Thats interesting-are in in Canada I think? how do you get your prenatal vitamins-does your general dr prescribe them? And I'm guessing no listening to the heartbeat or seeing ultrasound till you go?

We have the option to either see or family dr or one in the practice that does OB care (I took this option) or have your family dr do the first part of the care and than refer you out to an OB. So yeah you still have everything else done in the beginning it is just done by your family doc instead of an ob.

We get our prenatal vits over the counter. They are right there next to the rest of the vitamins.

Dancemomtoo- Yup, I am in Canada and pregnant and going to my family doctor (21 weeks here) for another couple weeks before I see my OB, since I am low risk. If you are high risk I think they refer you earlier. Like LLD said, you just get prenatal vitamins and folic acid supplements at the drugstore, on the shelf next to regular vitamins. My family doctor does everything you would get from an OB at this point in the pregnancy though- we listen to the heartbeat with a doppler, she prescribed anti-nausea meds for me, she sent me for all the blood work, ultrasound, everything. A tech did the ultrasound at the large maternity hospital in my city, but sent my doctor the results and I had another appointment where she interpreted them for me.

DD- when you say you don't have an OB yet, you are seeing a GP or family doctor at this point, right? Someone is monitoring your blood pressure and weight, taking urine samples, sending you for bloodwork, etc?

Ginger-no, the only "care" I've gotten has been from the ER.

love,
DanceDynamic

I'm shocked at the lack of care given to pregnant women in America! Last time I checked America wasn't a third world country!!
In the UK we have free health care and pregnant women are seen without any problems.
I really feel for you guys

Queenie xx

^If you have good insurance and money, you can get top flight care. If you don't...well.

^ *any insurance

yeah, my Hubby and I wonder if I get bad care because of Medicaid. They're pretty negeletful :/

love,
DanceDynamic

Other members on here seem to be satisfied with them... I'm sure that you will soon get the care that you need... otherwise I'm gonna have to fly out there and open up a can of whoop butt.

The care can be spotty or it can be fine. If you are still in the area I think you are, once you get going, it should be better. As long as you don't move again! Changing adresses can be problematic.

kk~

LLD-I think it will be okay now that they gave me the case worker. We've jsut had bad luck when it comes to our lovely government. But if all goes crappy, I'll let you know so you can kick some booty

KK-We're currently living in Plantersville, by Ren Fest. And you're right, it's HUGELY problematic to change your address, or the biggest seemed to be county. Ugh!

love,
DanceDynamic

Aww, I'm sorry you left the area before we could get together. But I still wish you the best! And yes, it's the county change that causes so many delays! It's terrible!

kk~

Ginger-no, the only "care" I've gotten has been from the ER.

love,
DanceDynamic

You are 18 weeks pregnant and have only gotten care from the ER? Considering you are mid-way through your 2nd trimester and have not had any care, aside from emergency visits in the ER, then I will forewarn you that if you try to sue over a birth defect then they may hold that against you. I don't know that for certain, but just a possibility.
My other question being, you said you took that medication a few weeks ago (Jan 4th) and you said you were in your first trimester. That wouldn't be possible if you were 18 weeks on Jan 30th would it? Or am I mixing something up here?

So, a few weeks ago, (Like, January 4th.) My husband had to take me to the ER. (Way too much vomiting with blood etc.) Turns out, I was serverly dehydrayed and had a UTI(From being TOO clean, of all things.) Anyway, after all the IV's and blood work etc, Doctor sends me home with 3 different perscriptions. One for the UTI(Which did NOT clear up and gave me a bad YI.) one for nausea, and a specific prenatal to replenish all I had lost due to the severe throwing-up.

I had to renturn to the ER a few days ago due to the same problems. IV's, blood work etc again. So THIS doctor perscribes three perscriptions as well. Again, UTI(Which, by the way causes even MORE throwing up...Besides the point lol.),neusea, and one for the YI.

So I pull out the old perscription for neusea and ask if the new medicine is simular. Nurse and doctor freak out and say that this drug is a Class C/D and should NEVER be given to pregnant women. It causes severe birth defects, what was my other Doctor thinking etc.

