IVF Consult

We had our IVF consult yesterday! It went really well. Our doctor gave us the choice to try letrozole or move to IVF and we went with IVF. I wrote about letrozole in an earlier post and for us it seems like a step back from clomid since I respond pretty well to the clomid (two follies, as opposed to most likely 1 with letrozole). I was most afraid the doctor would try to convince us to try the other medication or more IUIs or anything but going right to IVF. I keep having people say "oh you're so young still, you have plenty of time!" (this is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves). Here's the thing:

1. I'll be 28 in two months. That's not that young
2. I will decide when I want to have a child. It's not up to anyone else to decide if I am too young to try more aggressive methods if nature isn't working. If I were 24 and wanted to get pregnant and I had been trying for 20 months I should still be able to chose IVF.

          Anyways.

The doctor did not try to convince us otherwise in our decision to move onto IVF. She said she thought it was a good decision and let's go for it.

We have a meeting with the IVF nurse scheduled for next week. It's at this appointment that we'll go over scheduling. I think we'll have to be in the August group based on my cycles. I would start birth control pills July 6th and have the retrieval and transfer mid August. We'd get the beta results right around my birthday, Aug 29th.

The estimated cost is $9-10,000 for the IVF and $3-5,000 for the meds. We have to meet with the billing group as well to go over all of the specifics. The thought of spending so much money for something that may or may not work is terrifying! Especially on something we want to so badly work.

But hopefully this month's IUI works and we don't have to go through the IVF process :)