Money Spent

by Milton on Fri, Sep 11th, 2009

March 3rd 2009: $52.76 – books

  • Birthing From Within
  • Spiritual Midwifery
  • Expectant Father
  • Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy

September 10th, 2009: $31.29 – books

  • NurtureShock
  • What’s Going On In There?

September 29th, 2009: $78.35 – Polyclinic

  • 5 different laboratory procedures, which include something called Gonadotropin Chorionic, a blood count something or other, a Rubella Antibody test, and a blood draw for the lab.
  • We paid 100%, but it looks like each of the items on the list have a special “Regence adjustment”, which I assume is simply a special price that Regence gets that is lower than the normal charge.

November 24th, 2009: $428.73 – Polyclinic

  • RTU PG UTRUS W/IMAG DOC T (ultrasound?) $178.22
  • CYTHPTH CERV/VAG; THIN PRE (no idea) $34.90
  • INJ RHO D IG HUMN MINIDOS (RH negative injection) $25.83
  • THER/PROPH DIAG INJ SC/IM (?) $38.86
  • UA DIP STICK/TABLET; AUTO $5.46
  • CULT BACTERL; QUAN COLONY $13.91
  • ADMN FLU VAC (flu vaccination) $7.00
  • FLU VIR VAC SPLIT PF 3 YR (not sure) $3.59
  • CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, AM (chlamydia test) $60.48
  • NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, DI (gonorrhoea test) $60.48

January 31st: $1608.66 (good things, and residual hospital charges still coming in)

  • Birth classes from Penny Simkin $250
  • Doula services from Cheryl Murfin $1,000
  • CYTOLOGY GYN INTERP (no idea) $33.04
  • RTU PG UTERUS LTD 1/MORE $162.81
  • RTU PG UTERUS LTD 1/MORE (what is this and why are we charged for two at once?) $162.81

February 14th: $536.32 (20-week ultrasound)

  • us ob real time w image f (was $995, but adjusted for some reason to $536.32)

February 17th:  $679 (accumulated maternity clothing totals)

  • Maternity Jeans (3 pairs) $150
  • Maternity Band (Amon) (2) $50
  • Maternity Leggings (Ingrid and Isabel) $50
  • Maternity Sweater (Gap) $24
  • Maternity Stockings $20
  • Maternity Top $20
  • Various non maternity leggings, from first and second trimester (4 pairs) $100
  • Vintage moo moos (2) $50
  • Compression Stockings (9 pairs) $60
  • Top Shop Maternity top $35
  • Stripy awesome German top $55
  • Vintage tuxedo top $15
  • Vintage belt (2) $30
  • Brown Sweater $20

TOTAL SO FAR: $3415.11

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