Yes, Doctors make mistakes. But I may be silly for thinking so, should NOT make a mistake as huge as perscribing something to a pregnant that is supposed to be well known not to be given to her.(as one of the nurses said, "NEVER give this to a pregnant woman, EXSPECAILLY in her first trimester!" Which I am in.

It doesn't matter to me how old the baby is(Like ours is 18 weeks, and TOTALLY has Daddy's legs hehe.)I think it's murder, but as to what kind, like Uber said, depends on the situation. Yall can post on what you think the courts would say if you'd like,(interesting to me as well) but I'm really interested on your specific opinion.

love,
DanceDynamic

First Trimester 1-12 weeks
Second Trimester 12-28 weeks
Third Trimester 29-40 weeks

And this says it was done at the 'New Life Pregnancy Center' in the Ultrasound Photo, is that part of the ER?

www.dance.net . . .

Caption below the photo:Baby has Daddy's legs already!(Daddy is 6'5.) Of course I say their part dancer's legs.

love,
DanceDynamic

I'm sorry, but I am clearly confused

Source for Trimesters: pregnancy.about.com . . .

Okay, hold up.

I gave you info on Planned Parenthood and Texas WIC back in November when you found out you were pregnant. (www.dance.net . . .) Since both operate on a sliding scale, and you knew you were poor with no insurance, why have you not gotten prenatal care of any sort by week 19? Waiting for Medicaid is NOT an excuse when there are sliding scale options in and around every major city (which you are). This is your potential baby's life and health at risk. Your first job as a pregnant woman is to help your fetus flourish and grow in a healthy environment. You are failing your child by not going to a sliding scale clinic.

No, you have absolutely no right to sue over a nausea medication you took for a couple weeks (which, once again, is not contraindicated if it's Class C or Class D - and it can only be one, I don't really know why you keep saying C/D when there is no such classification) when you have neglected to care for your fetus for the first 5 MONTHS of it's growth. You have no idea whether you have gestational diabetes, or any other number of complications that can arise during pregnancy.

Screw waiting for a case worker. Get to Planned Parenthood TOMORROW for some proper screening and testing.

KK-Me too, I would of loved to get together

TB-No, you're not mixing anything up at all. It's kind of confusing really. When I found out I was pregnant, November 8th, my last period was October 8th. I THINK the pregnancy center I went in Arlington tracked it wrong, because when I went to the pregnancy center down HERE, and got the sono, she said by the mesurements, not by the date, I was 17 weeks along. And no, New Life Pregancy Center is a center my Pastor's wife runs. It's basically a Christian run center that offers one free sono, free maternity clothes, and list of Docs who accept Medicaid.


DF-Would you care to explain to me HOW to get appointments and exams with litterally no money? And I mean NO MONEY. The only way we were eating was from our churchs food pantry. And clinics will not except you if you are on Medicaid or waiting for it to come through. And negelted care for the first 5 months? Have you seen the posts on here where some members have stated you can't get an appointment where they live UNLESS you're that far along? And I've never heard of a slide clinic...And I thought that since I COULDN'T get a Dr.'s, the best thing I could do until I could was eat as healthy as I could and take prenatals. Which I started the day after I found out I was pregnant. And it's better for the case worker to help because she knows every hospital and Dr. that takes Medicaid. As for Planned Parenthood. They want money. They even wanted 25$ for a pregnancy test when I first went to them, which I couldn't afford. Did I mention my Hubby lost his job, and we're living with my parents? So I'd apperciate it if you backed off on calling me a negeltful Mother...

love,
DanceDynamic

I'm not sure how things work in Texas, but here in Ohio, if you are pregnant- there is no waiting for Medicaid. They get you on right away because it is so important for the baby to be receiving proper prenatal care as early as possible. Planned Parenthood here will give you a fee that they feel you can afford to pay (sliding scale) but they NEVER turn away someone for inability to pay. It says it right above the door. You don't have to pay to go there ever. When I was a teenager and needed BC, I would pay them $1 towards their sliding scale fee every time I went in, but I didn't have to pay them anything. That is here, like I said- I don't know how things are done in Texas.

