October 2009
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Infertile woman envious of panda.
No comment on this story. Take a look for yourselves here.
So far, progressing normally.
L sent her 13-week ultrasound, prompting this conversation…
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S: crazy how its head is as big as the rest of the body
L: yeah as big as the belly :-D
L: the belleeeehh
S: too early to tell if it will get round eyes or asian eyes [L’s husband is of eastern descent]
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Look for a post on the “retail cost” of pregnancy next week. (If you subscribe to alerts...
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iPhone Lunacy
I stopped reading CNN a long time ago because I felt stupider each time I left the site, but I’m glad other people still check in there occasionally. Slate’s Double X blog mentions this story about a new iPhone app that tracks the location of sex offenders.
The story starts off with Tracy Rodriguez, a mother in Houston, who uses her iPhone to get “information revealing the sex...
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The True Cost of a Meal: Nutrition, Dollars… and...
First, the scenario:
L: I’ve been craving baked potato for days, like really plain food, and yesterday I get an email from wendy’s with a new promo: their chili and baked potatoes are 99 cents for a limited time :-D
L: so M [husband] stopped by on his way home and picked up two potatoes and a chili that we shared. Dinner for 2 for $3!
Now, the question: ** Is $1.50 for this meal a good value?...
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Glad you decided to visit BabyForCheap.com!
From the “About Us” above you know that this project is about tracking the cost of a baby and ways to save money as things progress. There will be quick updates (like this one) and more detailed posts (like this one) in which we take a closer look at certain spending behaviors related to having a baby.
We will also have news items and...
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Vitamins FTW!
L: the nurse gave me a presciption for a prenatal vitamin that is covered by my insurance company so now it will be something like $5 for 3 months
L: much better
Records (updated periodically)
We will use this post to record the items contributing to the spending and saving tickers displayed in the upper left part of the page. It will be updated periodically. The tickers link to this post.
Baby-specific Spending
Doctor’s visit co-pay: $20 (9/2009)
Prenatal vitamins: $40 (9/2009)
Vitamins covered by insurance: $5 (10/2009)
Money Saved
Vitamins covered by insurance:...
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Money Spent, Money Saved #1: Feeding the Beast
This is our first post tracking** the cost of the baby presently inside L.
We expected that increased food consumption would drive up spending. After all, a woman in her first trimester needs to feed the growing baby.
Fast food spending increased marginally in August and held steady in September.
Restaurant spending decreased marginally in August, and dropped to zero in September. [L:...