Well that sucked.

I called the RE Nurse’s number earlier today and tried to explain my predicament about not knowing what the future holds in terms of doing another clomid cycle vs an injectibles cycle because our insurance only covers one more IUI. I made an appointment with the Dr, but the earliest they can get me in is end of February – which, obviously, is too late to figure out what to do for cycle #3. I need to make a decision about whether or not to use our insurance next cycle in the next two weeks.

So the Nurse left me a message… they recommend doing IUI with clomid “for many reasons” (but she didn’t say what they WERE). She went on to say they suggest to schedule an appointment with Dr. Lynch…. apparently she missed the fact that I DID schedule an appointment with Dr. Lynch, but it’s going to be too late.

So I talked to Den. He wants me to call back and ask specifically what the reasons are for the IUI (which we would have to pay for if we don’t use insurance next cycle in order to save it for an injectibles), and specifically if they “want” us to do an injectibles cycle in the future. Because if we use the insurance on a clomid cycle we will NOT be doing injectibles, we’ll move straight to IVF (which we DO have insurance coverage for). That’s our decision. Like Den said – “You are getting four follicles! What is the point of going on injectibles, to get 12?!” Which has been my thinking all along. I don’t really want to spend more money on something that is not going to increase our chances any further than what they are without causing significant risks. I do not WANT more than 4 follicles on an IUI cycle, simply put.

I just don’t want them to be all, “Oh, do another clomid and IUI!” and then after that say, “Oh we need you to do an injectibles cycle before you do IVF.” That would make me pissed off, see. I just want to make sure that we’re all on the same page here. And Den and I do think we’re going to do clomid with no IUI if these three fail… before jumping to IVF. A max of three more cycles (six total), unless we decide that we’re done with it and ready to move on. But I really don’t see me being ready to do IVF after only three cycles.

What I really want to do is talk to the Dr, but I can’t do that! How frustrating.