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Insurance

Congratulations!! You took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. Then you scheduled a consult and tour at our birth center. And while you visited us, we put together an estimate for your insurance coverage. Most people really don't understand how their insurance plans actually work. I mean, they understand that they have insurance but they often don't understand why they have to pay anything out of pocket or a how we come up with the estimate, so we thought we would help break this down for you.  But first: there are different ways people obtain insurance plans. Some employers include insurance plans are a benefit to working with their company. Employers will contract with different insurance companies and each employer might offer different plans to different employees, so just because you have Cigna, as an example, it doesn't mean all Cigna plans are the same. Also, some people purchase their own insurance plans directly from insurance companies or from the Marketpla

TRIPLETS born on front porch of birth center!

Everyone, please send your congratulations to Ms. Tweetie Bird. Ms. Bird's eggs have hatched on our front porch this weekend. Ms. Tweetie is the proud and busy momma of three little ones who are already demanding much work from her catching bugs...Talk about mouths to feed!

Postpartum Depression Certification

Kaleen is at a conference today and tomorrow down in Ft. Lauderdale for Postpartum Depression evaluation and management. This training will prepare us for being able to evaluate women who are having trouble coping with afterbirth emotions. An incredible blogspot to check out is http://postpartumprogress.typepad.com/weblog/education_training/ . When Kaleen gets back she is planning on setting up a postpartum depression support group that will be availabale through the Center, as well as an evaluation system to help ladies that are experiencing Baby Blues, mild postpartum depression, severe depression or to refer patients for further evaluation of postpartum psychosis.