DanceDynamic wrote:

They MUST be stronger than we think, my pregnancy has been so rough, I'm surprised I haven't thrown the poor thing up :/

You have my sympathy. I remember that feeling. I was so sick throughout my first pregnancy that I was in the hospital every Wednesday and Sunday for intravenous rehydration. Nothing would stay down. I was really worried for the baby too, but he was absolutely fine. They are tougher than we think they are. I hope all goes well for you.

DD, as you are living with your parents, could they not help you out? I'm not rich, but I've helped my kids out when they were expecting and if they needed something they couldn't afford. (I'm still helping now!)

Queenie xx

TB-The Planned Parenthood I went didn't offer that, or atleast I'm assuming they didn't. I explained to them my situation and they weren't willing to help. It's kind of a hit or miss type of thing down here. (It seems) That's kind of why I've been so frusterated, it's like no one cares to help or something

Tansey-Thank you for that! It's been SO hard it worries me to death. It's like, okay, this is NOT normal. But my Mom and my Hubby's Mom(with him!) had a real hard first pregnancy, so I'm kind of factoring that in too.

Queen_Jojo-They're helping as much as they can now, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them, you know?

love,
DanceDynamic

Your husband losing his job is an excuse for only so long. Texas has one of the best economies and lowest unemployment rates out of the whole darn country. You cannot begin to tell me that he can't get a job flipping burgers or working an odd job here or there in construction or landscaping, etc. Can you not work? Yall need to figure out how to scrape together some money for, at the very least, some blood work. Are you at least taking prenatal vitamins?

What did PP tell you exactly? The only reason they would require you to pay is if you said you had insurance or an income. So if Medicaid should be covering that and you said you had Medicaid, yes, they're going to say well you have to use that and pay the co-pay (or whatever).

Some services are expensive and they will charge you for them even if you're on the low end of the sliding scale, BUT you don't have to pay right then, that very second. You can put it off and they won't charge any interest, you just pay whenever you're able to. I've done that plenty of times. You pay whatever you can - or nothing at all - and contribute whenever you're able to. It's not a problem and they don't judge you for it (because they see it all the time).

Sorry, but I don't believe that PP required you to pay. Like tumblebug said - that's the whole reason they exist. There's more to that story.

Are you on WIC yet?

It's a difficult to learn to navigate the system when you've never been in the position to know what to do or how to do it. Also, having morning sickness that lasts all day, everyday, makes it hard to get anything done (been there).

Some folks have given some good info and DD, I do think you should look into your options again. Just because one office said no or discouraged you doesn't mean the next office will.

But really, everybody, could we lighten up on her just a little?

kk~

Sara-Sent you a PM.

Heart-Why is there always something more to the story? Would you like to talk to Debbie? She was there the whole time and can back my story, she's the one who took me so I didn't have to ask KandyKane. You don't seem to understand how hard this has actually been. The only free clinics that I know of(and I have been to.) are ones run by churches. And yes, I'm on WIC, As of January, 18th I believe.

KK-Those things definitely come into effect. My husband and I are pretty ignorent when it came to it all. With no phone at first(except hotel that charged) and the sickness that keeps me bed ridden, it's very difficult. The office I was refering to was the one on Cooper, sure you might have seen it if you go to The Parks. But there's really no point in finding a PP down because with the social worker, we're going to be able to set up an appointment on Monday

love,
DanceDynamic

..... I just wish you the best of luck with the rest of your pregnancy and that you have a healthy baby in the end

You are a total liar. I guessed the drug in my first post on this thread.

Phenergan, aka Promethazine. Class C.

January 29th, your mother posted the name of the drug on her public facebook timeline.

Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am.

Now stop trying to make your doctor out to be a potential baby killer. He's not. Class C is simply "hasn't been tested enough on humans to classify any other way."