Steve Lazewski

No offense taken, I understand what you're getting at. Our doctor who made the call was quite holistic in her practice; however, when it comes down to it western medicine really came through. From what I understand, the cesarean is one of the simplest surgeries that a doctor can perform. I have some close friends who are physicians and quite a few actually prefer that their wives undergo c-sections.

That being said, the risk of complications during a vbac would be slight in our case, so we will still be open to it if the opportunity presents itself. I guesss my original post was sort of a worst case scenario approach to childbirth cost$.

Left Coast

Try this scenerio out for size.

I'm married to a CAL chick. We plan on having a kid. Cal benefits would cover more than XJT so we want to put the insurance on her.

The problem? If she needs to bow out of work for an extended time (you know for being pregnant) her sick pay wont last too long and we would have to pay COBRA. If anyone doesn't know about COBRA, imagine bending over and having an umbrella shoved up your ***, and then opened.

So we might be better off just paying more out of pocket and using my benefits.

Aren't benefits great? It's enough to make you drink.

samiam

When voting on the contract extenion remember benefits are part of the "compensation" plan!

djhubberts

When is benefits enrollemnt? I don't want to miss it and get stuck paying more than i want to...

Deck Captain

Are you sure about that? My wife had a lot of problems during her pregnancy and when her sick time ran out she went on short term disability and got 66% of her pay tax free. Plus she did not have to use COBRA, the insurance stayed the same. Of course this was over 8 years ago and she worked for Delta, but you might want to check that option out as well. Plus Delta was very strict in their sick time use, but due to pregnancy, legally, they could not hold anything against her. You didn't say if she was a pilot or F/A so they may have different rules, but just thought I'd let you know you might want to check into that scenario.

lap

If the doctor was truelly holistic, he/she would take the approach of vbac first and only consider c section as an emergency. That's the way it should be anyways whether or not you are holistic. Of course that all depends on the actual circumstances involved. But it doesnt sound like in your case why you guys shouldnt try vbac first. Also, the baby and mother are much more alert and able to latch on right away. That alone should be the best reason of trying natural child birth before considering c section. If your doctor friends truelly looked out for the baby's sake, they would prefer natural child birth but like I said, too many times c sections are a matter of convinience to the doctors than anything else.

In any case, good luck.

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lap

The company is not required to offer any benefits! :roll:

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Steve Lazewski

Lap- I guess I should clarify. I was referring to the birth of our first child and the doctor we used then was very much into natural birth. She was a DO, and was a proponent of holistic practices. We used a c-section as a way to have a healthy baby and mother.

Our current doctor now encourages a vbac if it is not forced. They do not
induce vbacs. She is also very saavy when it comes to natural practices.

You have a very sensible approach to childbirth but unfortunately there are circumstances which make natural childbirth less than ideal; however, the point is to get a healthy baby and mother out of the deal by whatever means are determined satisfactory at that point in time.
Thanks a lot for your concern.

Steve Lazewski

I thought that it was doctors who thought they were pilots, not the other way around!

k.a.m.

lap is an expert on everything, just ask him and he'll tell you