I have not updated the “Trying To Become Parents Journey” since November 2021. And finally, I have more to share than “I’m just waiting.” Here’s a list of what’s happened since that March 2021 post:
- We changed insurances so we could be served better by the fertility clinic we chose (and so I can give birth in the hospital closest to my home).
- I’ve been slowly collecting fragrant orchid plants.
- We applied for IVF financing and were only given two terrible options (extremely high APR and not the amount of money we needed to loan).
- We applied for a line of credit with our bank for a better loan and interest rate for our predicament.
- We were approved for the line of credit with our bank.
- We paid for the initial charges for IVF.
- I got my Master’s Degree and my Administrative Credential.
- I attended a duo baby shower for my two cousins who are expecting (actually one of them has given birth since last week) and I only cried about it a few times.
- I started the portion of IVF that requires birth control to keep my ovaries calm.
- I have an official PCOS diagnosis as the cause for infertility instead of “obesity” now thanks to this clinic.
- I met with my IVF Nurse Coordinator and got a schedule for the next three months.
- I ordered the injection medications that may be more than the payment for IVF if my insurance doesn’t cover it.
- I start injections next week.
For those of you who don’t know, IVF is in vitro fertilization. That’s where the doctors grow as many follicles to maturity as possible in my ovaries, retrieve the eggs from the follicles, fertilize them with my partner’s sperm in a lab and watch over their growth. In my case, they are going to test at least 8 blastocysts for genetic abnormalities before freezing all the good-quality embryos that make it to that stage while my body calms down from the egg retrieval surgery. That is if there is successful fertilization.
This is the only egg retrieval cycle we can afford, so I’m really hoping things turn out well. I’m really hoping for at least four healthy little embryos.
I’ve been calling my IVF experience Project Science Baby among my best friends. It makes it seem more hopeful to me. I’m excited for it to start even though I really hate needles. I keep telling myself it’s completely worth it.
I’ll start updating after each of my appointments from here on out. My baseline appointment is scheduled for June 9!
Talk to you soon,
Babbles&brains
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