IVF meds

This is what almost $6000 worth of IVF meds looks like. Luckily, I only have to pay a 30% copay. I decided to go through everything in the boxes and in the fridge. There was even extra Follistim tucked into one of the boxes from the office. It's the injectable meds that cost so much. Looking at it all, the price seems outrageous. But then again, they know people who desperately want to get pg will be willing to pay just about anything. It turns out that the cost of one IVF cycle is equal to the cost of the medications for that cycle. It's about $12,000 per cycle. Sadly, there are many ladies on the RESOLVE board who are self pay. Not many states have mandated IF coverage. I'm very luck to live in MA where IF treatment coverage is mandated. I don't think I would opt for IVF if it wasn't covered and we had to self pay. I would have preferred adoption. That's way too much money for a 50% chance of success. At least with adoption, once you are approved, there is a 100% chance you will be matched with a child.

For now, I am trying to relax this week until my next u/s on Thursday. I'm hoping the Red Sox are going to win tonight. Chris and I are slowly recovering from whatever cold/virus we had. We were still like 2 zombies this weekend. Hopefully, that is it for any kind of "flu bug" in this house for the year!