[RavenSong]

Regarding prenatal care pending Medicaid approval, have you checked with any academic teaching hospitals in your area? Most university-based medical centers offer some type of indigent care...sometimes they're called charity care programs.

Another suggestion is to call up the Medicaid office and tell them what's going on. Ask them if they have a list of any OB/GYNs who will provide prenatal care for a patient pending approval for Medicaid.

Are you eligible for any unemployment benefits, or have you already exhausted them? It seems so unfair that you have to wait until your sixth month of pregnancy before you're eligible for TANF assistance. I just don't know what people are supposed to do when they're in financial crisis. So many people in our country automatically assume that the government helps pregnant women, children, the elderly, and the disabled...but that's just not true in many cases.

I'm sorry I don't have any answers for you. Check into your local university hospital, though...they might be able to help as far as prenatal care goes.