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Wonderful Birth Experience Started Because We Had No Maternity Insurance
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How AABC turned no coverage into a Blessing For Us
A Problem with No Insurance
Lydia, our toddler and I had cheap insurance from the internet because my husband's teachers policy required us to pay almost one thousand dollars per month for coverage. We liked the thought of spacing our children two years apart so I started calling around approximately one year before I got pregnant trying to find maternity coverage. All the policies had a rule that I had to wait one year to get pregnant and they were all very expensive.
SO, I began phoning hospitals and doctors to find out about self pay prices and payments plans. My parents had saved up to have me and we also had a decent savings account. The least expensive delivery would be around $11.000 if everything was simple and fast. I got really down. A thought came into my head..."This is Austin, there must be an alternative". So, I searched on the internet and found the Austin Area Birthing Center. I gave them a call and they answered many questions and suggested a tour and interview. I visited and it was perfect. It was affordable...close to 1/3 the cost and respectful of options. So we felt God was giving us the green light to try again and we were pregnant in a few weeks!
Beyond the cost savings, I'd like to share a perspective of the birth experience with my first daughter in a group provider/hospital setting, compared to the birth experience of my second daughter at Austin Area Birthing Center.
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Posted by AustinABC on Wednesday, April 15 @ 15:46:51 MST (952 reads)
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Dear AABC:
Thank you all so much for being a part (a HUGE part) of this pregnancy and birth. I am forever grateful for the sincere care my entire family received.
JOAN: Thank you for the safe delivery of Noah. Your motivation, encouragement, and support was a huge help to me when I was ready to give up and sleep.
JENNY: Thanks for helping me get into labor as I requested. I was starting to think I'd be pregnant forever!
ROSWITHA: Thanks for so many things! For recommending herbs to help with my blood pressure and for the hugs that eased my concerns. Thanks for your sense of humor and for your honesty. Thank you with my whole heart!
LAUREN: Thank you for drawing my blood in such a way that I didn't feel it. I am petrified of needles!
TAMARA: Thank you for always giving such a warm welcome and inviting smile. The center would not be the same without you!
HEATHER: You make me smile! Somehow, you manage to make even the brightest day brighter! Thank you for keeping spirits light during my labor and delivery.
TERRI and SAKRE (postpartum care): Thank you for the gentleness, support, knowledge and conversation. You were wonderful and I am thankful for the amount of time, even though small, I received your care.
JEAN: Last, but definitely not least! Thank you for AABC! Your center is beautiful and your staff is wonderful. Please don't close your doors anytime soon. We want a big family and I can't imagine going anywhere else!
Thanks to everyone!
Samantha Christianson
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Sara, Nate and Benjamin Brown
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Benjamin Jasper Brown | July 25, 2007 | 8lbs. 3oz., 21 inches
Dear Roswitha, Viola, Terri and everyone at AABC,
We've been meaning to thank you for providing us with such a wonderful and memorable birthing experience. Now that Ben is two months old, I'm finally getting around to it!
Although I had no idea what a beautiful birth would be like, I certainly had a beautiful birth. We can't imagine having a baby anywhere but the birthing center now.
Roswitha, thank you for all your positive encouragement. I'll remember your kind voice and positive vibes next time I have a baby. Viola, thanks for being with us when Ben was born, and reminding me how to push effectively! Terri, thank you for taking such good and gentle care of us. We felt much more confident bringing this little gem home after you finished with us!
We will certainly be singing your praises for years to come!
Sara, Nate and Benjamin
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Alissa, Junior, Isai, and Noe Molina
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Dear Wonderful AABC Staff,
It is a full 6 weeks after our birth day and I remain in such awe and appreciation of the incredible experience you provided.
Every time we walked into the center, we felt welcomed. I always felt as though my pregnancy was just as important to each of you as it was to us. I learned so much throughout the process and always walked out thinking "Why doesn't everyone come here?!"
Perhaps the most amazing part of our experience was the realization that birth is and can be so beautiful- that when you strip away the drugs and wires and such, you are left with something very real and powerful.
My labor and delivery gave me such a sense of "mommyness". I felt so strong and inspired. We will forever be grateful to you for helping us usher Noe into this world in a loving and beautiful manner...
We have told everyone who will listen about our amazing experience and will one day, God willing, see you with the next little miracle. May God continue to bless your sacred work.
Love,
Alissa, Junior, Isai, and Noe Molina
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 Received 8-2-07:
Roswitha,
Words cannot express the extent of my appreciation. You facilitated a beautiful birth experience. I am so impressed and thankful that you knew just the right way to encourage me when I was reluctant, and that you were able to find the birthing position that was right for me. I am so thankful to you for your diligent skills, helping me not to tear with an 8 and 1/2 pound baby. I am most thankful for the healthy delivery of my beautiful Henna.
LOVE,
Becky Wittsche
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My husband and I were so pleased with the attentive care I received throughout my pregnancy, and during labor the midwife (Jenny) was wonderful. She was so professional, capable, and took excellent care of us and our new son. I loved being in the Santa Fe room, compared to the hospital birth I had with my daughter. It was amazing what a difference it made to be in such a calm, relaxed, beautiful, private, supportive environment.
It really was the birthing experience I had been hoping and praying for - intense, intimate, memorable, empowering and life-changing. I could not be more pleased with my experience and my expectations of the mid-wifery care model were far exceeded! I am enjoying a quick recovery and I hope to have more babies at AABC, thank you so much for doing what you do!
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"If I had to share the most vital feeling regarding my experience, it would be this: the outstanding professional, competent, consistent, and loving care given to me. Midwives are God's gift to the laboring woman."
Joanne Walcrez
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"I have such a sense of accomplishment?totally unlike the depression and lack of self-approval I felt after my first two children's births. Thank you!"
Ann Davis
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"You were all so encouraging...like having our own little cheering team. I know you work with a lot of people, but thank you for making us feel like we were your only clients and the first couple on Earth to have a baby."
Patricia Smith
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"I regret having to say that I was transported from the center to the hospital where my child was born of a C-section. The reason I regret it is because the midwives at AABC were the most caring, wonderful people anyone could ever have around in time of need. From the prenatal visits to staying with me through the night in the hospital, I know I was in the best of care with my midwife by my side. I love you ladies...Thanks for caring about me and my baby."
Toni Bayless
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"The day Chloe was born was the most miraculous day of my life. The birthing center was the best place to have her. They made the experience seem so natural, like an everyday thing, part of life."
Sylvia Vaught
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"They treated us with gentleness and care. It's a whole other world than what goes on in the hospital."
Debbie DeLuna
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Sharon Fifield, after her third birth with AABC
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"Thanks again for helping to make another beautiful pregnancy and birth possible! I'll never forget you! God bless!"
Sharon Fifield, after her third birth with AABC
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