I have a hard time asking for help.
It probably relates directly to the fact that I have a hard time saying “No”, too.
I end up with more things on my plate than I can handle about 99% of the time.
I like to live in chaos, and I like to help others as much as possible, sometimes at the cost of my own comfort.
Although we have decent health insurance, it has limited coverage for infertility treatments.
Add to that fact that the husband and I have limited funds these days, what with trying to buy a house and all, and you have a recipe for barely hanging on.
I’m not complaining – I know there are many out there who have no insurance coverage and a smaller income than we do who are still finding their way along the expensive road to Infertile Parenthood.
We’ve been talking lately about the possibility that these injectables cycles may not work. We don’t want to waste time, and if Dr. K says that IVF is our best bet, we are going to dive in headfirst.
Insurance won’t touch IVF.
Not even the meds, which typically account for about 30% of the cost.
And that cost is typically in the $10,000 to $15,000 range.
Here comes the humility part:
The husband and I have created an online fundraiser to hopefully help fund an IVF cycle, or contribute to the cost of an IVF package.
I don’t want to be a charity case, and it took a lot for me to be able to do this, but this is where we are right now: so desperate to become parents, and so limited by the terrifying cost of treatments that we have resorted to asking the public for help.
By no means should you feel like this is a plea for you to donate. All we ask is that you spread the word, maybe share this with a friend or two. Who knows? Maybe someone out there has been here before, and wants to pay it forward…
Also, if any of you are friends with Oprah or Ellen, please feel free to call them up and plead our case. 😉
If, by some miracle, we find that we do not have to board the IVF rollercoaster, we will donate this money to someone who does. We want to become parents, and we want others in our boat to have that same chance.
Thank you, friends.
