Post by mustloveerica on Feb 8, 2017 14:46:21 GMT -5
Decided I should probably get on scheduling a hospital tour. Cuz we have absolutely no idea where to go. Never even been inside this hospital. Babies could literally decide to come any day and all of a sudden I'm having these visions of dropping a baby in the hospital lobby because we had to stop to ask for directions.
Happy hump day ladies! I love that this week is flying by! I think I'm starting to finally enjoy this second trimester...I found clothes that fit (for now), have found some techniques to manage the discomfort, and I'm finally eating better. I hope this stage lasts! "]
Just wait until third tri. Ugh. I miss second tri so much.
Happy hump day ladies! I love that this week is flying by! I think I'm starting to finally enjoy this second trimester...I found clothes that fit (for now), have found some techniques to manage the discomfort, and I'm finally eating better. I hope this stage lasts! "]
Just wait until third tri. Ugh. I miss second tri so much.
Same....third tri is fun because yay close! But it's mostly u comfortable and exhausting and full of cankles.
Decided I should probably get on scheduling a hospital tour. Cuz we have absolutely no idea where to go. Never even been inside this hospital. Babies could literally decide to come any day and all of a sudden I'm having these visions of dropping a baby in the hospital lobby because we had to stop to ask for directions.
If you're in labor, go to the ER unless told otherwise. A lot of hospitals don't admit until you hit a certain dilation and they'll check you in the ER (which is bull, if you ask me).
Where I had DS1, we were admitted in the ER and shuffled up to the birth center once our vitals were taken.
I've been told this birth center doesn't do that since they're actually not affiliated with the hospital they are in so I need to find out what the after hours policy is if I end up going there
Funny story (kinda): when I was 30/31 weeks with DS1, DH went to the ER (same visit he got diagnosed with hashimoto's). When I showed up at the ER looking for him, they all thought I was there for a labor check. It got even funnier when I was waddling beside his bed as they wheeled him to ultrasound to do one on his thyroid. The ultrasound check found it amusing as well
Decided I should probably get on scheduling a hospital tour. Cuz we have absolutely no idea where to go. Never even been inside this hospital. Babies could literally decide to come any day and all of a sudden I'm having these visions of dropping a baby in the hospital lobby because we had to stop to ask for directions.
If you're in labor, go to the ER unless told otherwise. A lot of hospitals don't admit until you hit a certain dilation and they'll check you in the ER (which is bull, if you ask me).
Where I had DS1, we were admitted in the ER and shuffled up to the birth center once our vitals were taken.
I've been told this birth center doesn't do that since they're actually not affiliated with the hospital they are in so I need to find out what the after hours policy is if I end up going there
Funny story (kinda): when I was 30/31 weeks with DS1, DH went to the ER (same visit he got diagnosed with hashimoto's). When I showed up at the ER looking for him, they all thought I was there for a labor check. It got even funnier when I was waddling beside his bed as they wheeled him to ultrasound to do one on his thyroid. The ultrasound check found it amusing as well
Oh wow, I've never heard of checking in at the ER! At the hospital where I delivered DD, they had me go to L&D where they had 6 or 7 screening rooms where they'd check dilation, maybe monitor you for progress, before deciding whether to admit you or send you home. If I'd had to go to the ER, my insurance would have hit me with an extra charge for an ER visit- seems like a crummy policy to me, and a waste of time for the ER doctors/nurses!
If you're in labor, go to the ER unless told otherwise. A lot of hospitals don't admit until you hit a certain dilation and they'll check you in the ER (which is bull, if you ask me).
Where I had DS1, we were admitted in the ER and shuffled up to the birth center once our vitals were taken.
I've been told this birth center doesn't do that since they're actually not affiliated with the hospital they are in so I need to find out what the after hours policy is if I end up going there
Funny story (kinda): when I was 30/31 weeks with DS1, DH went to the ER (same visit he got diagnosed with hashimoto's). When I showed up at the ER looking for him, they all thought I was there for a labor check. It got even funnier when I was waddling beside his bed as they wheeled him to ultrasound to do one on his thyroid. The ultrasound check found it amusing as well
Oh wow, I've never heard of checking in at the ER! At the hospital where I delivered DD, they had me go to L&D where they had 6 or 7 screening rooms where they'd check dilation, maybe monitor you for progress, before deciding whether to admit you or send you home. If I'd had to go to the ER, my insurance would have hit me with an extra charge for an ER visit- seems like a crummy policy to me, and a waste of time for the ER doctors/nurses!
