This has been a common scene for us lately. My sister and I were on vacation last week when I had a minor scare related to the pregnancy. Stubborn baby decided not to move for a few hours. I squeezed in a quick appointment with the women’s care center to run some simple tests and then we were on our way, but not before the billing department and I had a chat about fees. Since I was due for a maternal care check anyway and fetal movement is something my doctors monitor on a regular basis, they were able to get our visit covered under the preventive care provision of the Affordable Care Act.
My mind flashed back to the images I’d seen in a darkened room days prior. Murky and blurred, those screenings are a total mystery to me even after having three children. It’s weird, though, how human nature wants to grasp at straws in an attempt put "abnormal" into some sort of "normal" framework that we can conceptualize.
This has been a common scene for us lately. My sister and I were on vacation last week when I had a minor scare related to the pregnancy. Stubborn baby decided not to move for a few hours. I squeezed in a quick appointment with the women’s care center to run some simple tests and then we were on our way, but not before the billing department and I had a chat about fees. Since I was due for a maternal care check anyway and fetal movement is something my doctors monitor on a regular basis, they were able to get our visit covered under the preventive care provision of the Affordable Care Act.
My mind flashed back to the images I’d seen in a darkened room days prior. Murky and blurred, those screenings are a total mystery to me even after having three children. It’s weird, though, how human nature wants to grasp at straws in an attempt put "abnormal" into some sort of "normal" framework that we can conceptualize.
