Approved!

Well, I got a letter in the mail from my RE’s office saying that my insurance approved the IVF! They approved three cycles of IVF (which is the max they will pay for) although we cannot afford to do three. I think we can only afford to do one but DH says he thinks we can do two. Does anyone know how much medication you usually use? Meaning instead of like 75 ius a night do you use double or triple that? Either way, I am sure there will be other costs other than the deposit and the medications. I guess I need to meet with someone to go over exactly what the deposit that we pay covers and what is extra. Hopefully DH will get a new job soon and he will get insurance that covers IVF. Maryland law mandates that insurance companies cover IVF except for HMOs (which our insurance just happens to be) and except for employers who have 15 employees or less (which my work does.) Honestly, I’m scared. It seems like such a big expense for possibly a one time shot. But, we can’t do anything until I get my 401k refund back anyway which should be sometime soon.

Does anyone else notice that because you are doing IF treatments everyone around you assumes that you are going to have twins? I don’t know how many times I have gotten some comment like “I just know you are going to have twins.” I feel like I need to start carrying around brochures about the myths of infertility to hand them out every time someone makes a stupid comments like, “but you’re so young.” Um, thanks, being young has nothing to do with the fact that I have a medical disorder that keeps me from getting pregnant. Just the same, just because I am doing IF treatments does not mean that I will walk away with a litter. In fact, it is my understanding that IVF has a lower incidence of multiples than other treatments. Anyway, just me rambling.

Please pray that DH gets a job offer soon so that we can get better insurance coverage.