Post by jensoprano82 on May 15, 2015 15:27:35 GMT -5
Happy Friday to all!!!! My LO seems to finally be developing a nap and sleep schedule (I'm letting him set the pace for me). He cat naps about 90 minutes total between 8am and 2 or three pm, then sometime between 2 and three goes down for a solid 2.5 hour nap. From 5-9:30pm he will maybe do one more 20 minute nap, then sleeps at night with one dream feed and one wake up from 10pm -8am. It works out really well for us!
Post by WittyLittle on May 15, 2015 15:44:55 GMT -5
I'm calling it a day peeps. LO kicked my ass today. He decided to turn absolutely everything around today. GOing for a walk didn't help, his bouncer didn't help, wearing him didn't help, dark quiet room didn't help, swing didn't help, cuddles didn't help, ignoring him didn't help... Out of frustration I swaddled him to give me a 2 minute break where he didn't knock the paci out of his mouth and then scream at me to put it back... he fell asleep! He's always hated being swaddled. I'm so confused. Did someone swap my kid overnight? Am I being punked?! G'night ladies!!!
mrsclark731 - our bill was only about 9k, which seems crazy to me seeing as how LO was early and tiny and needed a battery of tests. Oh, and the hospital is on the beach in Orange County CA so I just expected expensive. $500 oop, yay good insurance!
Gasp, I'm originally from Orange County. Huntington Beach specifically, I was born in Long Beach. I miss the California weather (though not right now with that drought).
Post by cougarette on May 15, 2015 16:16:30 GMT -5
I was making monthly payments to my ob, which was submitted to insurance in Feb. This reached my deductible of $1,500.
Because of this I owed nothing on my hospital bill of $9k or for the $1,800 epidural.
Because it's a high deductible plan I won't owe anything that's in network through Nov, including prescriptions. I need to call my dr and get a new prescription for my migraine meds, even if I don't take them until I'm done bf (assuming they aren't safe. I need to look that up; so far I've been lucky that I've only needed the stuff I got for pp pain)
mrsclark731 - our bill was only about 9k, which seems crazy to me seeing as how LO was early and tiny and needed a battery of tests. Oh, and the hospital is on the beach in Orange County CA so I just expected expensive. $500 oop, yay good insurance!
Gasp, I'm originally from Orange County. Huntington Beach specifically, I was born in Long Beach. I miss the California weather (though not right now with that drought).
Post by junebugjam on May 15, 2015 18:09:05 GMT -5
I have no idea what my whole hospital stay cost but it was probably a lot. LO had a 2 day NICU stay and lots of tests. I paid $15 copay for my first doctor appointment when I found out I was pregnant and a $15 copay for my c-section and that is literally it. Thank you awesome insurance.
Apparently it's an early bed time for DD tonight. We hit total meltdown since she only napped once today for about 2.5 hours. That was it for the entire day, and she didn't sleep in either.
Post by misshart00 on May 15, 2015 19:01:04 GMT -5
We have really, really good insurance. Total for pregnancy and birth was $100.
But DD was also in the hospital last year and we went to check on the bill about half way through and it was up to $76k (hodpital stay and tons and tons of tests). Out of pocket was $100. I cried when the lady from billing came to our room to say she talked to our insurance and it would only be that much. She gave me a huge hug. I imagine she doesn't get to give good news often.
Post by lilyelayne on May 15, 2015 19:14:37 GMT -5
WittyLittle hope tonight/tomorrow are better for you!
badw0lf "can he breathe in there" when I'm babywearing makes me ragey. Yeah, he's smothering, I'm just keeping him there for the luls or hoping that the oxygen deprivation makes him pass out.
Post by mommadozer on May 15, 2015 19:20:23 GMT -5
Shockingly, we have not gotten the hospital bill yet. It should only be $250 with our insurance plan.
Ugh. I was able to take the dog to the vet today. They thought foxtails in the throat but, sure enough no foxtails. Now, they think that his gums are bleeding because he ingested rat poison. we don't have any of this at our house. But, we have a nut job of a neighbor. She's an old lady that I swear has lost her mind. I guess it is time to mount the security cameras along that fence and the front yard.
Apparently it's an early bed time for DD tonight. We hit total meltdown since she only napped once today for about 2.5 hours. That was it for the entire day, and she didn't sleep in either.
I feel like I might pay for this tonight.
My LO went to sleep at 6:45 tonight. I'm expecting him to be up in the middle of the night, or wide awake at 5 am. Not sure which is worse.
Apparently it's an early bed time for DD tonight. We hit total meltdown since she only napped once today for about 2.5 hours. That was it for the entire day, and she didn't sleep in either.
I feel like I might pay for this tonight.
My LO went to sleep at 6:45 tonight. I'm expecting him to be up in the middle of the night, or wide awake at 5 am. Not sure which is worse.
I don't know either.
DD ended up inconsolable so we took a 45min drive to get her asleep I am attempting s dream feed to get her to sleep longer. Ahh babies.
Okay, so I put DD down in the PNP after her last bottle and she never even made a peep. I checked on her after washing bottles and she is unconscious. I don't know if it was the modifications (rolled up towel in a U shape and raising one end so it's at an angle) are what did it, or she would have slept fine anyway.
The real test will be to see if she sleeps through the night as well as she did in the RNP. *crosses fingers*
Okay, so I put DD down in the PNP after her last bottle and she never even made a peep. I checked on her after washing bottles and she is unconscious. I don't know if it was the modifications (rolled up towel in a U shape and raising one end so it's at an angle) are what did it, or she would have slept fine anyway.
The real test will be to see if she sleeps through the night as well as she did in the RNP. *crosses fingers*
Post by WittyLittle on May 15, 2015 22:20:49 GMT -5
Damn you sleep regression!!! I had not missed 3am.
I paid nothing for the hospital bill but did get extra insurance for this calendar year so i think I'm paying about $200 total for the whole pregnancy (and pay about $1500 per year in insurance).
Post by lilyelayne on May 15, 2015 22:24:06 GMT -5
I owed my deductible which I paid in monthly increments to my OB's office ($2000) and $1000 copay for my inpatient stay (vaginal birth, epidural, extra blood tests cause my lab work was weird). I can look up how much my insurance paid tomorrow.
Fun story: the billing lady came by my hospital room to tell me what I owed them, which was my $1000 copay. The hospital offered a 30% discount if I paid before discharge. She had forgotten to write down how much that was, so she asked if any of us had a calculator to figure out 30% off 1000. We just stared at her for a minute (you work in billing and can't do 30% off 1000?). My dad said his calculator says I owed $500
Our insurence was billed over 20000 if i remember correctly which seems crazy considering I had no interventions and was only there pushing for a few hours. LO had just the standard tests as well. We ended up paying just about $1000 I think
One bonus to the extra eating is that I haven't been wearing nursing pads. No time to leak when they are never full! It's 1:40 am and my luck just ran out...boo
btw badw0lf that was a lovetit of support. and the comical description of those old ladies. they're the worst
Thanks WittyLittle old ladies are the worst! Like don't come poking at my infant son after you've been fingering a plate of deli meat and mayonnaise salads!! Okay maybe it was also just me because I HATE deli meat and mayo based "salads". Haha.
I have a serious fear of old people. Not joking. I'm always afraid of a) offending them with something ridiculous b) them dying in front of me c) their teeth falling out d) something dangling out of their nose (my last memory of my great grandma was something coming out of her nose right when she leaned in to hug me. I hardly knew the woman so this traumatised me as a 6 year old) and lastly exactly what you described e) Them touching god knows what and then touching me/my son. I just googled it, it's called gerontophobia. Fun fact for the day!
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