Summer Time!

I don't know what "summer" means at your house.... but at our house, it means we spend LOTS of family time together!!  It's great fun, even when we're simply cleaning the house together and tackling the big projects that don't get done unless hubby is home ;-)/  It also means mommy doesn't spend nearly as much time online!  I tend to not get on the computer unless I HAVE to, or if hubby needs me to do something for him online or for his work stuff!  So, it may mean longer between updates, but please trust that no news is good news!

Last week (Tuesday even) we had an OB appt and a meeting with the Neonatologist.  OB says everything looks great :-).  AKA it was one of those really boring end of pregnancy appointments where he measured fundal height and checked on Alexander's heartbeat.  He also became my favorite OB ever by listening to me cough once and prescribing an antibiotic to help me kick whatever was trying to bring me down!  The neonatologist consultation was much more exciting!  The general outcome of that conversation was that what Alexander has looks to be treatable, relatively easily, and NOT on an emergency basis!  So, we'll be able to move slowly and have a baby (scheduled c-section thanks to eeh size of his head) who will go directly to the NICU to start IVs and antibiotics as a precaution, but then we'll be able to slow down a little bit and assess and gather information to make informed decisions rather than jumping into surgeries RIGHT AWAY.  Doesn't mean that his surgery won't be within the first day or so, just that it will likely not be within hours of birth!  And, they want me to stay pregnant as long as possible so that Alexander will have as few "preemie" complications as possible... but the big meeting of the minds is tomorrow (the 17th) and they'll likely discuss then when we will deliver!  So, we could know a section date as early as when they're out of their meeting tomorrow, or as late as our next perinatologist appt and OB appt which is next Monday, the 23rd!!  EEKK!!  So, this week hubby is back to work, summer football practice started this morning!  and we have the "boy" room to get ready (it hasn't been painted since my little brother painted it 15 years ago or so... and you can definitely tell it was painted by a 10(?) year old...), and I should probably really start thinking about getting a hospital bag together. and we're having a YARD SALE this weekend, trying to boost the bottom line of our budget by a bit, since hubby doesn't get another paycheck til the end of JULY!

In other news, while I'm very thankful for medical insurance, it's really stressing me out right now.  I just got a bunch of paperwork in the mail to shift through about picking new plans and dates and EEKK!!  I have a BUNCH of doctors that are going to want to get paid, not deal with insurances fighting over who's supposed to pay... and you know they will argue about it... so, I must be off so that I can research and make an informed decision, and try to pick the best plan for ALL of us...   Thanks ACA. I REALLY appreciate it... NOT!!!