Doctor consult today & a welcome insurance surprise

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The billing coordinator called me yesterday afternoon with fabulous news.  Turns out DH's new insurance plan has a 15k lifetime max for IVF, which includes embryo transfers.  No 3k out of pocket for us this cycle!  I am over the moon.  After well over 35k spent, this is such a relief.

Had the doctor consult today. It was kind of a waste of time. The doctor almost asked us what we were there for. I'm sure they could have gone over all of this over the phone. He didn't even look at our record beforehand to know what we were dealing with. He kept asking me questions about the embryos instead of just reading the file. I asked him about the med protocol & he said that's worked out by the IVF nurses. Kind of frustrating & not worth the $225.00, but we're not paying for it anyway. He did give us some rough stats on thawing blasts. He said typically one in ten don't make it & the clinic has about a 50-60% pregnancy success rate with frozen blast transfers. Not bad. He wants to thaw & transfer 2. Of course he also had to be a downer & say there's always a chance that none will make it to thaw. I hate that thought! But he feels good about the embryos given the fact that the original "owners" had triplets. As we were walking out of his office, I said to him "No offense, but I hope to be breaking up with you soon. 2 1/2 years in this relationship is enough!". He laughed & said sadly, that's not the longest he's had. I don't want to be that person.

Of course, my damn period just started now!  Would have been nice to wake up with it this morning so I could have had the blood work & ultrasound done & saved myself a trip!   At any rate, it's here now & we can get this party started.  I hope my lining complies & thickens up nicely & quicker than expected.  We'll be using the injectable estrogen which hopefully will help that.  My goodness, I'm really getting nervous!!

lnle

good luck with the cycle!!!

epphd

Yea!!  That's so exciting!  I can't wait to follow your journey - best of luck!!

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epphd:

Yea!!  That's so exciting!  I can't wait to follow your journey - best of luck!!

It's great to see you're moving right along with your pregnancy.  It gives me hope it can happen for us!!