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 ~.~

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[rkold.livejournal.com]

It's odd, I've sort of lost all my type A quirks as I've gotten older and I don't really miss them. It's not so bad staying home really. Though by the time the baby is heading off to school I'm going to have a lot to do with my gardening and I hope to get into some more crafts.

I don't remember how long my Mom stayed home with me, I know she always regretted having to go back when my sister was like 2.

It did help a lot though that she worked about 2 miles away from where we lived/where the schools were making it much easier to meet us and keep an eye on us. Her hours also coincided better with school hours as they were 8-4 rather than the more typical 9-5.