Post by ldubhawksfan on Feb 2, 2015 12:02:10 GMT -5
remylove1011 I know I was excited about it, but I'm still planning on expecting it to be expensive. I feel like things get artificially inflated if they are being billed to insurance. For example, the first radiology place had a cash price of $300 for a HSG, but billed $650 to insurance. Shady shit.
TTC #1 starting July 2013, RE last 2014 First Angel baby lost July 11, 2014 IUI #1 with injections successful: EDD 11/24/15 Rainbow baby DD born 11/14/15 TTC#2 October 2016 Second Angel baby lost Jan 5, 2017
remylove1011 I know I was excited about it, but I'm still planning on expecting it to be expensive. I feel like things get artificially inflated if they are being billed to insurance. For example, the first radiology place had a cash price of $300 for a HSG, but billed $650 to insurance. Shady shit.
Yeah, definetly some shady stuff. I got a bill for $487 for some of my original bloodwork. It literally says that if I pay $35 by 02/10 it's considered paid in full... ummm, wtf?
Me (30) MH (32) Dx: MFI (low all the things) M. 10/11. TTC Since 01/14 IUI#1-3(Letrozole + Trigger) = BFN Second Opinion. Changed RE's. IVF 09/15 Long Lupron 12R/9M/8F, Transferred 1=BFN. 4 frosties. FET #1 12/15 Transferred 1 (3 still on ice)
Post by samanthasays on Feb 2, 2015 12:16:11 GMT -5
*** Update on my U/S *** My IUI is cancelled, I have a 4cm cyst on my right ovary and no other follicles are growing. My RE is going to have me wait it out and let it go away on its own. I probably wont ovulate this month, so we are hoping I still get my period. If not they will give me meds to trigger it and we will just keep watching the cyst until it goes away and I can start again. I am so upset! I cried all the way home from the Dr. I cant believe I am completely out this cycle! Ugh!!! I want to scream and cry and break something.
July 2013 started TTC 7/20/2014=BFP; CP confirmed 8/1/2014 Dec 2014: Diagnosis = Unexplained IF 12/24/2014 Medicated TI (clomid)=BFN 1/22/2015: IUI #1 cancelled due to cyst 02/17/2015: IUI #2 cancelled due to another cyst 3/31/2015: IUI with Femera, 1 good follie, great sperm count = CP, my December Rainbow became an Angel
joy-make sure you take the advil/ibuprofen, whatever! I forgot and it was terrible! I did have to have it done twice as the cath came out and a blocked tube so everything was against me, but I am sure ibuprofen would have helped!
lg2793 and tiffmich08-So I may be a bit obsessive, but when do you typically O when taking letrozole…I am getting nervous I still won’t O. tiffmich08-Sorry this cycle was a bust!
TTC #1 starting July 2013, RE last 2014 First Angel baby lost July 11, 2014 IUI #1 with injections successful: EDD 11/24/15 Rainbow baby DD born 11/14/15 TTC#2 October 2016 Second Angel baby lost Jan 5, 2017
TTC #1 since August 2013 DX: Endo November 2014: Hysteroscopy, D&C June - September 2015: Clomid + Novarel + IUI #1-3 January 2017: Laparoscopy - endo removed
cateyes - I hope you ovulate soon! I hate waiting to O, even more than the TWW. And thanks for the tip on the prescription discounts, I'll definitely be looking into it if I end up needing more meds. Every little bit helps.
mainewifey - Good luck with the RE consult. We travel quite a ways for our RE as well and they've always been very good about getting as much done at one appointment as possible. They also let us do our bloodwork and monitoring locally. It might be something you could look in to.
rufus426 - my husband is the same way about remembering details and numbers. Drives me crazy! Sorry for the impending CD1!
samanthasays , @sluttybigb00bz, and @diordra - FX for some beautiful follies! Hope all of your IUIs go smoothly. Keep us posted! EDIT - just saw your update samanthasays. I'm sorry. What a bummer.
kariann12 and kawaiikitsune -good luck moving forward with your appointments and testing.
madamewaffles - hugs. We were faced with the same decision and it's not an easy one. We're trying IUIs for now but I'm so nervous we're wasting our time and money. Good luck moving forward with IVF.
ldubhawksfan - sorry for all the insurance trouble, but that's awesome that they cover 70% of injectables! They are a HUGE expense.
joy - good luck with the HSG. I know everyone's experience is different but it was super easy for me. Just one strong cramp when they injected the dye and then it was over.
tiffmich08 - sorry about the spotting, hope the higher dosage of letrozole does the trick for you!
