My wife and I recently found out some great news! We are having a baby! Its a crazy feeling to know that after months of trying we are finally having a kid to take care of and what is more amazing is how normal it feels. I thought months ago that I would be scared or nervious with the idea to have a new baby but honestly it just feels natural!
However during the last few days it hit me that we are gonna have to pay a TON of money for baby care. Since I’m self employeed, our current health coverage does not include prenatal care or pregancy coverage. But then I discovered CoverTN, a program thru BlueCross/BlueShield of Tennessee. Basically Tennessee State Government funds a portion of our health coverage since we are self employeed. Meeting certian requirements such as self employeed, TN resident, etc… it turns out that we receive complete coverage. Pretty amazing and remarkable. In total, our coverage will run us about $65-70/month for Jess and a bit less for me.
I’m sure alot of states offer similar coverage so I encourage you to seek out options as they are most likely available. My only complaint was the amount of paperwork we had to file but aside from that, its a rather simple process.
Also, my wife discovered a local pregnancy study provided by Vanderbilt Medical Center where we receive all of our ultrasounds as apart of this study. Pretty remarkable if you ask me – but hey – these programs exists all across the country. Just spend some time researching as it may be availble in your area as well. Who knows, maybe you will receive free ultrasounds!
I am not sure if we are like most future first parents but we have already selected our future kids names. If we have a girl, we will name her Tayla Rene DeYoung and if we have a boy, his name will be Noah Jeremiah DeYoung. I know there are alot of parents out there that think its best to not find out the sex of the baby until the day he/she is born but to me we get more time to plan!
I think I would be extremely nervious not to know the sex at least during our first baby!
In either case – I can’t wait to find out.
I will keep you posted on future developments of the pregnancy!
