Yesterday I made it to the 24 week mark! At least my little guy now has a fighting chance. Next cervical length check is this thursday. Hopeful that it has remained the same or has improved some. I don't think the doctor is going to allow me to return to work unless things stay stable until week 30.
I made a ton of phone calls last week in regards to short term disability, FMLA, etc. Turns out that my FMLA is running in conjunction with my disability, so my job is only secure for these first 12 weeks. Not very reassuring... Short term disability is only approving things week by week, so we'll see how that goes. I've been approved for 1 week and they were going to contact my doctor's office again. My company is forcing me to use all of my paid time off accrued. I had 95.7 hours saved because I wanted to take extra time when the baby came, but I guess that is going to be out of the question now.
As for my insurance company - I finally got a hold of the case management department and gave them an earful. My case manager called me back and said that she had the benefits department working on getting the gap exceptions in place for the maternal fetal medicine specialist and the hospital with the NICU. I haven't heard anything back yet, so I'll probably follow up again in a few days.
My husband has been very helpful with cooking meals and helping to clean up the house. I was thinking that he was coming around and being very supportive. Then we wake up this morning and he makes a remark about me being lazy, and I'm using any excuse not to have to do anything. Yeah, I guess trying to prevent another premature baby is "any excuse"..... I am so pissed off. I told him to keep his stupid comments to himself, so now he isn't speaking to me. And - he stayed home from work today, oh joy!
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