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Tara Luvs Chris
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Joined: 08 Feb 2006
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Location: Florida
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I'm a Pregnant Minor But Have No Health Insurance ...
Posted: 02-08-06 13:12pm
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I live in the state of florida. I am 17,
and I am 6 weeks along pregnant. I have
full health insurance, but unfortunately I
am not eligible to use it because of the
simple fact that I am still considered to
be a minor (i need my parents permission).
I need maternity care. But also I would
like to keep my pregnancy confidential,
especially from my parents.
What can I do?
Your answers/help will be greatly
appreciated.
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yellow ribbon
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Location: FL
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Posted: 02-08-06 13:23pm
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My sister in-law lives in fl and she got
medicaid for her pregnancy. Also I lived
in fl for my first pregnancy and I went to
the health clinic to find out I was
pregnant and after they said I was they
discussed insurance options and its free
if you go to the health clinic for you
prenatal care and then when u give
birththey provide u with a midwife and if
there are complications the doctor on call
takes care of you so the state of fl pays
4 everything for teen pregancies just go
to the health clinic and they will help
you they also will help you get on wic or
any other help you might need
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~rubmybuddahbelly~
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Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Posts: 752
Location: :( N.O. Evacuee now in TEXAS
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Posted: 02-08-06 16:19pm
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Medicaid is a good choice... But it can
take up to 3 months to get ur actual card
in and u need help now. I think u should
get over yourself ( not being mean ) and
tell your parents. You need to worry
about your baby, and not what your parents
are going to say.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
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Posted: 02-08-06 16:25pm
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Medicade all the way!! Girl..I got my
card within 3 days...And this was like 2
weeks after katrina...Granted I was
shocked..I still got it..Althought I
didn't get my card for another 2 weeks the
Dr.S office didn't need the physical
card..All they needed was the number which
medicade provided so that I could get to
the Dr. A.S.A.P....
Sarah
ps...I'm glad i'm having a girl because
medicade doesn't cover circumcisions!!
They can run from 250-400
dollars...Depeneding on whether a
urologist or you ob/gyn does the
procedure!! Phew!! I don't have to deal
with that pain yet!!
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~rubmybuddahbelly~
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Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Posts: 752
Location: :( N.O. Evacuee now in TEXAS
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Posted: 02-08-06 16:32pm
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I was in katrina and now im in texas...
They wouldnt take my la. Medicaid card
out here and now im waiting on a texas
one. I also was going to just drive back
and forth to la. To use muh la. Card so
I wouldnt have to wait and I couldn't fing
a doctor that would take me. It's like
gimmie a break I lost everything and now I
cant get any help.. I'm damn near
homeless... And im still getting screwed
out of sh** !!! I found a stinky clinic
to go to untill I get my texas medicaid
card which its been almost a month and I
have yet to receive it.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posts: 7892
Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
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Posted: 02-08-06 16:35pm
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Humbra...I know it's hard out there in
tx..I'm sure they're in no rush to get you
what you need...I would prob. Consider
the driving back and forth to .N.O. Until
I saw the gas prices!!! Lol...Hang in
there girl....Everthing will be fine!!
You'll have a beautiful baby so share all
of your experiences with...
Are yall gonna stay in tx. Or are yall
gonna come back home?? Is your family out
there with yall or is it just you and your
immediate fam??
Sarah
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Tara Luvs Chris
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Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Posts: 5
Location: Florida
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Posted: 02-08-06 17:35pm
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| ~rubmybuddahbelly~
wrote: | | medicaid is a good choice...
But it can take up to 3 months to get ur
actual card in and u need help now. I
think u should get over yourself ( not
being mean ) and tell your parents. You
need to worry about your baby, and not
what your parents are going to
say. |
i like to keep my pregnancy away from my
parents, because once they said that they
would have had aborted my unborn child (if
I were pregnant). I do not want my
parents to have any part of my new family.
