at 5am running through my head, but now I can't remember it all. I do remember that I was going to say how glad I was that we have health insurance. I mean seriously, God's timing is sooo perfect. If I had gotten pregnant in 2003, when C was out of a job and we had no insurance I just don't know what we would have done. During this pregnancy I have seen my OB dr at least 2x a month if not more, a cardiologist once, he performed an EKG and sent me home on a monitor for 24 hours, I have seen the perinatologist 4x and at each visit he has performed a sonogram. My OB gave me the number for a dermatologist b/c I have this small rash on my abdomen (its going away so I haven't called... I'm dr'd out)I have a 'scrip for prenatal vitamins, my lancet and test strips for my glucose monitoring... and the machine itself, I had a 'scrip for blood pressure meds but I don't have to take those anymore, plus I have the 'scrip for the shots that I take daily. I have been to the hospital once b/c they were worried that preterm labor might set in and they hooked me up to monitors for 2 hours and did some swab test. (don't worry, all is good) At my last OB visit she informed me that I will be starting monitoring 2x a WEEK at the hospital... every Monday I go in for a NST (I think this means non stress test) and then on Thrusdays I will have a sonogram. This is from now until I deliver. The whole reason why this is running through my head is b/c I recently picked up a refill of my shots. Originally, the pharmacy told me that the ins would only pay for 14 needles at a time. This cost me $15. My dr warned me that it was an expensive med and that some ins cos won't pay for it, she said if this was the case to not pick up the meds, call her and she would prescrip a different med, but the catch to that was that I'd have to have 2 shots a day. So we figured $1 a shot a day wasn't too bad. Well, when I went to pick up my first refill, the pharmacist said that the ins co didn't want to pay. I told her, well neither do I!!! She said she wanted to make some phone calls to find out whats going on... so I went home. She called a few hours later and said she got it worked out w/ the ins co that I could now get 30 needles at a time and still only pay $15. YAY! Well, when I picked them up and saw the receipt and it sais "Your ins co saved you $986.89" I was shocked. Seriously, someone else would have to pay $1001 a month for this???? YIKES!!!! I haven't seen a bill yet from all the other visits I've been to, nothing from the hospital yet on the monitoring from the other day... but so far I've only paid out $10 to each dr... and only on the first visit, nothing on repeat visits. OH AND I have been to diabetic counseling... one class and 2 follow up visits... these take place at a major medical facility a few towns over. I don't know what we would do without our health insurance. I hate to think that the baby or I wouldn't get the medical care that we have been getting without the ins, but quite honestly, we couldn't afford it without insurance.
On the pregnancy front: I still feel fine. My complaints are minor. One is waking up to pee and not being able to get back to sleep for about an hour, and I really get annoyed b/c I have to wake up to roll over. I mean really, how rediculous is that???? I am a little annoyed that the one time in my life I could be eating whatever I want and not feel too guilty about it... I can't. I miss fruit juice, I miss indulging in ice cream and not feeling guilty. I don't like feeling monitored when I dish up my serving of mashed potatoes or pasta. I just want to sit on the couch with a fresh loaf of french bread and some butter. I want to eat a bagel w/ cream cheese every morning. I want to drink a regular soda. The occasional sips that I steal from C just aren't cutting it. I
will need a regular coke from McDonald's with no ice when I am at the hospital! I want to be able to eat anything with out having to think about the consequences. I don't want to test my sugar levels anymore. I don't want kool-aid or decaf iced tea made with splenda anymore. I'm tired of reading labels. I used to freak thinking the baby was going to be here soon and I'm not ready... I'm still not ready, but I'm so glad this is almost over! Summer time and ice cream are just meant to be enjoyed together!
