This two week wait is probably the hardest of all the two week waits yet.
I am on cycle 4 of IF treatments, and after this one I will have to switch to Kaiser. Kaiser is horrible. They will make me wait until I have a ton of tests run before they will even treat me. I have to get by blood type checked, I have to get a titer to show whether or not I am immune to chickenpox, and if I am not I have to get the immunization, which means postponing the efforts because it's a series of 2 shots and I can't get them while pregnant. Do they care that I have had chickenpox? No. They are still forcing me to pay to do this.
Finally, they are making C and I do multiple STI and STD tests before they will treat us. WTF?! They were all like "It's our policy, and most large health care agencies require it now, and you don't want to be pregnant if you have an active chlamydia infection. They don't care that I have been with C for 13 years. They don't care that we were tested in early college, again when we went to Teach in South Korea (they don't allow people with STDs or STIs in the country to work), or that C had to have a 6 month long panel done two years ago because he was bitten by a kid at work. All they say is "We aren't judging you, it's our policy." This pisses me off because they can't even tell me how much I will be paying out of pocket for these stupid tests.
Hopefully it will be a moot point. Hopefully next week I will find out that I am pregnant. I am tired of the stress and we are almost out of extra money for treatments.
Here is a run down since the last time I posted.
Cycle 1: Just 50 mg Clomid, BFN
Cycle 2: HSG reveals my right tube is completely blocked, Left tube is clear. PCOS diagnosis confirmed, Metformin started, 50 mg Clomid, 1 follicle on Left Ovary, HSG Trigger Shot, IUI, bad HIO timing (stupid night job for C), BFN.
Cycle 3: Scare that follicle was really a cyst. Turned out to be fine. Metformin, 50mg clomid, 1 follicle on left ovary, HSG trigger shot, IUI, bad HIO timimg (stupid night job for C), BFN
Present Cycle (4):
This cycle we upped the Clomid dose to 100mg and I ended up with two follicles on my left ovary. At the same time I had a breast cancer scare and had to have an ultra sound on my left breast. It was clear. I am still doing Metformin (and probably will until I lose a lot of weight), we did the HSG Trigger Shot, IUI, and we actually got great timing on HIO.
So I am hoping this brings us some success. We need a bit of good luck in out lives. I found out that both my close friends with IF both got pregnant this cycle. If I am I will join them and have an EDD of Halloween. Exactly 2 years from the beginning of my journey.
I am really putting so much hope into this cycle. I know I will be so crushed if this doesn't work because Kaiser gave me little to know hope (they just want to push me to IVF, which will end our journey because we can't afford 10-20k).
I am on cycle 4 of IF treatments, and after this one I will have to switch to Kaiser. Kaiser is horrible. They will make me wait until I have a ton of tests run before they will even treat me. I have to get by blood type checked, I have to get a titer to show whether or not I am immune to chickenpox, and if I am not I have to get the immunization, which means postponing the efforts because it's a series of 2 shots and I can't get them while pregnant. Do they care that I have had chickenpox? No. They are still forcing me to pay to do this.
Finally, they are making C and I do multiple STI and STD tests before they will treat us. WTF?! They were all like "It's our policy, and most large health care agencies require it now, and you don't want to be pregnant if you have an active chlamydia infection. They don't care that I have been with C for 13 years. They don't care that we were tested in early college, again when we went to Teach in South Korea (they don't allow people with STDs or STIs in the country to work), or that C had to have a 6 month long panel done two years ago because he was bitten by a kid at work. All they say is "We aren't judging you, it's our policy." This pisses me off because they can't even tell me how much I will be paying out of pocket for these stupid tests.
Hopefully it will be a moot point. Hopefully next week I will find out that I am pregnant. I am tired of the stress and we are almost out of extra money for treatments.
Here is a run down since the last time I posted.
Cycle 1: Just 50 mg Clomid, BFN
Cycle 2: HSG reveals my right tube is completely blocked, Left tube is clear. PCOS diagnosis confirmed, Metformin started, 50 mg Clomid, 1 follicle on Left Ovary, HSG Trigger Shot, IUI, bad HIO timing (stupid night job for C), BFN.
Cycle 3: Scare that follicle was really a cyst. Turned out to be fine. Metformin, 50mg clomid, 1 follicle on left ovary, HSG trigger shot, IUI, bad HIO timimg (stupid night job for C), BFN
Present Cycle (4):
This cycle we upped the Clomid dose to 100mg and I ended up with two follicles on my left ovary. At the same time I had a breast cancer scare and had to have an ultra sound on my left breast. It was clear. I am still doing Metformin (and probably will until I lose a lot of weight), we did the HSG Trigger Shot, IUI, and we actually got great timing on HIO.
So I am hoping this brings us some success. We need a bit of good luck in out lives. I found out that both my close friends with IF both got pregnant this cycle. If I am I will join them and have an EDD of Halloween. Exactly 2 years from the beginning of my journey.
I am really putting so much hope into this cycle. I know I will be so crushed if this doesn't work because Kaiser gave me little to know hope (they just want to push me to IVF, which will end our journey because we can't afford 10-20k).
Just checked your blog again after too long away....got my fingers crossed for you guys. Truly hoping to hear some great news from you in the relatively near future, but don't be afraid to text or call if you don't hear what you want to hear and need to talk. <3 xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteBTW, I'm super impressed with how well you have been handling all this, it takes a lot of strength and you should know that it's noticed!