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@Crystal: we can start this cycle. I'll double check at our appointment at fertility clinic cause we meet with them before I'll O. I think my problem is short LP do maybe progesterone or some drugs can help me. We will see what they say. We will try regardless this month if we can find time over the busy holidays!

Hope it's ok to jump in!!
Cycle Day: 3
TTC Cycle #: 7
Ovulation and POAS dates: o date 12/25
POAS 1/3
Baby #: 2
Your plan: We started with an RE last month and tomorrow is our follow up apt to go over everything and make a plan. I am worried/excited. Here are our stats: I am 38, DH is 35, all of our prelim tests came back normal/good except for my FSH which was 12.3. (I think we are waiting on a few more blood test results so maybe i'll be able to update our true stats after tomorrow). Our plan is to see what the RE says/suggests and hopefully go from there. My fertile week is over Christmas break so we'll DTD EOD in hopes we can get a natural BFP, however at this point I'm not as hopeful as I'd been in the past.

I'm nervous and a little scared about finding ourselves here. Just hoping for a good outcome.
Good luck to all of you lovely ladies.

Well, since AF is here, this will be my third and final clomid + TI cycle. I left a message for my doctor this morning, asking about IUI. If IUIs don't work, we're pretty much stuck. We just can't financially swing IVF in the near future. Maybe in a few years?? I just feel like the whole projection of my life is changing because of IF.

Ok ladies, I created a seperate thread, but I also want to pose the question here.

Ya'll know my backstory. Unexplained IF, 3 years trying. 2 failed clomid + TI cycles. I want to move on to clomid + IUI. My current RE does not do monitoring, which took me aback (you just call when you get a + opk). 1 IUI will be $383. I was going to make an appointment with a different RE for a 2nd opinion, but they charge $466 just to walk in the door...!!!! I hate to cheap out when it comes to IF, but I'm trying to make sound financial decisions as well. I'm meeting with my current RE on the 29th to further discuss. She just wanted to lay out my options for me now. She also wants to discuss me getting a lap (before moving on to IUI). Thoughts??

@LoveHope: why, friend?

@doxielove: i *completely understand and relate* about finances, but I'd be a bit worried to go with the "discount" dr and not get KU due to bad timing. Do you think you could get a free consult with the other RE? Any others in the area you could call?

AF started, so I'm out. I knew I likely wasn't KU anyways. I wasn't tracking anything, and no idea when I actually Od. This makes my cycle 26 days, and 28 days last month. (Prior to my first m/c, cycles were 28 days. After that, it was 29 days and Oing about day 17). So either my LP sucks even worse than it did, or I'm Oing earlier.

I should get more bloodwork back this afternoon. Wish me luck!

@Crystal: Hoping for good results!

IVF meds are shipped. Big bill due tomorrow. First Monitoring appt and saline sonogram are Friday morning. I leave for Paris Sunday for a week. I start estrace around when I get home. I expect I will have terrible migraines but I'm off work. Stims start either 1/1 or 1/2. EGg retrieval 1/13-1/15. Transfer 3-5 days after egg retrieval. Trying to stay positive but struggling.

@LoveHope: Trust me, I can empathize! That's part of the reason we've waited so long to seek intervention. I always held out hope that "this will be THE cycle!"

@AmeliaBedilia: Wishing you all the best!!!!

@Crystal: $466 is the consultation price...!!! So, yeah, no free consult from that doc. I have 2 other practices' #'s, so I'll call them and find out pricing if my consult with my current RE doesn't go well. I'm going to grill her on why she does things the way she does. Good luck with your blood work results!!

@Crystal: have you been checked for natural killer cells? Mine are elevated but can be treated with prednisone and intralipid infusions. We are going to Paris for fun- visiting a friend who will be moving in a few months, so we wanted to make it while she is still there. Free
Place to stay and a tour guide.

@AmeliaBedilia: I haven't heard of that... I'll definitely ask, though, thank you! I hope you have the best time ever in Paris!