AFM...I did 100mg of clomid this cycle. I had an ultrasound today, CD 16, and had one 18mm and one 14mm. I'm triggering tonight and IUI will be Wednesday morning!
QOTW - rodents. Makes my skin crawl just thinking about them.
*** Update on my U/S *** My IUI is cancelled, I have a 4cm cyst on my right ovary and no other follicles are growing. My RE is going to have me wait it out and let it go away on its own. I probably wont ovulate this month, so we are hoping I still get my period. If not they will give me meds to trigger it and we will just keep watching the cyst until it goes away and I can start again. I am so upset! I cried all the way home from the Dr. I cant believe I am completely out this cycle! Ugh!!! I want to scream and cry and break something.
I'm 3dpiui and had my 6th and final IUI Friday & Saturday. DH count was amazing since for us we battled with mild MFI for 2 years. I don't know if it was the clomid + combination of lifestyle change and switching RE's (my husband really likes him) but both samples came back at 70 million w/66 motility post wash. We had a long discussion on Friday that this will be our last IUI this year. I will most likely lose my job sometime after February (pending sale) so we will need to save every penny. After 2 years with RE's, 2 years trying naturally before seeking help, we will self bench after 2/16. Hoping & praying this cycle works
QOTW: I'm afraid of a home invasion or robbery. DH works 24 hour shifts so on the nights I'm alone I stay up to the last possible moment and make sure the alarm is on, all doors are locked. DH and I have an escape plan mapped out in the event something does happen.
Post by brettanomyces on Feb 2, 2015 13:26:35 GMT -5
Halooo!!
I'm feeling nice and productive today because I got some home business stuff done. I seriously don't know how some of you manage to gbcb while at work because if I logged onto the boards I'd never get to work.
So,
I went for my CD3 BW and US Sunday morning. It's quite the operation my fertility clinic has got going on. They move a LOT of women through this place- I suppose that's how they can have such an amazing facility. I have to say though they are extremely organized.
So I showed up right at 7 on Sunday (for daily monitoring you show up between 7 and 830). There was maybe 12 other ladies showing up at the same time. We sign in at the desk and then they call us up one by one and give us our BW reqs (that they already have printed up ahead of time). I then proceeded to the blood-taking hall- there are 5 blood cubicles and maybe 3 nurses taking samples so it didn't take long. Then I was taken to ultrasound. Again, there are 6 ultrasound rooms so it wasn't much waiting time.
They called me to confirm my CD10 monitoring for next Sunday and mentioned "everything looks good so far", so whatever that means. Not that they'd tell me anything important in a voicemail anyway. In the mean time I have another ultrasound Wednesday and my SHG on Thursday. FUN.
QOTW: I'm scared of never being able to get pregnant, chas v'shalom. Or of something happening to my H, chas v'shalom.
samanthasays oh no!! I am so sorry! (((HUGS))) While I haven't been in your exact situation, I get the crying, screaming and wanting to break something!
deelopi9 Oh my goodness! Crossing everything I have that this IS the cycle that you get your wish!
cateyes I generally go in on CD12 and my follie(s) are mature enough to trigger. They don't monitor after my trigger, so I assume that I O at some point on CD13, b/c that's when they do the IUI.
**ALL WELCOME** Me: 35 DH: 36 Started TTC: Oct 2013 Nov-Jan IUI 1-3 = BFMFN Feb-Mar Medicated TI =BFMFN Apr 2015 Nadda. Testing with DH to figure out our next step!
Post by longhornwino0907 on Feb 2, 2015 14:05:07 GMT -5
Question for you ladies: So I started spotting just before lunchtime. Very, very light; the only reason I even realized I was was because I was checking my CF. It was feeling slightly more abundant than usual, so I checked, and it (sorry, TMI) went from watery and abundant this morning to goopy, brown, and abundant. Almost EQCM texture, but definitely brown in color. And since then, I've been noticing very light spotting when I go to the bathroom. This is all way TMI, I know, I'm sorry. But I'm devastated. I have my beta draw tomorrow, but now I'm thinking I should just not go. What would you do? Go anyway? Hold off on a decision until tomorrow morning in case my period doesn't come? I just don't know and I'm trying not to just break down.
