Well that sucks

[rkold]

So we just found out what sort of benefit our Health Insurance would give us towards the expense of having a baby. I would have had to sign up by week 15, I just started week 18 and it would involve having to talk to a Future Mom's Coach through out my 2nd Trimester and PostPartum. As a reward for having to deal with someone unhelpful on the phone I would get $300 in credits which could be applied to the following:

* your copay for prenatal vitamins Cause Prenatal vitamins are sooooo costly ~.~
* tuition for birthing, parenting or infant‐care classes
* pregnancy fitness classes
* postpartum wellness classes or a 6‐month gym membership So their big concern seems to be keeping the Mom from getting fat??
* videos for those unable to attend classes
* breast pumps, related supplies and lactation consultants
* a jogging stroller

So nothing actually useful other than a breast pump, they won't help with car seats, and a jogging stroller in and of itself is useless since most you can't use with infants because of lack of recline and true jogging strollers are awful for non-jogging use since the front wheel is not on a swivel which makes trying to turn the damn thing while shopping a royal pain in the ass. And the idea of getting 3 strollers seems pretty ridiculous to me.

I don't plan to take up jogging since my knee joints are not going to take that well.

I'm so underimpressed right now. If only I was European or Japanese ~.~

Comments

[twotone]

Oh no, I'm so sorry that the health insurance benefits are so unhelpful!

Re: carseats, are there any convertible ones that can be switched from one mode to another as the child grows out of it, or would those be as expensive as getting three separate car seats?

[rkold.livejournal.com]

The problem is the convertible ones tend to not be as useful with infants because they're just not as well designed for them. The nice thing about infant car seats is you can buy a stroller frame for them and detach them from the base and use them as the seat in a stroller until the baby is around 6 months old and wants something a little different, though hmmmm a lot of people might switch at 6 months because they tend to have ginormous babies.

The other problem is a lot of more convertible ones are just not as well made or as safe as the non-convertible one and while I don't drive so much, to me the car is one of the most dangerous places. That and a crib seem like two places you don't want to skimp. It's just annoying because I am sure the program mostly consists of someone nudging at you to exercise which sounds less than appealing. ~.~ I remember when the insurance company kept calling about my back issue and it was like... leave me alone I don't have a chronic condition. lol

On the bright side, I just splurged and bought pickles form NYC and they're going to taste so good when I get them in my greedy little hands!