Both my insurances waive the ER charge if you're admitted and have weird exceptions to other things for maternity care
Oh wow, I've never heard of checking in at the ER! At the hospital where I delivered DD, they had me go to L&D where they had 6 or 7 screening rooms where they'd check dilation, maybe monitor you for progress, before deciding whether to admit you or send you home. If I'd had to go to the ER, my insurance would have hit me with an extra charge for an ER visit- seems like a crummy policy to me, and a waste of time for the ER doctors/nurses!
Both my insurances waive the ER charge if you're admitted and have weird exceptions to other things for maternity care
What if you aren't admitted? With DD, I went to L&D in the morning and was sent home because I wasn't progressing after an hour. I went back in 3 hours and they admitted me. I think I got a small charge for the first check but it was nothing compared to the $200 charge I would have gotten for an ER visit.
If you're in labor, go to the ER unless told otherwise. A lot of hospitals don't admit until you hit a certain dilation and they'll check you in the ER (which is bull, if you ask me).
Where I had DS1, we were admitted in the ER and shuffled up to the birth center once our vitals were taken.
I've been told this birth center doesn't do that since they're actually not affiliated with the hospital they are in so I need to find out what the after hours policy is if I end up going there
Funny story (kinda): when I was 30/31 weeks with DS1, DH went to the ER (same visit he got diagnosed with hashimoto's). When I showed up at the ER looking for him, they all thought I was there for a labor check. It got even funnier when I was waddling beside his bed as they wheeled him to ultrasound to do one on his thyroid. The ultrasound check found it amusing as well
Oh wow, I've never heard of checking in at the ER! At the hospital where I delivered DD, they had me go to L&D where they had 6 or 7 screening rooms where they'd check dilation, maybe monitor you for progress, before deciding whether to admit you or send you home. If I'd had to go to the ER, my insurance would have hit me with an extra charge for an ER visit- seems like a crummy policy to me, and a waste of time for the ER doctors/nurses!
Haven't had the conversation yet with my midwife, but I'm fairly certain I also skip the E.R. and go to L&D. They have a triage area to confirm labor and dilation. I have no idea if my insurance would waive our E.R. copay if I went there. Guess I'll ask them when I call about my breast pump just in case.
easilyunamused I'm in a similar boat, I'm self employed so no leave for me...or infinite leave, depending on how you count it.
I'm really hoping I can get on this panel through the state where I can work from home, own hours, etc., work part time for a few years and hope MH can make up the difference. That way we might v able to get away without needing full time daycare for awhile...which, especially with twins, would obviously be huge. Please send good thoughts that I get it bc if I don't, I'm not sure what we will do!
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Both my insurances waive the ER charge if you're admitted and have weird exceptions to other things for maternity care
What if you aren't admitted? With DD, I went to L&D in the morning and was sent home because I wasn't progressing after an hour. I went back in 3 hours and they admitted me. I think I got a small charge for the first check but it was nothing compared to the $200 charge I would have gotten for an ER visit.
It fell under the weird exceptions for being charged.
I'll never understand sending someone in active labor back home for not progressing fast enough. If your contractions are obviously active labor, you should be admitted. It's so stupid to me they'd send you home... don't these people know that you can go a few centimeters in an hour even when the earlier centimeters took forever? Idiots
Post by easilyunamused on Feb 8, 2017 15:49:49 GMT -5
My appointment went well. Heartbeat was 148, she found it quicker than I do! She changed my EDD from 7/29 to 7/28. Which isn't a big deal, I am measuring 1day ahead.
Anatomy scan is set for Feb 27th! Which I'm excited for, because I thought it would be later in March.
What if you aren't admitted? With DD, I went to L&D in the morning and was sent home because I wasn't progressing after an hour. I went back in 3 hours and they admitted me. I think I got a small charge for the first check but it was nothing compared to the $200 charge I would have gotten for an ER visit.
It fell under the weird exceptions for being charged.
I'll never understand sending someone in active labor back home for not progressing fast enough. If your contractions are obviously active labor, you should be admitted. It's so stupid to me they'd send you home... don't these people know that you can go a few centimeters in an hour even when the earlier centimeters took forever? Idiots
Especially if they don't want to. They kept telling me I'd "be more comfortable at home" and should take a shower, have something to eat, and soon enough I'd be back. I didn't want to take a shower or eat, I wanted to get admitted and get an epidural. I ended up spending the entire time at home laying in bed moaning because my contractions had gotten much more intense.
