CPW - How much do you spend on TTC?

GraceInCA

OPKs, Pom Juice, BBT, acupuncture, psychics, out of pocket medical costs, pineapple core, red raspberry leaf tea, Pre Seed, lingerie, ferning microscope....[Poll]

ct103

I counted the hospital bills I got during my m/c, which is why I'm in the $1000-$5000 range. Without this, it would have been just under $1000.

panacea05

ct103:

I counted the hospital bills I got during my m/c, which is why I'm in the $1000-$5000 range. Without this, it would have been just under $1000.

Ditto. 

Spruce14

I never realized until you asked... but between OPK's, doctor visit copays, books, preseed (that sh*t is expensive and i ended up hating it) HPT's and most recently acupuncture I'm at about $800 in 7 months. 

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QuigleyCat1

Well Grace...where's your "perv" option??? lol

GraceInCA

QuigleyCat1:

Well Grace...where's your "perv" option??? lol

The only perv option I could think of was super kinky, so I left it off. I'm feeling a bit warped today.

QuigleyCat1

GraceInCA:

QuigleyCat1:

Well Grace...where's your "perv" option??? lol

The only perv option I could think of was super kinky, so I left it off. I'm feeling a bit warped today.

...but not really!  lol

twotexans

We are just over $4000 now, with the testing, drugs, copays, co-insurance and my miscarriage.  Depending on what happens this cycle, it will go up exponentially.  We're looking at moving onto IUIs soon.

lovelainie

I chose 1k-5k, but honestly it very well could be more than that, when you figure in DH's Varicocele surgery, hospital/lab bills from the MC, and all the testing with the RE... And that's not even counting OPK's, HPT's, Pom, Pre-Seed, or our vitamin regimen. 

Well... Now I'm feeling kind of depressed.  

DebateThis

Out of pocket? Probably about $500.

Including what was billed to my insurance? We're probably past the $50,000 mark, if not higher.

killian09

I only included out of pocket stuff and I think we're around $200.  It's just vitamins, mostly.  And some cheapo OPKs and HPTs.  

If I include what my insurance paid, we're over $10,000 no doubt.  Thank god for good insurance. 

emyloup

I feel very lucky that so far I've spent a very minimal amount.  My insurance covered 100% of all labs, MD appointments, D&C, pathology tests -- anything that had a maternity code on it.

delino

Without IVF I would have come in around $800 maybe.  The main expenses were actually pregnancy related, not TTC related.  Hospital stays and never ending betas.

michellepierce2004

In the past 12 months we have easily spent over $5,000! With all the Hospital Bills from miscarriages to all the monitoring to blood work thats not covered to moving to inject cylces which weve done 2 of....march and this current cycle and they are around $1800 per cycle! I laugh at people that try to compare them buying necessities for their LO each month to me "rethinking having a child"....Heck it would be WAy cheaper a month to already have one....I don't know of anyone that spends almost $2000 a month on their child...unless your a super rich person or your child has medical issues! I m just ready for a successful pregnancy!

DaisyZH

We have been so lucky that our insurance covers my bloodwork and appointments for the last miscarriage, so I only had about $45 in co-pays, plus about $18 in pregnancy tests (all BFN) last month.

GraceInCA

Setting up this poll was interesting. I never know how to break down the dollar amounts, but I should pat myself on the back for this one because I think it was broken down perfectly.

 

Me? I haven't spent all that much. Definitely less than $1000.

DebateThis

michellepierce2004:

I don't know of anyone that spends almost $2000 a month on their child...unless your a super rich person or your child has medical issues!

Ha. Not related to the poll at all but you must not live in a HCOL area! Daycare alone for one infant is going to run us $1600/month and then adding a baby to my health insurance is going to be another $250/month. That's not even touching diapers (although we plan to CD), clothes, food, formula, bottles, doctor's office visit copays and various other baby crap that crops up!

ufsandra85

mine is between 500 and 1000 because i have amazing insurance with no copay and havent had to pay a dime for 3 rounds of fertility drugs, 5 rounds of progesterone, 1 d and c, 4 uterus surgeries, over 50 doctors appointments, over 50 blood draws, and over 40 ultrasounds. the money was all spent on acupuncture

GatorBaby2012

I'm pushing $5000, but I voted for the $1000-$5000 range. My costs also include dr and lab bills during my pg's, RPL testing, HSG, karyotyping, and therapy costs, in addition to the OPK's, HPT's, FF VIP fee, BBT, vitamins, etc.

genmalone

We've already spent almost $30K OOP this year and probably close to $50K in the past year.  This includes a lot of IF treatment (including IVF) and me being in the hospital for hospital for 8 days because of it.  This miscarriage has only cost me $100 so far, luckily.

peloquinJ

I put under $50. If I included medical bills for the m/c it would be around $300. I never really thought I had great insurance, but after seeing how much some other's have spent for just D&C's, I guess I must for at least some things.

michellepierce2004

DebateThis:

michellepierce2004:

I don't know of anyone that spends almost $2000 a month on their child...unless your a super rich person or your child has medical issues!

Ha. Not related to the poll at all but you must not live in a HCOL area! Daycare alone for one infant is going to run us $1600/month and then adding a baby to my health insurance is going to be another $250/month. That's not even touching diapers (although we plan to CD), clothes, food, formula, bottles, doctor's office visit copays and various other baby crap that crops up!

No I definitely do not live in an area with a super high cost of living! Child care for a month in ou are for 1 child would be closer to $400 a month! And the people making the comments to me live In my area as well so they definitely aren't paying much more than that for child care! Average income is around 25,000-30,000 so paying $2000 a month for fertility treatments is really high when we are only doing inject....not to mention our possibility of moving to IVF soon and we are completely OOP I have Anthem but they try to buck everything that is submitted! GL to you! And hope everything works out really soon!