So this is technically not about pregnancy, but it is relevant because I'm sure I'll have many stupid run-ins with my insurance company in the next year or so.
I got a bill in the mail today for $182. It was for lab services I had in December, when my family doc sent me to get my estrogen levels checked. My doctor wanted to do this before she was willing to refer me to a reproductive specialist. I called my insurance company, confused because I had never received a bill for lab services before. They said the service was only covered at 50%, because it came attached to an "infertility" diagnosis, and to get the service covered I would have needed to get all infertility treatments referred through a reproductive specialist. I explained that my doctor was unwilling to refer me without this test, and the insurance company rep told me that I should have known this lab service was different from all the others in the past six months, and that I should have called them directly for a referral. Makes my blood boil, the stupidity, but since I am a) already pregnant and b) no longer working with this doctor, I decided to pay the bill and drop it. No need to add stress to my life.
In better news, I set up an appointment with the cool midwifery practice I found at my local hospital, and my next prenatal exam is 3/22.
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