Waiting for AF and the snow....

Here I sit at the computer patiently waiting for AF and the snow storm they are predicting for tonight into tomorrow. The good news is tomorrow is Saturday and I don't have to go anywhere. I was pretty certain earlier in the week that AF was going to come earlier than usual but the stubborn witch is playing her little games again. I was fortunate to receive free meds again from the IVF nurse. They have saved us a ton of money again this cycle and we are so grateful. I'm hoping to have a BFP very soon and I do plan on sending the RE and the IVF team something wonderful in appreciation of all they have done for us. I'm just not sure exactly what that's going to be yet.

I also got a surprise in the mail on Thursday. I received the approval letter from the insurance company for the IVF cycle and they also approved ICSI! ICSI stands for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection which means they physically inject a sperm into each egg for fertilization. According to my insurance rules, you have to have less than 40% fertilization on a previous IVF cycle to qualify for ICSI. We had about 50% but ended up with none to freeze. ICSI costs more money but they probably feel it's warranted with us since I'm older and it's likely the outer shell of my eggs is tough and hard to penetrate naturally. I'm told this happens when you hit age 35. It's also cheaper if you have frozen embryo's to do an FET-Frozen Embryo Transfer in the future. There's no heavy duty meds needed and no surgery. I'm sure the insurance would rather see us have extra embies to freeze for an FET if this cycle fails then they wouldn't have to shell out bundles of money for another fresh IVF cycle. Either way, I'm excited to see how things go this time around. My RE is also increasing my meds. I was a little terrified at this. I thought 24 eggs was a lot but then again only 1/2 fertilized so maybe more medication will help them mature a little better before retrieval. I hope I can walk out of the IVF center after the retrieval. This is gonna hurt. I just know it.

Oh well, the pain will all be worth it in the end if we get our little bundle of joy.