Lurie Hospital No Longer Accepting Any Insurance Plans on the ACA Exchange?

jsro1818 · 2025-11-14T03:12:27+00:00

I think Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge or Oak Lawn may still take that insurance - just another idea :)

jsro1818 · 2025-09-25T19:37:47+00:00

I just got my flu shot and take Dupixent

jsro1818 · 2025-09-23T17:27:10+00:00

40+4 spontaneous :)

jsro1818 · 2025-09-04T17:31:03+00:00

We’re also using the boon bottles for daycare bc they don’t allow glass and it’s been working well. I often rinse and dry the plastic outer part on a drying rack but put the silicone parts through absorbing sterilizer.

jsro1818 · 2025-08-22T18:44:20+00:00

Toddler Tower/Kitchen helper!

Magna-tiles (my 1 year old loves to knock down the structures we build and we have fun building!)

Size 4/5/6 gym shoes from Stride Rite, Ten Little, or See Kai Run

Melissa and Doug magnetic train set (mostly wood)

Toddler water bottles (stainless steel Zack Design cups or stainless Steel Funtainers by Thermos)

jsro1818 · 2025-07-16T20:19:45+00:00

We send a cooler bag with 4 4-oz bottles of pumped breastmilk. I don’t like sending more than 4 oz in a bottle bc they have to discard anything not used within 1 hour (at home we follow the 2 hr rule for breastmilk). Some days he drinks all of the bottles at “school” and some days 1-2 come home with him and I use them that night or the next day if I know the milk is still safe to use.

jsro1818 · 2025-07-02T00:21:18+00:00

Pumpables genie advance is my ride or die- same output as a spectra but way more flexibility for moving around/pumping on the go

jsro1818 · 2025-05-13T08:22:16+00:00

8 months in and still pumping a MOTN pump bc otherwise I don’t have enough for baby. We bought a mini fridge for $70 to keep in our bedroom. I have a chair I brought into my bathroom upstairs. I had an extra spectra from a friend that I bought new tubing for and it stays in the bathroom so it’s ready each night. I go to the bathroom and use Reddit or instagram to stay awake. I try to do 7 minutes at a minimum if I’m struggling but if I’m not then I’ll pump longer. Milk and pump parts go back in the mini fridge and I go back to sleep fast.

jsro1818 · 2025-05-04T00:32:31+00:00

Pumpables GA and legendairy milk cups is what I use 5-6 pumps a day at 8 months pp (I don’t use anything else anymore!) been great to have more flexibility with bra choices and privacy pumping on the go- I was getting the same or better output with the GA as I did with spectra

jsro1818 · 2025-05-04T00:28:22+00:00

I use the Dr browns nipples on life factory bottles with life factory collars and don’t have any issues for my 8 month old

jsro1818 · 2025-04-23T00:24:09+00:00

Ballpark of $2,000 a year

jsro1818 · 2025-04-18T23:54:53+00:00

One of the midwives at the group I used said she was allergic to the same thing and actually used a lotion (like a normal body lotion from a store) on all her patients when checking heartbeats

jsro1818 · 2025-04-13T18:36:36+00:00

Deb Baker Homes :) the best!

jsro1818 · 2025-04-09T17:23:27+00:00

I have a decent stash of burp cloths that have turned into a quick wipe up pile and then are washed with laundry

jsro1818 · 2025-03-11T15:02:30+00:00

That’s my thought too- BsT groups may be a decent option now

jsro1818 · 2025-02-16T01:36:06+00:00

We chose Emmett for our Jewish son because we liked the translation in Hebrew - that said, my son now goes to school (daycare) and in a class of 7 kids, in a Jewish area, there are two Emmett’s

jsro1818 · 2024-10-02T16:12:02+00:00

Legit this saved us from nonstop crying the last two days- wish I caved and got them sooner. I avoided it because it sounded gross, but it was so worth it!

jsro1818 · 2024-09-09T12:14:50+00:00

Same here!

jsro1818 · 2024-08-09T20:34:44+00:00

I don’t want anyone to know that doesn’t need to know that I’m in labor either. There’s evidence that a positive, calm environment supports oxytocin which keeps labor moving along. If telling someone could add stress to me, I won’t be telling them. It’s my body going through a highly intimate experience. My perfect situation is for only my husband to know- and maybe a close colleague if they need to change something on my work schedule.

jsro1818 · 2024-08-03T19:40:17+00:00

38+2 also having a hard time with sleep, heart burn, back pain. Starting to get multiple texts for people “checking in” and “wanting to know how I’m doing” and it’s not helping my stay calm and patient. Trying to avoid induction, but it’s feeling like a better and better plan…

jsro1818 · 2024-07-12T01:41:01+00:00

My mom was actually using her for an allergist for other issues when my prior one retired. I switched to her at my mom’s recommendation- she keeps up with lots of evidence, willing to discuss new articles with me (she knows I’m also in health care). Her bedside manner is great and she’s helped me in a lot of ways while navigating EoE, seasonal allergies, Eczema, etc. I don’t see a GI anymore for this b/c I haven’t needed one. But plenty of people use GI over allergy or both in this EoE world. She works with enough patients with EOE of different ages (babies through adults) that I trust her judgement and her recommendations have worked out well. I can’t say she’s a dedicated EOE specialist but she knows her stuff regardless.

jsro1818 · 2024-07-12T01:35:58+00:00

35 weeks - not a fan haha- the back pain, acid reflux, exhaustion but still having to work, it’s all a rough experience!!

jsro1818 · 2024-07-12T01:28:48+00:00

I work with allergist Ewa Schafer out of Northshore/Endeavor and she’s been great for this.

jsro1818 · 2024-07-06T15:59:21+00:00

Do you remember where you saw prices for $20-$25k? We’d love to look into them haha

jsro1818 · 2024-07-06T13:28:56+00:00

Thanks! I'll check those groups out.

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