Wednesday, January 16th, 2013. CD2.
Well, if you hadn’t already figured it out, every Infertile’s favorite auntie showed up late in the day yesterday.
I’m pretty much miserable, and more than a little cranky that she showed so early, but there’s nothing I can do about that. I spoke to the nurse this morning, and the doctor is recommending we escalate my treatment to an injects-only cycle with additional monitoring.
I brought up the possibility of an IUI, and he said that if my response looks good, he would be happy to entertain that idea. The nurse said that the doc wasn’t concerned with a 10-day luteal phase, even though I tend toward a 12- to 13-day LP in most medicated cycles. She said that each cycle, even with meds, can be very different and that one shorter LP is not reason to panic. (Can you guess which nurse I was speaking with? LOL)
So, I will go in for a baseline ultrasound tomorrow afternoon, and from there, I’ll start Menopur and monitoring every few days.
I was really hoping it wouldn’t come to this, but I suppose none of this is new territory for me. I’ve had three injectables cycles, four IUIs, hundreds of shots, and thousands of blood draw needles in my arm.
This is just the natural progression, I suppose.
Well, natural for me.
*sigh*
I think people in my life wonder why we’ve been trying these methods for so long, and why we haven’t moved on to IVF or adoption…
First, IVF costs ten to fifteen thousand dollars, and that does not include medications with my doctor. It also means a long, drawn out process including birth control, gallons of blood work, and invasive procedures.
Second, adoption can cost anywhere from fifteen to sixty thousand dollars, and that’s just domestic adoption of a toddler or older child within the US. Try adopting an infant from overseas, and you can easily be looking at close to a hundred thousand dollar tab with airfare, hotel stays, meals, home visits, and international legal fees.
Third, both of these options take TIME. IVF does NOT a guaranteed family make, and adoptions fall through all the time. You can invest thousands of dollars and years of your life into something that can be undone in a moment.
I guess the long and short of it is that while I am tired and my faith in this process is in a constant state of flux, I am not ready to give up on these less invasive – and expensive – options just yet…
And so, onto the next option, full of hope and with high expectations.
…Same as always.
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