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Mary - That was one of the reasons I re-tied. I don't want anymore but this journey is really way too hard on us emotionally. I couldn't do it again..no way!
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I don't have anything to report either. My next Dr.s appt isnt til tues. I finally got my house back from all the visitors and have been trying to put it back in the condition that I like it in along with end of the year school stuff.
Carly is a little doll
Andrea, i hope you start too feel better soon.
Im going to continue my mountain of laundry, sheets towels etc. I hope everyone has a great memorial day weekend.
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Hi-- Nothing new to report here, just feeling blah since my IVF cycle has been delayed.
Tanya--I hope Isomil works better for little miss Carly. It suckes when you can't find a formula that fits them...ugh. I am glad your dad's service was nice and provided closure for you and your family!!
Everyone else-Hiya!!
It's been a terrible week for me so I hope to God that next week is better!
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Andrea - Thanks for posting those pics! I can't upload anything to this site (GRRR!!!) and I sent them out quickly to a bunch of people.
She's doing great except she is really fussy at night. I've switched her formula twice now - from Similac to Similac Sensitive and now to Isomil. The breastfeeding was just not going well for me...she's eating like a HORSE though and filling out. She sleeps from 11PM to 6AM, and naps throughout the day. I feel pretty good, mostly recovered. I did get my tubes re-tied - a good decision after the nurse and doctor both told me I was beginning to pull apart along my previous scar. No regrets here - the TR journey is over. Now I can cheer all my sisters on until we all get our babies! Yee-Haw!!
The service for my dad was Wendsday at Arlington National Cemetary. It was very moving and sad but a beautiful service. The Marines gave him full honors and it really helped with closure for me, my brother and my kids. I brought all three of the kids and while I was uncertain about doing so in the beginning now I'm so glad there were all there to honor him, his service and his life.
Kerri and Andrea - I can't believe people just assume you've got that kind of money sitting around just because your doing IVF. People really are rejected. Most people I've read or heard about sacrificed everything for the IVF rounds...
Anita, Jo and Becky - How's it going guys?? We need some updates and days for those BIG ultrasounds...although we know Becky is going to hold out...
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Andrea - I know what you mean - we don't have any gold bars either and someone snuck into the yard and cut down the money tree. We figure we can pay some things down to make that payment more manageable. My greatest fear is getting turned down, so I want to be in the best shape possible when we apply.
The good thing is that we both want this equally so we both know what needs to be done to get there. That really helps.
I don't know if this helps you or not but we got our IVF financing through Capital One and it turned out to be a better deal than what our bank offered us as far as interest rates go. We too had to shuffle money around and we paid off our credit card debt and a few other things to make sure we could afford to pay on that $25,000 loan. Ours is for 5 years so it is like a car payment without the new car-----hopefully we will have a new baby instead!!!
It cracks me up====when people find out we are doing IVF they always seem to think we have 25 grand just laying around and I am like---uhhmmm, no, it's called credit!! It's not like I had gold bars stashed in the basement that I cashed in order to do IVF. My hubby and I worked hard to pay off our debt and we didn't eat out as much and didn't shop as much----stuff like that adds up.
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Anita - they don't even participate with our stupid insurance. We had to switch from regular Anthem PPO to Anthem Healthkeepers because the cost jumped $50 a week. It was outrageous. So now we have to pay for everything with them as it happens and yesterday they wanted us to schedule an SA at $165 and an ultrasound at $415. Just a bit more than we were prepared for right then. We're looking at either the medical loan or a home equity line but we want to pay a couple of smaller things first and we can do that over the summer while we don't have tuition for two months. In the meantime, they are getting my records from the other place to find out my fsh levels and see where we are.
We're not going to not do this, we just need to have all of our ducks in a row and some of them keeping moving.
Tanya - Awwwwwwww!
Mary - work stinks and it just isn't fair that we have to do it.
Kerrie, did you talk to them about their pricing? Our insurance didn't cover IVF either, but the clinic offered us a "global fee" which was less. I hope you can figure something out.
Becki, no belly shots from me. I'm too chubby to be showing off. LOL
rob and becki @ bellsouth dot net - I wanna see her too!!!!! How are you feeling? Is the Bfing getting any better?
Mary- I am happy AF is gone -- now onto the fun stuff!!! ANy more bussiness trips coming up?
Kerrie- can you guys get a loan for fertility and just make monthly payments? I know there are some places for just this kind of loan.. Don't give up on your dream no matter how many hurdles come your way... Where there is a will there is a way!
Anita- I am SO happy you are feeling PG!!! So does that mean we will be seeing belly shots from you soon??? I wish we were getting a new crib - I love those new ones that change into a toddler bed then a full size bed.. I haven't bought anything! I just keep waiting and waiting - why I don't know!
Jo- is the family gone yet??? My step mom and sister fly in today.. SO now I am cleaning and getting the house ready... Its a lot of work to have company!!! How are you feeling??? Any flutters yet???
Andrea- I too don't like lab corp and that is where I have to go bceause of my insurance... YUCK!!!! ANd I totally would have been so so so mad!!!! Going through all of that and waiting to just have to do it all again and wait again.... They so would have been hating me!!!! I can't wait to hear about the results and all the step and things you are about to start going through... Keep a journal of the whole process and your feelings about each step and the excitement you and DH feel...
Gotta go clean some more!!!! Then I am SO going out to lunch for mexican today... It sounds SO yummy - in fact I wanted it last night that at 10:15 I was eating salsa and chips before bed... Never a good thing!!! (lol)
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