Are any of you planning IVF anytime soon?

[changedname]

I have a consult on Monday. Not sure if we will be able to start next cycle or the one after because of a damn work trip.

I'm not sure if I should change my diet or anything, I already do acupuncture.

[sunflower22]

Possibly later this year! I would be interested in hearing how the consult goes and what they tell you, please update! GL!

[changedname]

I will definitely update. We went to a compulsory IVF info meeting in December and learned a lot. That was what really pursuaded DH that he wants to move to IVF sooner rather than later. Now we are in save $ mode!

[lola]

I'm not close to IVF, so I can't say how I'll feel if I get to that point, but I am enormously stressed out by the cost associated with it.

Then, when I start thinking, "I don't know if we can spend $10K-$15K on that..." I find myself thinking, "Well, clearly you don't want a baby enough, which is why you're not pregnant."



This whole experience is a mindfuck. lol.

[ilovecandy]

Jan 4, 2013 12:05:57 GMT -5 lola said:

I'm not close to IVF, so I can't say how I'll feel if I get to that point, but I am enormously stressed out by the cost associated with it.

Then, when I start thinking, "I don't know if we can spend $10K-$15K on that..." I find myself thinking, "Well, clearly you don't want a baby enough, which is why you're not pregnant."



This whole experience is a mindfuck. lol.

This we have to go through iui first and right now we have decided to only do one iui if we do it at all and no ivf. This will most likely change after we do one iui knowing us if we get to that point which is why i am putting it off to save more so we can do more than one if we have to all within 6 months of each other.

[sunflower22]

Our Dr office uses a specific company to do IVF, its $1,000 to simply sit down and talk with the IVF consultants.

I'm guessing they do that to weed out the poors who would only be wasting their time. It's working, bc I ain't dropping a grand for that conversation just yet! Lol!

[rugbywife]

Jan 4, 2013 12:05:57 GMT -5 lola said:

I'm not close to IVF, so I can't say how I'll feel if I get to that point, but I am enormously stressed out by the cost associated with it.

Then, when I start thinking, "I don't know if we can spend $10K-$15K on that..." I find myself thinking, "Well, clearly you don't want a baby enough, which is why you're not pregnant."



This whole experience is a mindfuck. lol.

OMG, is it ever. When I got my news yesterday that pretty much means I won't get pregnant in 2013 (let alone have a baby in 2013) my first thought was that I deserved the news because as I had been waiting for the appointment to arrive I had been having thoughts about how if we did get pregnant quickly (meaning in February or March, with the help of Clomid) then I might not have enough time to lose the extra 15-20pounds I am carrying, or how it might interfere with a promotion at work..fuck, I mean, rationally I know that's not why it happened but still, it feels like I *asked* for this outcome.

Sorry to threadjack - and no, no IVF for us in the near future, at least not yet. I have no idea what we will do if it gets that far.

[changedname]

Jan 4, 2013 12:13:09 GMT -5 sunflower22 said:

Our Dr office uses a specific company to do IVF, its $1,000 to simply sit down and talk with the IVF consultants.

I'm guessing they do that to weed out the poors who would only be wasting their time. It's working, bc I ain't dropping a grand for that conversation just yet! Lol!

Holy crap. Thats insane. My insurance covers all the meds so my IUIs only cost us $350 for the sperm wash. I think IVF will set us back $8-10K.
We were originally planning on doing 3 IUIs with injectibles but after the last one I decided I would rather just go to IVF. I can't put my body through those drugs for only a 20% chance of success, it was brutal. I literally could not walk for about 5 days due to stomach/back pain. I would rather up my odds with ivf than do iui x 3 then ivf.

[sunflower22]

An IUI will be around $400 here. I'm sorry you felt bad w the IUI meds, I worry about that happening when I do it.

I think IVF is around $12,000. Of course, I'm a "maybe" candidate on IUI but an ideal candidate for IVF. My reproductive system is just so high maintenance! Lol. My H and I keep joking about having to buy our baby when everyone else gets theirs for free.

[KaraOrNot]

If we move forward w/ treatment, it will be IVF. Our estimate was between 15 and 20k, so we are saving right now and will make a decision on how to proceed once we have the cash. I just don't know if we will spend that amount on a one time chance. And what if it doesn't work. This causes me so much anxiety that I can't really even think about it.

[ilovecandy]

I am a little jealous an iui for me (with injectables) is 2k. An ivf 15k-20k (unless i go through a military treatment facility that does it, which there are very few)

[changedname]

Jan 4, 2013 12:57:03 GMT -5 ilovecandy said:

I am a little jealous an iui for me (with injectables) is 2k. An ivf 15k-20k (unless i go through a military treatment facility that does it, which there are very few)

See that's where you might think about just saving for IVF. Honestly I have found IUI more of an nightmare than regular ttc. When I only had 1 follie on femara my RE said my chances of success were 8-12%, on injects it was 20%. With anything else, would you even be hopeful if you had a 92-80% of it NOT working? I put so much into those IUI cycles for barely any chance which was fine for $350 a pop but anymore and I'm not sure how worth it is would be for me.

2k is a hell of a lot of a money for those kind of odds

[ilovecandy]

Jan 4, 2013 13:03:53 GMT -5 changedname said:

Jan 4, 2013 12:57:03 GMT -5 ilovecandy said:

I am a little jealous an iui for me (with injectables) is 2k. An ivf 15k-20k (unless i go through a military treatment facility that does it, which there are very few)

See that's where you might think about just saving for IVF. Honestly I have found IUI more of an nightmare than regular ttc. When I only had 1 follie on femara my RE said my chances of success were 8-12%, on injects it was 20%. With anything else, would you even be hopeful if you had a 92-80% of it NOT working? I put so much into those IUI cycles for barely any chance which was fine for $350 a pop but anymore and I'm not sure how worth it is would be for me.

2k is a hell of a lot of a money for those kind of odds

That is pretty much where i am at with this unfortuantly H is all IUI is still cheaper and we should do it because of that. In reality I am hoping that we maybe do one IUI then move on to IVF (if we want to) i don't think iui really increases our chances by that much for what we have to pay for it.

[bronxgirl]

IVF is most likely the next step for me, but I just can't pull the trigger on spending all that money on something that very well may not work. Luckily my IUIs were covered by insurance. Even with full coverage we've probably paid between 2-3 thousand just on co=pays and transportation costs. I am so jealous of people who can get PG for free.