"ZACHERY ALLEN CLARK"
Okay, okay I know what your thinking, why did you go with that spelling when the majority on your poll voted for "Zachary"? Well let's just say it was a compromise. Jeff had always wanted a Jeff Jr. but I was adamantly opposed to it. When I worked in customer service I saw too many men have their credit messed up because of the whole Jr./Sr. name. I just don't think it's worth it. Jeff also liked the spelling "Zack" over "Zach", but I convinced him that the latter was really the most common spelling. Since Jeff's full name is spelled "Jeffery Allen Clark" I felt that "Zachery Allen Clark" was as close to Jr. as he could get and he was happy with that. So that's my story.
How's the baby you maybe asking? Well so far so good. He's a "mover and a shaker" is what I tell everyone. This is one active baby. If there is any indication as to a baby's personality after there born compared to in the womb, I maybe in for another very active child it would seem. It feels like there is this "alien" trying to escape my body right now. You can totally see him pushing my belly from the outside. It's a trip! I think he maybe my biggest baby yet.
I will be going in this Thursday to see my "new doctor". Long story. The last company Jeff worked for at his particular location was closed down due to lack of work and being the last one hired they had nowhere else to place him right away. He waited for as long as we could hold out financially to see if they could transfer him than got hired on somewhere else. Than a week later he was offered a transfer but he had all ready started a new job at a better pay scale. This job has been better, however we had to wait until Nov 1 for his insurance to kick in. So needless to say I've been pregnant without insurance from May up untill now. This meant I had to go to a clinic for people who are under or non-insured, since no one else would take me. Of course we don't qualify for any other state insurance, I found out you have to live in almost poverty level to get assistance with medical these days, not even my kids qualified. Private insurance had a deductible for maternity care of $5000.00! Why bother having insurance if I have to put out that kind of money? I do miss California for the one reason being that health insurance was a whole lot less expensive and covered a lot more. But other than that I love it here.
So as the story goes, I started going to this clinic and the first Doctor I saw in the group I liked right away. Mainly because she had no obvious "Dr ego" about her. She's a first year resident Family Practice M.D. so I stuck it out with her. However after having seen what my Sister Elisa went through with her baby, it kinda got the wheels in motion for me. Why would I want an inexperienced Dr to deliver my baby? "VBAC" none the less? Even though I've had one successful VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section) all ready, the thought still made me nervous. After further discussion with her on the matter I found out that she also has only performed one episiotomy, and she has never had to cut a cord from a baby's neck. I also found out that the OBGYN on backup may not support my decision to have a VBAC and might insist on me having a c-section?! Uh-uh no way! So I got in touch with my last OBGYN clinic and decided to try a different Dr. that my Sister Katie really liked. I had seen him before and he seemed nice enough, so I will give him a try. The only thing I don't like about group practice clinics like this is you have to take the Dr. on call that night to deliver your baby. But I have faith in all the Dr's there that they know what they are doing and most of them agree as a group on the same line of practice and theories. Most importantly they all support VBAC as my first choice.
See I told you it was a long story.
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