@delight: exactly. Obviously what we are doing isn't working, and I'd like to think its something we can do or a way to be proactive instead of it being attributed to terribly luck. I hate the idea that there's nothing to be done, I can't keep doing the same thing and hoping for a different result. My sanity can't handle it.

Well hoooozaaaa. We had our RE apt tues afternoon and he told us that everything was normal with our tests just that my egg reserve was low so time was of the essence. He suggested we do clomid + injections + trigger + TI for 2-3 cycles. He said that with this treatment they would code it as diagnostic so it would be covered by insurance so DH was on board and so was I.

Since I was cd4 that day they wanted me to start the next morning so I had my blood draw and ultrasound and then I was called back to finance. Well they can't get it coded as diagnostic so it won't be covered and we owe $3k (this includes the meds that are being shipped to me to arrive today)

DH is in shock. I feel caught in a whirl wind and hope that as the days tick on I will feel more calm about it all.

DH has serious concerns about the financial part of it. I am so bummed that it's not covered by insurance! why isn't it!?!?! this should be covered..... especially in today's day and age. Anyway he wants to discuss how much we are willing to put out for treatments and I'm not quite sure how to respond.

My feeling is that you can't put a price on this and that I'd be remiss if I didn't do everything I possibly could.. like if I didn't go all the way then I'd always regret it.

Any advice?? On everything!!

@doxielove: meds totalled $735. Gonal f, progesterone and a trigger shot. Plus it's $500 for each monitoring appt

@Ajsmommy: $500 for monitoring seems really high. At the office I go to, it's around $200 unless you get a package. In terms of meds, shop around. I've found winfertility is the cheapest on most things, unless you buy meds from Europe. Also, sometimes your doc can substitute something- mine said he would do follistim or gonal f, for example.

@Ajsmommy: on femara, I had a baseline appt and then one a week later. I always responded. When we added low dose injectables, I had four appointments including the baseline. Everyone is different but hope that helps.

@Ajsmommy: I think they do bloodwork, or at least my clinic does.

How is everyone doing? I'm really really dreading the holidays...

@Ajsmommy: I'm totally delurking here, but is the $1,600 fee for all monitoring for all cycles or just one cycle? I was paying about $600/montoring appointment during my IUI cycles and it added up fast. I probably did 2-4 ultrasounds during each IUI (I'm ramping up for my second IVF now).

I agree with @AmeliaBedilia: if you have to go another round and need meds again, shop around and don't let the doctor choose where you buy them from. For example, folilstim is cheapest at Winfertility but some other meds, like menopur, are cheaper at Freedom. I really wish that insurance covered this crap so that we didn't have to stress over the financial aspect of it. Good luck!

I'm also sending strength to all of you ladies over the next few days in order to get through the holiday season. I just wish that I could curl up in a ball and wake up on Jan 4th..

Just checking in and want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas/Happy Holiday. We had our meeting at the fertility clinic and we are just grttijg a bunch of tests done for now. I'm slightly petrified of the hysteroscopy! We still get to try in the meantime so I will be POAS in January. Just entering O week now. Terrible timing as this week is crazy busy but we will see what we can do. All the best to you all.

@Crystal: good luck this cycle

@NorthStar: $1600 is a global fee for all monitoring appt in this cycle.

Update :
Monitoring appt on cd12 showed 2 larger follicles. One 16.5 and one 13. Lining was a 6.5. Estradiol was 295.

Instructions were to trigger(ovridel) that night along with timed intercourse on cd12 and cd13

I'm worrying though bc ff thinks I o'd on cd10 based on my temps..But wouldn't the re have known if I had already ovulated??? They would have right??

@Ajsmommy: I am sure they would have been able to tell if you Od already! Good luck this cycle.

Question for you ladies about blood work. Can I do my 21 day blood work this cycle and then CD 3 bloodwork next cycle? Or does it have to be same cycle? Also it says day 21 but I O'd on day 17 so should I just do 7dpo? My office is closed until after NY so I can't call them.

@Crystal: ok thanks! My requisition says cycle day 21/22. I'll just go 7dpo!