Newbie with A LOT of questions...

[redwifey13]

Hi Everyone!!
I have been reading all 600+ posts on here for the past two days, soaking up as much info as I can and I envy you all! You seem to have everything figured out and make life as a SEAL Wife look like a breeze!
I am not yet a SEAL Wife, I am however a new Navy Wife as of April 5th this year..:-D...and...I am also 4 months pregnant.

My husband just received orders to attend Pre-BUD/S in August this year for up to 2 months prior to attending BUD/S here in SD. I am assuming since most of your husbands are already SEALs you may not know much about this since it is the first time they are trying it, however, it is worth a try.
One of my questions was whether or not and/or how easy it will be for him to come home for the birth of our baby early October? Can they get certain kinds of leave, other than emergency leave so he can come home in time? I am quite nervous about this because none of our family members will be living in the USA at the time, and most of my friends here are obviously young and busy. I am 22 btw.
Also, what do all you fine ladies think of the medical care provided by the Navy/Military in general? I have heard that Military medical does not come close to civilian care..is this true? I am deciding on whether or not to stay with my current care provider (with the baby also) or to go with one of the network providers TRICare offers. Any advice?
This is long so I will most more questions later...THANK YOU!!

[dive doc]

RW,

just a small note here on my end. I just wanted to say congratulations to you and the hubby on your expectant baby. And congrats to him on getting his orders. You must be very proud.

Im afraid i do not have answers to any of your questions, however i wanted to keep this apparaent so that someone with more knowledge than i may be able to help you.

Once again congratulations and welcome to NSC.

DD

[sealwife256]

Hi!

Welcome, and I hope we can be of some help here. First I want to say that no one has figured out how to be a SEAL wife... it's all trial and error. I give you credit though for doing your research here, that's the best thing I think anyone can do. I remember when my man started BUD/S, I read and read everything I could here. All the posts here really helped prepare me, and trying to be prepared is what has pushed me through these past years.

Congrats on your baby! You are about as far along as I was last year :) My due date was October 1st, and my daughter was born September 16th. It has been a blast to have her! I unfortunately don't know much about pre BUD/S, but if you could let me know around when your husband will be starting BUD/S I can give you an idea if he will be free during October. The only part of BUD/S that there is no contact is in third phase where they go to San Clemente for a months (for my husband this was about 5 months into BUD/S, this was about 20 classes ago... might be old information). I'm sure if he let them know his situation they would TRY and help out. I don't want to promise anything of course, but it's probably optimistic.

Do you know if you will be in San Diego when you deliver? If so, I really enjoyed NMCSD (Balboa). I do have some slight preferences on where I got my prenatal care, but if you want to e-mail me at Goompty@aol.com I can answer more questions for you about that.

Hope this helps a little, and congrats again!