ETA: I'm emailing my RE's clinical nurse now, too, just to get her input. But I would love to hear your thoughts, too.
*** Update on my U/S *** My IUI is cancelled, I have a 4cm cyst on my right ovary and no other follicles are growing. My RE is going to have me wait it out and let it go away on its own. I probably wont ovulate this month, so we are hoping I still get my period. If not they will give me meds to trigger it and we will just keep watching the cyst until it goes away and I can start again. I am so upset! I cried all the way home from the Dr. I cant believe I am completely out this cycle! Ugh!!! I want to scream and cry and break something.
Question for you ladies: So I started spotting just before lunchtime. Very, very light; the only reason I even realized I was was because I was checking my CF. It was feeling slightly more abundant than usual, so I checked, and it (sorry, TMI) went from watery and abundant this morning to goopy, brown, and abundant. Almost EQCM texture, but definitely brown in color. And since then, I've been noticing very light spotting when I go to the bathroom. This is all way TMI, I know, I'm sorry. But I'm devastated. I have my beta draw tomorrow, but now I'm thinking I should just not go. What would you do? Go anyway? Hold off on a decision until tomorrow morning in case my period doesn't come? I just don't know and I'm trying not to just break down.
ETA: I'm emailing my RE's clinical nurse now, too, just to get her input. But I would love to hear your thoughts, too.
I'd go anyway. When we get to IUI my RE wants me to test at 14dpo regardless of if I've gotten AF or not. My guess is they want to know whether sperm met the egg or not.
*** Update on my U/S *** My IUI is cancelled, I have a 4cm cyst on my right ovary and no other follicles are growing. My RE is going to have me wait it out and let it go away on its own. I probably wont ovulate this month, so we are hoping I still get my period. If not they will give me meds to trigger it and we will just keep watching the cyst until it goes away and I can start again. I am so upset! I cried all the way home from the Dr. I cant believe I am completely out this cycle! Ugh!!! I want to scream and cry and break something.
Biggest ::hugs:: to you. PM me if you ever want to vent - I've had two cancelled IUIs and it sucks donkey balls.
Question for you ladies: So I started spotting just before lunchtime. Very, very light; the only reason I even realized I was was because I was checking my CF. It was feeling slightly more abundant than usual, so I checked, and it (sorry, TMI) went from watery and abundant this morning to goopy, brown, and abundant. Almost EQCM texture, but definitely brown in color. And since then, I've been noticing very light spotting when I go to the bathroom. This is all way TMI, I know, I'm sorry. But I'm devastated. I have my beta draw tomorrow, but now I'm thinking I should just not go. What would you do? Go anyway? Hold off on a decision until tomorrow morning in case my period doesn't come? I just don't know and I'm trying not to just break down.
ETA: I'm emailing my RE's clinical nurse now, too, just to get her input. But I would love to hear your thoughts, too.
I'd go anyway. When we get to IUI my RE wants me to test at 14dpo regardless of if I've gotten AF or not. My guess is they want to know whether sperm met the egg or not.
Thanks! I was thinking it's probably best to get them any info I can just in case.
brettanomyces-I do think many RE’s offices are like well-oiled machines!!! It is amazing! Are you still testing-why so many ultrasounds and such?
cateyes I guess their plan is complete blood work and ultrasound monitoring for 1 full cycle. Apparently leading up to O I'll be monitored daily. Then there's blood tests for progesterone levels. Plus I have an SHG and ultrasound to see the condition of all my insides and H will have a complete SA. Once they have the "whole picture" we will have a follow-up with the RE to get a diagnosis and decide the plan.
Good luck to everyone in the 2ww and getting ready to O!
