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Do you think this is true?
This is probably a better question for PAL, but I figured I'd try my luck. I had lunch today with a friend of mine who has a 4 week old. She said her advice was to take anything in the hospital that wasn't nailed down. Take extra soothie pacifiers, take desitin, take wipes, etc. It seemed like good advice to me, so I told DH when I got home and he said "yeah, until we get the hospital bill and they charge us for all the extra pacifiers and wipes that we took." Do hospitals really do that? Does my friend just not know because she hasn't seen the bill yet, or do they just not care?
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Natural miscarriage - April 2009 ~ We love you, 'Blueberry'
Lydia, born July 12, 2010
Labor buddy to Kelly0615
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. -Eleanor Roosevelt
After 1 year of TTC#2 BFP May 2011 m/c #3 4w2d. Off to RE.
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they charge you whether or not you use it. I was in the hospital, not for a birth or anything but those whores charged me for tissues.
TISSUES.
take it all.
Labor Buddy to Blowfish11
Don't be a gypsy.
I only say this because they really do take everything that isn't nailed down.
Do not take blankets, pillows, baby blankets, etc. Those are hospital property. Anything that is opened and used (desitin, wipes, etc) will not be reused and you can take.
with DD the nurse came in to help me pack and she said to "take everything and that was not nailed down" her words....and that she would "stock up" my room before I left too, and to take it all...they charge you a ton for the stuff and a lot come in handy at home. I took like 6 bottles of that numbing spray for when you pee...that was a life saver!!
I didnt get charged any extra...
Yes - DH and I have high deductible insurance ($5000 deductible) and we do get an itemized bill for every doctor's visit, every ultrasound, every blood work lab, every everything. We still get adjusted prices for having insurance, but we pay a lot more out of pocket than most people. Once we hit the deductible, 100% is covered, but we won't reach that until delivery day. Having an itemized bill is kind of nice though - it lets me know how ridiuclous the overcharges are in health care. Each one of my ultrasounds cost $360. Even my "confirmation of pregnancy" urine test cost $50. It's completely outrageous, and I don't think most people who don't get a bill realize it.
Health care costs are ridiculous regardless. I also get itemized bills because we have such a high family deductable ($4000). My pre-natal bloodwork alone was over $1500. Insurance covered 80% and I cover the rest. Each ultrasound is billed at over $500. I can only imagine how much the NT Scan will cost since it's at an imaging center.
This! With both of my DD's, the nurses told me themselves that everything in the bassinet is ours and to take it all home with us (ex: diapers, wipes, pacifiers, baby books, etc).
Proud Mama of 3 beautiful daughters and 1 amazing son - ages 8, 5, 3, and 1
1st m/c - 1/12/07 at 5 weeks 50 mg Clomid - BFP 8/22/09, 2nd m/c - 8/24/09 at 5 weeks 50 mg Clomid - BFP!!!! 11/16/09 EDD: 7/29/10
TEAGAN ELIZABETH BORN JULY 14, 2010! 6 LBS 13 OZ AND 20 INCHES!
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3/28/13 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAYSON JOSEPH! born at 37 weeks 4 days, 7 lbs 13.8 oz and 20 inches!
seriously she is right. take it all. i even took onsies and shirts they had him in to the the spray anesthetic stock they had in the bathroom cabinet for my hoohah.
no extra charge. well at least for us!