The doc who made the decision was also very new (what's that called again- a resident?) and didn't exactly believe I was going to have the baby as soon as I thought I was. I was at 3 cm, contractions were 5 minutes apart, lasting about a minute for a few hours, but he told me I'd be having the baby "within a week" and prescribed me some anti-anxiety medication to help with my "pain." He came into my room later with another doc and saw that I wasn't getting penicillin for my GBS but clindamycin because I'm allergic to penicillin; I had heard just from my BMB that clindamycin was the common alternative for penicillin allergic patients, but I heard him ask the other doc as he was leaving the room, "Now, is clindamycin better for Group B strep, or why is she getting it?" So obviously dude was a genius.
Edit to add: It did not take a week for me to have DD, I had her 16 hours after getting sent home from L&D.
It fell under the weird exceptions for being charged.
I'll never understand sending someone in active labor back home for not progressing fast enough. If your contractions are obviously active labor, you should be admitted. It's so stupid to me they'd send you home... don't these people know that you can go a few centimeters in an hour even when the earlier centimeters took forever? Idiots
Especially if they don't want to. They kept telling me I'd "be more comfortable at home" and should take a shower, have something to eat, and soon enough I'd be back. I didn't want to take a shower or eat, I wanted to get admitted and get an epidural. I ended up spending the entire time at home laying in bed moaning because my contractions had gotten much more intense.
The doc who made the decision was also very new (what's that called again- a resident?) and didn't exactly believe I was going to have the baby as soon as I thought I was. I was at 3 cm, contractions were 5 minutes apart, lasting about a minute for a few hours, but he told me I'd be having the baby "within a week" and prescribed me some anti-anxiety medication to help with my "pain." He came into my room later with another doc and saw that I wasn't getting penicillin for my GBS but clindamycin because I'm allergic to penicillin; I had heard just from my BMB that clindamycin was the common alternative for penicillin allergic patients, but I heard him ask the other doc as he was leaving the room, "Now, is clindamycin better for Group B strep, or why is she getting it?" So obviously dude was a genius.
Edit to add: It did not take a week for me to have DD, I had her 16 hours after getting sent home from L&D.
Ugh that's scary. I know all doctors and nurses have to start somewhere, but please not with me! Haha
Post by ThankfulSnail on Feb 8, 2017 16:04:26 GMT -5
easilyunamused, thankfully he was just in charge of deciding if patients got admitted or sent home in triage, he wasn't doing anything terribly invasive, but you can bet DH sent a strongly worded email to the hospital about that experience!
Especially if they don't want to. They kept telling me I'd "be more comfortable at home" and should take a shower, have something to eat, and soon enough I'd be back. I didn't want to take a shower or eat, I wanted to get admitted and get an epidural. I ended up spending the entire time at home laying in bed moaning because my contractions had gotten much more intense.
The doc who made the decision was also very new (what's that called again- a resident?) and didn't exactly believe I was going to have the baby as soon as I thought I was. I was at 3 cm, contractions were 5 minutes apart, lasting about a minute for a few hours, but he told me I'd be having the baby "within a week" and prescribed me some anti-anxiety medication to help with my "pain." He came into my room later with another doc and saw that I wasn't getting penicillin for my GBS but clindamycin because I'm allergic to penicillin; I had heard just from my BMB that clindamycin was the common alternative for penicillin allergic patients, but I heard him ask the other doc as he was leaving the room, "Now, is clindamycin better for Group B strep, or why is she getting it?" So obviously dude was a genius.
Edit to add: It did not take a week for me to have DD, I had her 16 hours after getting sent home from L&D.
Sounds like it must have been either a medical student or a first-year resident (also sometimes called an intern). My H is a resident and residents beyond their first few month or so are expected to know basic stuff like that. He should not have been the only one seeing you as a senior resident and/or attending should have been overseeing him. They might have been, but been very hands-off and/or not been doing due diligence (it happens - everyone is swamped). It's possible OB was not his field (medical students and interns rotate through other departments) but I would have been beyond ticked they let someone without any OB knowledge see me without a senior also seeing me. Wow.
ThankfulSnail & easilyunamused - All medical students, interns, and junior residents have a senior resident overseeing them and then an attending is supervising the seniors. If you suspect a student/intern is taking care of you and you aren't thrilled with what's going on, tell them to bring their senior resident and/or attending with them the next time they come in the room. If they look confused, ask for a supervisor.
The senior resident/attending will probably automatically label you as a tough patient in their head, but they will come see you and answer your questions.
ETA: Late June/early July is when all the residents move up a year in their program, so you will see the newest people and have juniors become seniors (with additional responsibility). Just something to watch for if you'll be in the hospital in that time frame for any procedure.