I'm sitting at CD23... 11DPO. I expect my period to start Wednesday. I was supposed to have an appointment with my ob/gyn on the 10th to start making a testing plan. However, after a phone call with my insurance company and the billing office at the doctor, I've decided to switch doctors within the practice and am waiting on a call from the nurse, who will get a history over the phone before scheduling the first appointment. It sounds like I would have wasted my appointment with the other doctor... This doctor seems to be more on top of things. I also am waiting on H to stop delaying his SA. So my appointment is now on hold.
MrsRC-33, MrRC-37. TTC#1 since 2/13. DX: T2 diet controlled diabetic, removed multiple fibroids blocking tubes, via robotic myomectomy, hysteroscopy and D&C on 5/15. CD3 b/w normal. HSG normal after surgery. On the bench April-June 2015. NTNP indefinitely. Loss mentioned.
brettanomyces-I do think many RE’s offices are like well-oiled machines!!! It is amazing! Are you still testing-why so many ultrasounds and such?
cateyes I guess their plan is complete blood work and ultrasound monitoring for 1 full cycle. Apparently leading up to O I'll be monitored daily. Then there's blood tests for progesterone levels. Plus I have an SHG and ultrasound to see the condition of all my insides and H will have a complete SA. Once they have the "whole picture" we will have a follow-up with the RE to get a diagnosis and decide the plan.
I have never heard of this for the testing part! Most people get one u/s on CD 3ish and and HSG. Are you paying OOP?
cateyes I guess their plan is complete blood work and ultrasound monitoring for 1 full cycle. Apparently leading up to O I'll be monitored daily. Then there's blood tests for progesterone levels. Plus I have an SHG and ultrasound to see the condition of all my insides and H will have a complete SA. Once they have the "whole picture" we will have a follow-up with the RE to get a diagnosis and decide the plan.
I have never heard of this for the testing part! Most people get one u/s on CD 3ish and and HSG. Are you paying OOP?
Only paying for my AMH blood test and the DNA fragmentation index portion of H's SA. All other testing is covered under provincial (Canadian) health care.
Post by samanthasays on Feb 2, 2015 14:54:38 GMT -5
I just really wanted to say THANK YOU so much for all of your support. I was so upset this morning, and just reading everyone's comments of support helped so much! I love this check-in and following everyone's journeys, and the responses I got meant so much to me, I don't feel alone, which is huge.
July 2013 started TTC 7/20/2014=BFP; CP confirmed 8/1/2014 Dec 2014: Diagnosis = Unexplained IF 12/24/2014 Medicated TI (clomid)=BFN 1/22/2015: IUI #1 cancelled due to cyst 02/17/2015: IUI #2 cancelled due to another cyst 3/31/2015: IUI with Femera, 1 good follie, great sperm count = CP, my December Rainbow became an Angel
joy-make sure you take the advil/ibuprofen, whatever! I forgot and it was terrible! I did have to have it done twice as the cath came out and a blocked tube so everything was against me, but I am sure ibuprofen would have helped!
lg2793 and tiffmich08-So I may be a bit obsessive, but when do you typically O when taking letrozole…I am getting nervous I still won’t O. tiffmich08-Sorry this cycle was a bust!
Post by twinkie0612 on Feb 2, 2015 16:18:59 GMT -5
It looks like I am late to the party as usual! Work is eating into my "bad apple" time.
I got my calendar for my April FET and have all of my appointments scheduled (baseline, 2 monitoring u/s, and my appointment with the RI). My RE is having me come in for an early monitoring u/s just to make sure things stay on track this cycle. Before the cycle starts, I have to repeat my SIS and infectious disease panel. I also have an appointment with a hematologist tomorrow to check out my chronically high white blood cell count.
TTC #1 since August 2011 DH (32): SA is ok, slightly low morph, normal SCSA Me (32): Slightly low P4, hostile CM, carrier for CF, high NKC, High TNFa, heterozyogous mutated Factor XIII, and +APA October 2012-August 2015: 4 failed IUIs, 3 failed IVFs, 2 failed FETs w/donor embryos, 1 freeze all IVF, 1 Failed FET, and 1 cancelled FET November 2015: FET w/ DEm #3 Transferred 1 perfect 6AA blast
TTC #1 since August 2013 DX: Endo November 2014: Hysteroscopy, D&C June - September 2015: Clomid + Novarel + IUI #1-3 January 2017: Laparoscopy - endo removed
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