aprilz81
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Post by aprilz81 on Dec 19, 2017 11:41:03 GMT -6
I know I had a productive morning but it doesn't feel like it. I'm trying to put the house in order for the inlaws arrival and I feel like I keep chasing my tail and getting distracted by things that don't matter. *shrug*. Bills are paid, some empty boxes put in the basement, baby clothes folded and put away, nursery bookshelf filled up and some hand me down toys put in the toy box and a few decorations put in their proper place, ran the dishwasher, tidied up the kitchen and put some other miscellaneous things away. With all of that done why does my house still look like a disaster?
I did get all of my presents wrapped yesterday except for one. So at least that is pretty much finished.
I'm going to take a nap and then try to finish up my thank you notes (no, they are still not done... sigh).
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pippiann
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Post by pippiann on Dec 19, 2017 12:00:20 GMT -6
Hey ladies! I am cuddling L and waiting for rounds. M has been refusing to sleep without me, like cried every time I (or papa) left his room for 2 hours he didn’t fall asleep until 11:30! 😳 when I woke up to pump MOTN he was up crying “mama.” I just went in bed with him after that which was like 4:30. He just wants me to sleep with him and I can’t get in to the habit of this especially since L should be home soon. I am seriously at a loss and I don’t know what to do. Let’s just hope these pass 2 days were a fluke. We are getting him a nightlight so fx that helps a little.
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Post by tiffrobot on Dec 19, 2017 12:52:29 GMT -6
I have a fear there will be a bad snow storm when I go into labor and can’t make it to the hospital. Is this irrational or anyone else have that fear? Not only do I fear it I’m watching the forecast because I know if there’s a snowstorm on its way THATS the day it’s happening LOL! We’re supposed to be dropping to -30 to maybe -40 windchills by the end of this week over Christmas so, that has piqued my alert level a little although extra cold temps are generally more common and every day come January especially, than a wicked blizzard where I am.
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Post by tiffrobot on Dec 19, 2017 12:54:52 GMT -6
And hello! I had an early morning check up in the city today, and saw a young new doctor since mine was on holidays so we didn’t have a lot to talk about or do. All was still checking out fine so that’s all I need to know now anyway. And it’s the first appt that ended with “well, I guess you’ll be back next week to see your doctor unless you need to go to the hospital before then” so I’m officially playing the waiting game!
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Post by hiimjamie on Dec 19, 2017 12:55:02 GMT -6
Hey ladies! I am cuddling L and waiting for rounds. M has been refusing to sleep without me, like cried every time I (or papa) left his room for 2 hours he didn’t fall asleep until 11:30! 😳 when I woke up to pump MOTN he was up crying “mama.” I just went in bed with him after that which was like 4:30. He just wants me to sleep with him and I can’t get in to the habit of this especially since L should be home soon. I am seriously at a loss and I don’t know what to do. Let’s just hope these pass 2 days were a fluke. We are getting him a nightlight so fx that helps a little. Aw poor thing! How old is he again? My son went through that recently and is finally sleeping better. He has a sound machine that also has a projector. He loves the “fishy lights”.
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Post by ajetter on Dec 19, 2017 13:00:02 GMT -6
I woke up in the middle of the night needing to pee so bad that it was physically painful to try and get up and I wasn’t sure I could waddle to the bathroom without peeing all over the floor. Lol. Hey body, maybe wake me a little sooner next time?
All three girls’ last day of school for the semester is tomorrow, so I’m putting together eleventy billion teacher gifts and baking and what not. And trying to clean my house. And it’s my Dad’s birthday so we’re going out to dinner with my parents tonight. We have absolutely zero downtime planned between now and like the second of January, and by that point baby girl could be here. I wanna cry.
But the wall paper for the nursery arrived today and my Trendy Timber name sign should be here tomorrow!!! Hopefully I can find some time to hang it all.
And just to chime in my OB prefers you prepay for services and do it in payments, or you can opt to pay all at once after delivery. Mine was like $2200, and we’ve met our deductible for the year, so if I happen to deliver before Jan 1 we’ll get that money back. If not at least we’ll basically meet our deductible for next year right off the bat.
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Post by snowyowl on Dec 19, 2017 13:06:15 GMT -6
I’m bummed. My sister has lived overseas for a few years for a job, and she and her fiancée are moving back. They were supposed to get in this afternoon, but their first leg was delayed so they missed the second flight and are stuck overnight. I feel so bad for them, and even though I know 24 hours is not a big deal I was really excited to see them tonight. Oh well. Going to keep busy tonight and get excited for tomorrow!
