Birthday balloons
Look at what the nice people at Microsoft organized for Small Boy's second birthday today!
20,000 balloons on a beautiful day!
Labels: about a boy, the streets of my city
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I'm American. He's Swiss. The Boys are a bit of both. Dispatches from the far side of the Röstigraben. With a little cycling on the side.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
20,000 balloons on a beautiful day!
About Me
- Name: swissmiss
- Location: Switzerland
An American in Switzerland. Getting Swisser all the time.
9 Comments:
Happy birthday, Small Boy!
Wow! All I ever get is cake...
Happy Birthday, Small Boy!
Happy Birthday, Big Boy. (Two is soooo big!)
very pretty!
happy birthday to the small boy!!
i have a totally unrelated question, i am just starting down the IUI/IVF road and I am desperate to find out what exactly is covered under Lamal in Switzerland. My dr referred me to the fertility specialist today and said something like it depends on the amount of time you try it for (???) can you give me any advice or point me to the webpage that says it in plain English (or French, or German). Thank you!
Sara - the info I have isn't in writing, I basically trusted my OB/GYN - I'll see if I can find something official, but my understanding is that *nothing* is covered until you have been trying "naturally" for a year without success (like anybody could prove that one way or ther other?). Most insurance will then cover the standard battery of fertility testing for both partners and more simple treatments like Clomid cycles to trigger ovulation or IUIs are generally covered. As of now, it's my understanding that nobody covers anything for full-out IVF. My insurance did not even cover the cost of the progesterone support for the first trimester, because the pregnancy was acheived via IVF. A friend of mine who got pregnant via sex but needed progesterone support got insurance coverage. Hrumph.
There is some information at Kinderwunsch
http://www.kinderwunsch.ch/index.html
under the "Infoline" section.
Best of luck, and I'm not a fountain of information but I'll always try to share whatever I can!
ahh maybe that is what he meant by amount of time!
thank you so much for replying. i guess we will start with IUI in any case and hope that works, that seems quite unfair that they didn't cover the progesterone!
Happy Birthday Small Boy!!! Hope you enjoyed the balloons and your cake!
Yay to small boy! Little S and I wish you a very happy birthday!
Happy Birthday to Small Boy!
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