I can't believe how many meds we need to make a baby - unbelievable! We have put all our eggs (literally) into one basket by trying an IVF round. We went through Fertility Finance http://www.fertilityfinance.net/
(who we would highly recommend) to fund our upcoming IVF procedure and 1/2 the cost of the meds.
Over the past year and half after multiple tries from home, 3 rounds at the doctor's office and now our upcoming IVF cycle....we will have spent over $22,500 so far without insurance. Ugh. That is depressing to put into writing.
Plan B will be to try a frozen round or two depending on how many "frosties" we get from IVF. I don't think we realized what an added emotional strain it has been trying to finance starting a family. I worked 2 jobs last year and my wife has continued to work 2 jobs since last year. She is an amazing woman. We will have our retrieval/transfer in April and are very excited and feel very blessed to have made it to this point in our fertility journey.
I am extremely jealous that some insurance companies actually understand the struggles women face with fertility while our insurance covers absolutely nothing. While the President is working on this Health Care Reform, I would like to see universal coverage for fertility treatment for everyone regardless of your job. If I wasn't already 36 going on 37 I would have considered switching careers the past 2 years just to get IVF coverage.
How exciting! A little overwhelming though, huh? Don't worry, in two days you guys will be pros :-)
ReplyDeleteoh wow.
ReplyDeleteyou get the drugs, but no booze.
i kid, i kid.
;)
That is a big pile of medicine! I hope that it works on the first round for you two!
ReplyDeleteHoly meds! Who would of thought it takes so much to make a baby... it will all be SO worth it!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your IVF cycle! If I had to do it all over again, I would have done IVF from the beginning. Anything else seems like such a crap-shoot.
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