I realized something yesterday that could take a little bit of the pressure off me: frozen embryos. I mean I knew about it, knew people did frozen egg transfers, but it never really clicked in what that really means for me. And that is: much less meds. You still need estrogen and progesterone, but no lupron, no stims. That should cut down on the cost considerably.<\/p>\n
Obviously this doesn’t affect our first IVF cycle. And there are no guarantees in this world – I could end up stimming horribly and not have any to freeze. But if we do that could mean that a second IVF cycle could be doable for us! (Because insurance pays for two IVF cycles, just not the meds – and I’m guessing not the cryopreservation either.)<\/p>\n
It’s funny how none of it may come into play at all – but, again, it’s another safety net. That IVF#1 won’t be our last play… that even if that fails, we still have another try at it before really being SOL.<\/p>\n
I mentioned in a previous post that the nurse I talked to said she generally quotes people $5000 per IVF cycle for the meds. At one point this weekend after I relayed that information to Den he told me that if that’s the case for us he doesn’t want to do it for another year. And I know he’s thinking solely from a financial standpoint, and I know he’s probably being completely logical about it, but the idea of waiting another year just really freaked me out. Another year? What? How in hell am I going to survive that, month after month of just enough hope to knock me down again? So I’m just really believing – believing<\/i> – that our meds will be much less than that price. Yes they will. Think positive here. (I’m new at it.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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