The Buzzbees

So a few weeks ago, we filled out the paperwork at Baptist Hospital in Jackson to be pre-admitted there. The lady there called last week and told me she had some other paperwork that I needed to fill out and that she would mail it to me. However, I never got it. Then yesterday, she called and told me that she was having a problem checking my insurance or something.

Drama #1—Baptist is not an in-network provider on my insurance.
This came as a total shock to me and Eric. How could we not know this?!? I guess we just assumed that since our OB was in-network and was in the building right next door that the hospital would be in-network. But apparently it’s true! I know it’s totally our fault for not checking first! Oops! Anyway, our out-of-network deductible is $10K so it looks like we’ll be switching to River Oaks Hospital (and YES we checked to make sure they were in-network!!!).

Drama #2—Finding out if our current OB would deliver at River Oaks.
I finally got to talk to a nurse today and she said that they ONLY deliver at Baptist. So, now we’re back to the dilemma of switching doctors. Back in April, we were contemplating switching because we felt like our doctor wasn’t being supportive of our birth plan. And we actually met with another OB at River Oaks to discuss switching to her. However, we decided to stick with our OB after discussing our birth plan further with him. Apparently, that wasn’t the right decision… hmm…

Drama #3—Getting in to see the new OB.
I called the East Lakeland Clinic today to make an appointment with the doctor I saw in April. The lady I spoke with on the phone said now that I’m over 20 weeks, I have to be approved by the doctor. And it may take 10 working days for them to call me back. Sooooo…. we’re kinda in a holding period until I hear back from them. However, I feel like we’re in a catch-22. The doctor we’re currently seeing won’t deliver at the hospital that we need to deliver at and I don’t know if I can get in with the doctor that can deliver there. So what to do??? What happens if I don’t get approved with the new doctor? Do I keep seeing my current doctor for prenatal checkups and go to River Oaks and let another doctor deliver? Do you see my dilemma?

Oh well. I guess we’ll just be patient and wait for the verdict from the East Lakeland Clinic. I’m not too stressed about it though. I know God will take care of us and put us where we need to be. At the end, we’ll have a baby, right?!? And that’s all that matters