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yellow ribbon
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Location: FL
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Posted: 02-08-06 21:47pm
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Go to your health clinic u can do it
without your parents knowing as for them
saying ud have to have an abortuin they
cant make u they nurses and staff ask u
like 5 times if u are there on your own
free will and if this is what u want plus
u have to sign consent papers
on another note you are only 6 weeks most
doctors dont even want to see you for your
first appt til 8-10 weeks when they can
actually hear the babys heart beat so u
have a few weeks to figure it out
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~rubmybuddahbelly~
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Posts: 752
Location: :( N.O. Evacuee now in TEXAS
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Posted: 02-08-06 23:12pm
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Im stuck in texas for now.. Pretty much
all my close family moved out here. I was
buggin to go back for a while but I
changed my mind. Wel lost everything. My
mom had a house in marrero and in kenner.
They both got messed up and my sister and
aunt laost their homes in st. Benard and
in marrero. Ummm and on a diff matter...
Lol your parents can not force you to get
an abortion. It's illegal theres like no
way they can.
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Tara Luvs Chris
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Location: Florida
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Posted: 02-08-06 23:56pm
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| ~rubmybuddahbelly~
wrote: | | im stuck in texas for now..
Pretty much all my close family moved out
here. I was buggin to go back for a
while but I changed my mind. Wel lost
everything. My mom had a house in
marrero and in kenner. They both got
messed up and my sister and aunt laost
their homes in st. Benard and in
marrero. Ummm and on a diff matter...
Lol your parents can not force you to get
an abortion. It's illegal theres like no
way they can. |
i knew this information ... My point to
this matter was that I do not feel that my
parents should have any right to say that
my baby is their grandchild.
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Tara Luvs Chris
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Posts: 5
Location: Florida
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Posted: 02-09-06 00:01am
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| macysmama
wrote: | go to your health clinic u
can do it without your parents knowing as
for them saying ud have to have an
abortuin they cant make u they nurses and
staff ask u like 5 times if u are there on
your own free will and if this is what u
want plus u have to sign consent papers
on another note you are only 6 weeks most
doctors dont even want to see you for your
first appt til 8-10 weeks when they can
actually hear the babys heart beat so u
have a few weeks to figure it
out |
thank you so much. I was afraid that I
was beginning to be a little late for my
doctor's appointment.
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 02-09-06 11:48am
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No problem but I hope you and your parents
are able to work things out eventually
grandparents are great they buy all the
stuff u want but dont want to spend money
on
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 02-09-06 12:08pm
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Amen macysmama!! Lol...My mom was more
excited than I was when I told her...She
loves my fiance though and knows how great
of a father he'll be!! They have a better
relationship that me and her do...
My dad...I didn't care if my dad liked it
or not...He took off with his girlfriend
(who looks and acts just like my mom) to
michigan..And i'm down here in new
orleans...And I don't even get a phone
call from him....Well he didn't call me
when her lived 5 mins. Away...I'm his
only daughter to boot!!
I guess what i'm getting at is that nobody
has the perfect family situation ya know??
I'm not gonna say that I have a great
family..Cuz they're all crazy in their
way! Lol...But I love all of them and
wouldn't trade them for the world!
You're parents will get over it....They
might be mad during the pregnancy..But
once you start showing and getting
ultrasound pics of the baby..They're whole
demeanor will change instantly...And I
promise once that baby is born...They'll
be the 1st people at the hospital...They
just want you to know that they might be
disappointed...But what parent isn't in a
way...You're they're baby and they never
want us to grow up!!! Lol...We'll prob.
Be the same way when our babies get
preggy!!
Good luck with everything!!
Sarah
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Tara Luvs Chris
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Location: Florida
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Posted: 02-09-06 15:57pm
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| macysmama
wrote: | | no problem but I hope you
and your parents are able to work things
out eventually grandparents are great they
buy all the stuff u want but dont want to
spend money on |
my boyfriend and I agree with you. My
boyfriend's mother decided to buy
everything for my baby when she found out
she was going to become a grandmother.
But believe me, my mother is not that kind
of person. She is completely different.
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 02-09-06 16:19pm
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That was how I was my mom took me to the
abortion clinic and she was a total witch
for the first 3 months but she eventually
got over it when she realized my boyfriend
was going to leave me and everything would
b fine I was going to go to the health
clinic but she insisted I go to the doctor
that deliveried my little sister and she
even had to pay some of the medical bills
that the insurance wouldnt she bought me
tons of stuff for both my babies and I
talk to her every night she loves being a
granny even tho she looks like my sister
all my husbands friends want to do my mom
lol
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