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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

Lavender Cookie Recipe

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Okay, here's the recipe for those of you who can't make it to the center but it's always more fun to be surprised with a treat! So come to the birth center for a cookie! 1 cup softened butter 1 egg 1+ 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tbs organic lavender 1 cup sugar 1/4 tsp salt 1+1/2 cup flour Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Beat butter till creamy, then add sugar & egg, beat again. Mix in all dry ingredients. Drop by spoonful. Bake 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool on paper. Enjoy! ~Michelle Gawne, LM CPM~ Heart 2 Heart Birth Center

PAP reminders

Hello everyone! Just a quick reminder that Heart 2 Heart provides annual well woman gynecology services, not just prenatal and birth services, including: *PAP smears *Breast exams (self breast exam taught as well) *Birth Control Options including Mirena IUDs & oral contraception *Natural Family Planning classes The current recommendation for PAP smears is every 2 years until age 35, then every 3 years until age 55 unless you have had abnormal PAP smears. I was recently told by a patient that delivered with us years ago that she did not realize we could see her for her well woman gynecology appointments, so I thought I'd remind everyone. ~Michelle Gawne, LM CPM~ Heart 2 Heart Birth Center

07/27/10 Birth of London

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Welcome to the world baby girl! London was born at 0226 to Brittany and Kirk! London hasn't even been weighed yet, she's so fresh!! ~Michelle Gawne, LM CPM~ Heart 2 Heart Birth Center

07/26/10: Baby Boy Kolten

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Happy Birthday to baby boy Kolten born to Jessica & Mark. Kolten weighed 8.9!! ~Michelle Gawne, LM CPM~ Heart 2 Heart Birth Center

07/25/10: Birth of Zahara

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Mama Marilyn delivered Baby girl Zahara Eliisa Yisrael last night at 7:48. Congratulations to Marilyn & Shamine! ~Michelle Gawne, LM CPM~ Heart 2 Heart Birth Center

07/23/10: Birth of Baby Girl Samantha

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Baby Samantha born today to Rebecca. 8 pounds 12 ounces. Rebecca's first baby and she was only in labor 4 hours and baby was born in the tub! Here Daddy is cutting the cord. ~Michelle Gawne, LM CPM~ Heart 2 Heart Birth Center

New VBAC guidelines

Hello everyone, hope you are having a wonderful sunny weekend! I had planned on going out in our boat down the river, but the blind Mosquitos are swarming, so it is just going to be a relaxing at home weekend for me. A few news items have come across the wire in the last 24 hours that I wanted to share with you all. One is about VBAC safety. Any of our clients who have experienced a cesarean will want to follow this topic closely. ACOG has announced that they are revising their VBAC policy guidelines: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38349267/ns/health/ Sorry if you have to cut and paste, I am just learning how to blog on my iPhone!! ~Michelle Gawne, LM CPM~ Heart 2 Heart Birth Center Location: Dirksen Dr,De Bary,United States