and my hand broke a picture frame. Luckily baby was OK in my arms and my hand didn't get cut by glass. Scary business falling is! Insurance is such a hassle. They're still adjusting all mine and how much I owe for my c-section and hospital stay. Can't wait to see my final balance...ugh. |
