Yesterday I had my 2nd prenatal appointment. The doctor took FOREVER to see me, which was annoying. First off, though, the office manager pulled me in to discuss my benefits. What? I'd never had this before, but whatever. So she goes through everything and at the end she says "so you owe us $700" and I'm like, what??? She re-explains and basically the office estimates what my insurance will cover for the delivery and everything and then they charge you that upfront and want you to be on a payment plan to be fully paid by the 28th week. We decided that I would pay in January right before 28 weeks so that I could use my 2012 FSA. It's kind of weird, but after thinking about it some more, I like that I already have an estimate so I can figure out our FSA planning better and I'll already have one bill taken care of leaving just the hospital fees.
Ok, so now the actual doctor part. He had an extremely hard time finding the heartbeat. He even had to switch out his doppler machine and FINALLY, he found it. Right in the middle, very faint, but strong. Thank God!!! Other than that, we discussed my sore throat and he determined I most likely have strep throat, so he gave me a rx for an antiobiotic. Kind of funny because I asked if this was ok for the baby and his response was "No, it will destroy the pregnancy but your throat will feel better".
Everything else was fine and I set up my next appt for Oct 17, I'll be almost 16 weeks then. Then the next appointment, around mid-Nov will be 20 weeks and I'll set up my big ultrasound then as well.
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