Oh wow, I've never heard of checking in at the ER! At the hospital where I delivered DD, they had me go to L&D where they had 6 or 7 screening rooms where they'd check dilation, maybe monitor you for progress, before deciding whether to admit you or send you home. If I'd had to go to the ER, my insurance would have hit me with an extra charge for an ER visit- seems like a crummy policy to me, and a waste of time for the ER doctors/nurses!
Haven't had the conversation yet with my midwife, but I'm fairly certain I also skip the E.R. and go to L&D. They have a triage area to confirm labor and dilation. I have no idea if my insurance would waive our E.R. copay if I went there. Guess I'll ask them when I call about my breast pump just in case.
ThankfulSnail, marshian - That is what my hospital does too. When my contractions became close I called the OB on-call line then headed to the hospital. They have a maternity building with it's own evaluation and treatment unit where you get checked first.
I was 3cm when I showed up so they had me walk the halls of the triage unit for an hour, which got me to 4, which got me admitted.
Post by easilyunamused on Feb 8, 2017 16:36:16 GMT -5
I have a tub of vanilla frozen custard in my freezer for a pie I'm making tomorrow. But it's seriously taunting me to eat it now! Must. Show. Restraint.
Haven't had the conversation yet with my midwife, but I'm fairly certain I also skip the E.R. and go to L&D. They have a triage area to confirm labor and dilation. I have no idea if my insurance would waive our E.R. copay if I went there. Guess I'll ask them when I call about my breast pump just in case.
ThankfulSnail, marshian - That is what my hospital does too. When my contractions became close I called the OB on-call line then headed to the hospital. They have a maternity building with it's own evaluation and treatment unit where you get checked first.
I was 3cm when I showed up so they had me walk the halls of the triage unit for an hour, which got me to 4, which got me admitted.
See, I was admitted at 3cm. This idea of having to wait until further dilated does not fly with me. Give me the f'ing epidural, not tell me to walk the halls.
Oh wow, I've never heard of checking in at the ER! At the hospital where I delivered DD, they had me go to L&D where they had 6 or 7 screening rooms where they'd check dilation, maybe monitor you for progress, before deciding whether to admit you or send you home. If I'd had to go to the ER, my insurance would have hit me with an extra charge for an ER visit- seems like a crummy policy to me, and a waste of time for the ER doctors/nurses!
Both my insurances waive the ER charge if you're admitted and have weird exceptions to other things for maternity care
That's so weird. My insurance says to call L&D and they'll admit you. We have to go straight to L&D. I hate that policies are all so different!
Post by ThankfulSnail on Feb 8, 2017 16:52:16 GMT -5
Every time our bananas are starting to brown, DH throws them in the freezer for me to make banana bread with them. Consequentially, we have about 30 bananas in our freezer and I've only made banana bread a couple of times in the last year. I'm going to need that freezer space once this baby comes, so I think DD and I are making banana bread/cookies/cake every weekend for the foreseeable future. Trying to decide if I want chocolate or just plain banana bread this weekend...
Got the paint for the nursery today! H still refuses to paint the room so I'm doing it myself, with my sisters help next weekend. We're going to make a girls' day of it. I got the Harmony paint that's supposed to be super safe.
ThankfulSnail , marshian - That is what my hospital does too. When my contractions became close I called the OB on-call line then headed to the hospital. They have a maternity building with it's own evaluation and treatment unit where you get checked first.
I was 3cm when I showed up so they had me walk the halls of the triage unit for an hour, which got me to 4, which got me admitted.
See, I was admitted at 3cm. This idea of having to wait until further dilated does not fly with me. Give me the f'ing epidural, not tell me to walk the halls.
If you want in and want the drugs, that would be super irritating. But I'm sure the reasoning is based on some studies showing people not progressing past 3cm and not being in active labor, yada yada. Hospitals think they are keeping costs down by not admitting you yet.
And I'm the opposite. A big reason I chose my midwife and the doula is because they both encourage staying home until about 7cm (for first baby). That way I would not have to be there for too long (hopefully) before the actual birth. I'm trying to go natural and will be more relaxed at home.
Every time our bananas are starting to brown, DH throws them in the freezer for me to make banana bread with them. Consequentially, we have about 30 bananas in our freezer and I've only made banana bread a couple of times in the last year. I'm going to need that freezer space once this baby comes, so I think DD and I are making banana bread/cookies/cake every weekend for the foreseeable future. Trying to decide if I want chocolate or just plain banana bread this weekend...
I do this too if I run out of time to bake them into something before they go too bad. Make both and freeze a loaf? I've done that. Easy thing to pull out and thaw on leave. Or freeze muffins and thaw individually in the microwave.
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