We found ourselves in an interesting position. We knew about the pregnancy much sooner than your average woman. Emily also will not have full medical insurance until January 1, 2011. While our gut was to get in to see a doctor ASAP, it was going to be paid out-of-pocket. When we selected our OB/GYN and inquired as to the costs of the initial visit, labs and ultrasound we realized we were looking at $1,200.00 up front.
After talking to medical providers and doing some reading, we decided to postpone the initial visit 1 month in order to get Emily under an insurance policy. As long as she remains healthy, doesn't have any complications and is feeling well, our first visit will be at the 10 week mark - not uncommon at all.
The other option would be to go a "discount" provider - someone who specializes in providing OB/GYN services to the less-fortunate in our community. As long as we are healthy, I just couldn't bring myself to take those resources away from people in need merely for our convenience.
God willing this will be the right choice, and we can get through these next 35 days without incident. If not, we will bite the bullet and get any-and-all care necessary, without concerns for the cost.
So we wait.
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