I start my IVF cycle on April 11, 2016. Well this is when the injections start, so that’s what counts to me. But I started taking birth control pills on March 26th. Just by taking BC for 12 days it suppressed me from ovulating and then within 3 days of stopping I got my period which starts my IVF cycle. It’s crazy what that little pill can do to your body in such a short time!
So in preparation for the new round there’s so much to get in order, especially financially. I will say this is the absolute worst part! If money is not at your disposal and a HUGE component of your choice to do IVF, then I can empathesize!
Thank God my husband’s insurance is great and covers $10k in Fertility costs, but this is a lifetime max. With IVF, you know how quickly money is spent so we had to track everything that was billed to insurance the first round to see what we had left for the second round. Good thing is that the meds were not billed under fertility, so that helped.
My husband and I had a deal, I go through the physical and emotional strain of injections, retrieval, and transfer (not to say my husband didn’t emotionally as well, but you know what I mean) and he deals with the financial part. Like how much do we have left for a 2nd try? How much do we need? What is the medication out of pocket cost? And all of the other financial stresses that come with IVF. But even with this deal in place, it is nearly impossible for him to handle all of the financials. The most stressful part is that as the patient, all the calls go to you, not your husband or partner. So the Financial office is calling you, the pharmacy is calling to go over your meds and cost with you, your nurse is calling you with your IVF protocol, you need to schedule your appointments, go in for daily bloodwork and ultrasounds, etc… etc…It is so stressful and all on you!
I was at the breaking point with trying to manage it all and finally had my husband call the pharmacy and financial office and have all calls directed to him instead of me. I had my focus and he had his. I would highly recommend this to everyone. You can’t handle it all on your own.
So now that the finances are handled and birth control has taken control of my cycle, I’m ready to go…
You would think with this bring my second go around I wouldn’t be nervous, but I so am! I know what to expect as far as the injections (no big deal), steadily increasing my level of discomfort and growing eggs, and then retrieval but I’m just so nervous of the outcome. Knowing the disappointment we went through the first time, I just don’t ever want to experience that again. But I’m trying to think only positive thoughts, so healthy eggs and healthy fertilized embryos is all that I try to let myself think about. I try.
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