Healthy 26-year-old woman in DC with private health insurance, planning to start trying to get pregnant at the end of the year.
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posted by crunchysalty
on Feb 8, 2013 -
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1 - Is it a good idea to get pregnant when a close loved one is dying?
2 - If I decide to do it, how can I get my husband off the fence?
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posted by thelastgirl
on Feb 13, 2012 -
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Help my partner and I feel less anxious about combining pregnancy with chronic illness after 40 - or should we not even bother?
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posted by Melusinewave
on Jan 14, 2012 -
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My partner and I just found out we are newly pregnant, and are unsure which health insurance offered through my employer we should pick for next year.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 29, 2011 -
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My wife is pregnant. Does that basically make it impossible for us to get health insurance?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 2, 2011 -
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I just lost my virginity and took a Plan B pill. I need birth control pills asap and cannot afford to wait for the next available appointment with my ob/gyn. So, I will be going to Planned Parenthood. I've never been to Planned Parenthood, never been on any form of birth control (except the Plan B pill I just took) and have no idea what to expect. Did you go to PP for birth control pills, and how satisfied were you with the level of care? Generally speaking, have you consulted with both a Certified Nurse-Midwife and an OB/GYN? Which one did you prefer, and why?
posted by anonymous
on Apr 11, 2011 -
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What is (or is there any) relationship between cancer, pregnancy, and a fetus?
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posted by raztaj
on Nov 29, 2009 -
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We are having a baby! We are super excited, except that we are in NYC without health insurance and really scared. What are our options?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 14, 2009 -
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I'm confused about how to go about providing health insurance for my unborn baby upon it's birth. I am on Medicare, so the child is not covered. I do not qualify for Medicaid/SCHIP, and most individual plans will not cover a newborn from day one.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 13, 2009 -
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Had a beautiful baby girl a few months ago.
Previous baby due to excellent insurance cost exactly $0. This baby, with crappy Aetna insurance close to $4k. This is after deductible, and using a doctor that was non-preferred (which we paid more for) I am still puzzled how I ended up getting charged this much.
Anyway I got to thinking. Why is my out of pocket cost $4k for a birth with no complications? Why is the total cost for this birth $17 - $18k?
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posted by gnash
on Sep 4, 2009 -
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I want to have 2 bedroom hardwood floors refinished. My wife is about 14 weeks pregnant. Is it safe for her to be in the house with the polyurethane fumes from the floor finish?
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posted by bingwah
on Jul 14, 2009 -
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So I'm clinically depressed. And right now I likely can't take medication or see a therapist. If things get worked out with medical coverage I might be able to do one or both. But, I'd like to avoid medication if at all possible. What are the things I can do/take (vitamins?) to feel better until ?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 20, 2008 -
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Having kids or not when you have chronic health issues: how did you decide and come to terms with it?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 21, 2008 -
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California legal/medical/ethical question: In advance of my going to the hospital to give birth within the next few weeks, I decided to download and fill out California's standard Advance Health Care Directive form, i.e. a living will (and to have my husband fill his out too, as long as we were at it). However, Google informs me via multiple sources that this form, even if signed and notarized, is
"not valid if pregnant". WTF?
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posted by Asparagirl
on Oct 21, 2007 -
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Can someone recommend me a good ovulation kit for detecting LH surge...I am in U.S.A.
posted by tom123
on Jul 29, 2007 -
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Are mosquito lamps effective and do they pose any health risks to pregnant humans ?
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posted by matholio
on Feb 5, 2007 -
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My question has two parts:
-What are some reliable resources that would allow me to form an intelligent opinion about the possible health-risks of wifi exposure - specifically for a pregnant woman surfing the 'net wirelessly from a laptop for a few hours a day.
-Where is the built-in wifi antenna on a Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop? (If it's in the screen vs. the keyboard area, then at least it's a few inches further from the womb-area - but again, I have no idea if that even matters).
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posted by ericbop
on Feb 5, 2007 -
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Asbestos exposure and pregnancy: at my wife's workplace, they've announced that they are closing off a bathroom for asbestos removal over a weekend. Is it wise for her to avoid the office (all in close proximity to the space) on, say, Monday? Longer? Or needlessly paranoid? She's feeling especially cautious as she is five months pregnant.
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posted by BT
on Mar 22, 2006 -
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Having no health insurance, how can we possibly afford to pay for the delivery of our coming child? How do freelance/self-employed American families survive without health insurance? Anyone have any experience with Medicaid?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 9, 2005 -
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I am about 7 weeks pregnant, and still at the stage where we're keeping it a secret from almost everyone. I feel fine, except I'm so mind numbingly tired that I can't seem to function normally, which is increasingly becoming a problem at work. My midwife has made some suggestions, but none have worked for me. Any suggestions for foods/supplements/strategies that can help me feel less exhausted and non-functional would be greatly appreciated.
posted by anonymous
on Apr 19, 2005 -
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IANAMDFilter: My wife is in her 25th week of pregnancy and has developed costal chondritis -- that is, her last rib on the righthand side is being displaced a little bit by her uterus, making it inflamed, swollen and very tender. It was recommended to her by an OB doctor at her clinic that she take 600mg of ibuprofen (an anti-inflammatory) every six hours for a few days, and to repeat this if the pain returned. Wanting a second opinion, another doctor at the same clinic said this would be OK for a few weeks, but that during the third trimester, ibuprofen should not be taken because it contains prostoglandin, and during the third trimester, the baby is sufficiently developed to react to the increased prostoglandin levels, which can cause one of its heart valves to shut prematurely, resulting in, well, unpleasantness. Specifically, the second doctor said that the baby was sufficiently developed to have this reaction by week 32, and recommended taking ibuprofen no later than week 28. But my wife is a nurse from a family of nurses, and still thinks that taking a course of ibuprofen even at this stage is too much of a risk because, apparently, not a lot of research has been done with fetuses and ibuprofen. So, rather than medical advice, I'd like to ask: Does anyone have any resources they'd like to recommend that we consult? The pain is intense enough to make tasks like traveling by car or picking up our 19-month-old pretty unpleasant, so we'd like to be able to take something (besides percocet) to make things more bearable, but there's something ominous-sounding about a prematurely closed heart valve. Any pointers?
posted by blueshammer
on Jun 16, 2004 -
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