PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for March, 1999: Re: Confused new mother

Re: Confused new mother

From: Marcia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:21:01 -0600 (CST)

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A hospital in my small town used to advertise pre-paid packages for pregnant women. This was for women who had no insurance and were low-risk. You might inquire about this at the hospitals in New Orleans. In 1991, when these ads first appeared in the paper, the package price was something like $1800 (this is small town Indiana, BTW) and eventually, the price went up to $2100 or $2200 before I stopped seeing them.At Mon, 8 Mar 1999, jb wrote: >
>I'm posting this for my sister since her household does not
>have net access. Also, I'm sorry if this gets posted
>twice. There was an error in my browser when I tried
>to submit it last time. I'm so glad I copied before
>I submitted...
>
>My sister just recently found out that she is pregnant.
>She is 20 and engaged to be married in the fall. She
>tells me that she and her fiancee have been having
>protected sex so this pregnancy was pretty much
>unplanned.
>She only makes about 12k/year (if that) while her
>fiancee is soon to be making 55k. However, they
>do have some debt (how much, I don't know but
>enough to where they are now concerned about
>money and how they are going to make it)
>He has insurance while she does not. He was
>planning on adding her to his policy after they got
>married so that when they did plan on getting
>pregnant, they would be covered. But now this.
>They nor I know of an insurance co. that will cover
>a woman already pregnant, so their only option
>(as far as anyone close to my sister - family and
>a few friends - know) is to get public assistance.
>Since she is not married and making as little as
>she is, I'm sure she will have no problem getting it.
>The only concern then would be the fact that that
>assistance would end 2 months before the baby
>is due since that is when they will be getting married.
>And again, there is the problem with my sister's
>fiancee not being able to put her on his insurance
>because she will then be about 7 mos. pregnant.
>So basically here is my question (questions?)
>
>(NOTE: My sister lives right outside of New Orleans,
>LA)
>* Where can she go (in general or specifically if
>someone knows) to find out about getting assistance
>for prenatal care?
>* What kind of assistance is out there for unwed,
>pregnant soon-to-be-mothers?
>* Without insurance (since they won't have any)
>how much do the hospital bills run for the delivery
>of a child?
>* What good resources are there on the net? I did
>a few searches on Yahoo and Altavista but didn't
>come up with anything good. I was looking up info
>on "pregnancy welfare assistance" and "cost of
>pregnancy" (note: I'm not that great with the search
>engines yet. <g>). This was the only good site I
>was able to find.
>
>Also anything you feel like interjecting would be
>welcome. She is very confused and we, as her
>family, want to be there for moral and emotional
>support. Unfortunately, we don't have many
> answers. She doesn't want to consider abortion
>until she knows all the facts and it turns out that
>they just won't be able to make it if they have a
>child.
>
>Thank you for your time, for reading this far and
>for any help you might be able to provide.
>
>a0

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