Aquanatal, you bring up a very valid point. I feel that there are a lot of people out there making multiple babies simultaneously who don't even begin to fathom the cost involved, or how much they may end up leaning on their insurance company, their state and the federal government. Especially when the babies are born premature.
Many of these parents don't see past the cost of baby furniture, clothes and diapers. They don't think about the additional consequences/costs.... the hundreds of thousands or even millions of $$ that NICU will cost, the slew of specialists over many years' time (developmental pediatrician, eye doctor since many premies have eye issues, occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech therapist, psychiatrist, psychologist, neurologist, etc., etc.), not to mention the entire team of school administrators and teachers that will be required once children are of school age. And there are also the various medical devices that may be needed (feeding tube, heart monitor, bone and joint braces, medications, etc.) You're right -- the cost is staggering for just one premature baby, let alone two, four or even eight. It's a little insane.
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Aquanatal, you bring up a very valid point. I feel that there are a lot of people out there making multiple babies simultaneously who don't even begin to fathom the cost involved, or how much they may end up leaning on their insurance company, their state and the federal government. Especially when the babies are born premature.
Many of these parents don't see past the cost of baby furniture, clothes and diapers. They don't think about the additional consequences/costs.... the hundreds of thousands or even millions of $$ that NICU will cost, the slew of specialists over many years' time (developmental pediatrician, eye doctor since many premies have eye issues, occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech therapist, psychiatrist, psychologist, neurologist, etc., etc.), not to mention the entire team of school administrators and teachers that will be required once children are of school age. And there are also the various medical devices that may be needed (feeding tube, heart monitor, bone and joint braces, medications, etc.) You're right -- the cost is staggering for just one premature baby, let alone two, four or even eight. It's a little insane.
June 10, 2009 - 11:38amThis Comment
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