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pippiann
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Post by pippiann on Dec 19, 2017 13:11:28 GMT -6
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Post by snowyowl on Dec 19, 2017 13:15:18 GMT -6
I have a fear there will be a bad snow storm when I go into labor and can’t make it to the hospital. Is this irrational or anyone else have that fear? Definitely. In my area February is usually our worst month for big storms. I remember when I was pregnant with DS, who was due in June, feeling bad for moms due in Feb because it would be so stressful to be trapped in the house near your due date. Now that’s me! 😭
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Post by dragonflyinn on Dec 19, 2017 13:16:47 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 18:09:59 GMT -6
I had to leave work early today because Ds’s dcp came down with the stomach bug halfway through the day. Fx we avoid it. I’m super stressed with what I want/need to get done for Christmas and I’m exhausted.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 18:11:37 GMT -6
We don’t prepay for anything with maternity coverage. I pay it installments after. We’re swtiching insurance on 1/1 so I’m curious how it will work out.
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Post by flippinchica on Dec 19, 2017 18:27:59 GMT -6
With DS we didn't prepay anything. When I had my D&C I had to pay ahead of time. I think it was about $2k. This time they had me pay $300 ish every month for 4 months.
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Post by easternshoregirl on Dec 19, 2017 18:33:04 GMT -6
hiimjamie do they force you to take your maternity leave all at once? I know some companies will let you save some of it and use it later. If that's an option, maybe save the 2 weeks for a month or two later? I was trying to think of how to ask/suggest this, but the words weren't coming to me!
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Post by cake on Dec 19, 2017 18:44:43 GMT -6
I had an ultrasound and nst today. Somehow the nurse didn’t realize until 35 minutes in that the clicker I had to count baby movements wasn’t working. So I basically had to start over. It’s crazy busy at work right now so I didn’t love spending over 2 hours at the hospital.
My amniotic fluid is still borderline low so I get to repeat it all again next week. Hopefully it is a bit quicker.
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Post by marygracerich on Dec 19, 2017 20:50:20 GMT -6
I think I did too much today. I was busy almost all day and now my whole body hurts. I need sleep.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 23:33:25 GMT -6
I had an ultrasound and nst today. Somehow the nurse didn’t realize until 35 minutes in that the clicker I had to count baby movements wasn’t working. So I basically had to start over. It’s crazy busy at work right now so I didn’t love spending over 2 hours at the hospital. My amniotic fluid is still borderline low so I get to repeat it all again next week. Hopefully it is a bit quicker. I think I have had 2 NSTs throughout all three of my pregnancies but I never got a clicker and they were only 20 minutes long! That sounds intense and annoying, sorry you had to deal with that!
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Post by jessijean on Dec 20, 2017 0:00:05 GMT -6
Laying here, catching up with a peanut ball between my legs. DHs extended family are trying to make Christmas plans and I just keep telling them to not plan around us. If I'm not hospitalized, we will likely be there. Either way I'll likely be very uncomfortable. Haha.
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Post by sunfrogger on Dec 20, 2017 0:57:46 GMT -6
Welp I stayed up late baking cookies. I still have Pizelle and another batch of chocolate chip to make - I'm not in love with the recipe I used this time around - but I'll do those tomorrow. I'm sore AF though. Here's to 3.5 hours of sleep!
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Post by cake on Dec 20, 2017 5:22:46 GMT -6
I had an ultrasound and nst today. Somehow the nurse didn’t realize until 35 minutes in that the clicker I had to count baby movements wasn’t working. So I basically had to start over. It’s crazy busy at work right now so I didn’t love spending over 2 hours at the hospital. My amniotic fluid is still borderline low so I get to repeat it all again next week. Hopefully it is a bit quicker. I think I have had 2 NSTs throughout all three of my pregnancies but I never got a clicker and they were only 20 minutes long! That sounds intense and annoying, sorry you had to deal with that! I was told at the beginning it would be 25 minutes so hopefully it was just a one off.
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Post by helloerrbody on Dec 20, 2017 6:20:50 GMT -6
No matter what insurance you have, my midwife’s office (there are OBs there also) has you pre-pay in installments. It doesn’t “hit” your insurance though until baby is born. We switched to an HSA recently so will be paying $3,500 for my bills bc that is my max OOP and we pay everything at 100% til we hit that. We will still save way more money this way than with the crappy PPO we had.
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Post by helloerrbody on Dec 20, 2017 6:21:11 GMT -6
Adding - my hospital does not make you pre-pay but there are some in the area that do.
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Post by sunfrogger on Dec 20, 2017 8:02:52 GMT -6
I did not pre-pay a dime.
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Post by marygracerich on Dec 20, 2017 8:13:18 GMT -6
I did not pre-pay a dime. Neither did I. I am so grateful for MHs insurance. We paid a few copays of $15 each and $15 for certain tests. Other than that we will pay nothing for any of this. We are very lucky in that respect.
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Post by sunfrogger on Dec 20, 2017 13:55:11 GMT -6
We will end up with probably about $4k in bills, but we aren't asked to prepay, thankfully!
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