Yesterday I received our promissory note for the new loan. I should be excited because that means we are all clear to move ahead but at the same time it makes me cringe thinking about all the $$$$ we now owe. For people like us without credit cards and really not much credit, this is a big chunk of change.
So today I sign the Attain Program contract which is different than the loan itself. The Attain Program allows us to have the discount of 26% off the top for our (2) Fresh Cycles and (2) Frozen Cycles. Instead of paying $20,857.00, we will pay $15,750.00.
Services Included:
Monitoring Office Visits
Monitoring Ultrasounds
Monitoring Estradiol Blood Tests
Monitoring Progesterone Blood Tests
Oocyte Retrieval
Oocyte Retrieval - Ultrasound Guidance
Oocyte Retrieval - Facility Fee
Oocyte Retrieval - Supplies
Oocyte Identification from Follicular Fluid
Sperm Isolation
Sperm Preparation
Insemination Oocytes
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
Embryo Culture
Gradient
Embryo Transfer
Embryo Transfer - Ultrasound Guidance
Embryo Transfer - Catheter
Embryo Transfer - Supplies
Post - Transfer Estradiol Test
Post - Transfer Progesterone Test
Covered Services: FET
Monitoring Office Visits
Monitoring Ultrasound
Monitoring Estradiol Blood Tests
Embryo Thaw
Embryo Preparation for Transfer
Embryo Transfer
Embryo Transfer - Ultrasound Guidance
Embryo Transfer - Catheter
Embryo Transfer - Supplies
Notice anything missing... that's right, medication. That is a separate fee that we will be paying out of pocket as we go.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Test Results
Dr. Krause called yesterday afternoon to let us know my test results. She said all of the tests were fine.
My Blood Test Education Time:
Thyroid: Thyroid hormone tests are blood tests that check how well the thyroid
gland is working. The thyroid gland makes hormones that regulate the way the body uses energy.
Rubella: A rubella blood test detects antibodies that are made by the immune system to help kill the rubella virus. These antibodies remain in the bloodstream for years. The presence of certain antibodies means a recent infection, a past infection, or that you have been vaccinated against the disease.
Antibodies: Antibody tests are done to find certain antibodies that attack red blood cells. Antibodies are proteins made by the immune system. Normally, antibodies bind to foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses, and cause them to be destroyed.
Autoimmune: Autoimmunity involves the loss of normal immune homeostasis such that the organism produces an abnormal response to its own self tissue. The hallmark of autoimmune diseases generally involves the presence of self-reactive T cells, autoantibodies and inflammation. An area of intense research is determining why the immune system turns against its host. Over the past decade, research has greatly advanced our understanding of autoimmunity and the scientific findings from these investigations are translating new clinical laboratory studies of patients to aid in diagnoses.
Dr. Krause told me that my autoimmune number was 1.34 which was normal for a woman of my age, I think she was calling me old! :(
Next Steps: The Dr will forward my information and application to the Attain Program for review. I should receive my documents to review and sign in 2-3 days. After that it is time to work on the money tree! She will also discuss my cycle medication with Dr. Bohler. I am also supposed to call Yvonne, my Coordinator the week of Thanksgiving to make my schedule to begin a cycle post Christmas. At least these people are ON IT! She asked if I had any questions, I said no, I think you guys have it covered!
My Blood Test Education Time:
Thyroid: Thyroid hormone tests are blood tests that check how well the thyroid
gland is working. The thyroid gland makes hormones that regulate the way the body uses energy.Rubella: A rubella blood test detects antibodies that are made by the immune system to help kill the rubella virus. These antibodies remain in the bloodstream for years. The presence of certain antibodies means a recent infection, a past infection, or that you have been vaccinated against the disease.
Antibodies: Antibody tests are done to find certain antibodies that attack red blood cells. Antibodies are proteins made by the immune system. Normally, antibodies bind to foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses, and cause them to be destroyed.
Autoimmune: Autoimmunity involves the loss of normal immune homeostasis such that the organism produces an abnormal response to its own self tissue. The hallmark of autoimmune diseases generally involves the presence of self-reactive T cells, autoantibodies and inflammation. An area of intense research is determining why the immune system turns against its host. Over the past decade, research has greatly advanced our understanding of autoimmunity and the scientific findings from these investigations are translating new clinical laboratory studies of patients to aid in diagnoses.
Dr. Krause told me that my autoimmune number was 1.34 which was normal for a woman of my age, I think she was calling me old! :(
Next Steps: The Dr will forward my information and application to the Attain Program for review. I should receive my documents to review and sign in 2-3 days. After that it is time to work on the money tree! She will also discuss my cycle medication with Dr. Bohler. I am also supposed to call Yvonne, my Coordinator the week of Thanksgiving to make my schedule to begin a cycle post Christmas. At least these people are ON IT! She asked if I had any questions, I said no, I think you guys have it covered!
Friday, November 1, 2013
SIS/Bloodwork
Let us start with my appointment time at 3, arrived at 3:10... Got lost. Traveling from work downtown takes me in the opposite direction of what I am used to. I ended up going a crazy strange backward way but I found it!
Anyhow I checked in and sat in the waiting room for about 30 minutes before a very lovely older woman, Linda, came to get me. She took me back through so many halls (the Woman's health area on the 4th floor is a maze!) to the ultrasound area. Linda shared with me that she has been doing high risk scans for 35 years and has been doing IVF scans for years on the weekends. Now this is her full time gig and you can tell. She had her little tote with her lunch under her little desk in the corner of a small room to begin with. I have to say she is very good at her job. She told me exactly what she was going to do and then what the Dr would do from start to finish. She also shared what symptoms I may have and discomfort. She told me to take Ibuprofens and I should be fine.
I will leave out the extra special details but Linda did her scans first and all looked fine. When she was finished making sure I had ovaries and a normal looking uterus she left the room to get Dr. Krause. Linda came back twice while we waited to give me updates.
Dr. Krause entered the room with Linda and the intern that I had met days before, Christine Harris. Dr. Krause asked me if I minded that the intern watch the procedure to which I responded with "sure". What are you supposed to say? Then the next thing I know she asks if a Dr. Todd can do the procedure and she will supervise, great! So I had four witnesses to my personal region and procedure. I have to say Dr. Todd did fine and Dr. Krause said everything looks great.
Linda told me she would manipulate the images after my visit and make sure there was nothing hiding but she thought they looked great.
Dr. Krause said she would call me in a few days to let me know all my results and send in my application for the Attain program. Once the paperwork is received by Attain it should be 2 or 3 days to approval status. Then we work on money.
I also had blood drawn. It's different at UL, I am not educated yet in their attire. I need to figure out what the different levels of hierarchy wear there. Most of the girls in the lab were wearing black scrubs but the girl that drew my blood was in pink scrubs with a cloth white jacket thing on... hmm. I'm not bruised so she did a good job however my arm is sore.
Dr. Krause did say I needed to be on birth control for a month which puts us to 11/25 which would be the December cycle. She also said December was filling up really fast and that might push us to January. At first after talking to Kyle we were going to call ahead of time and see if we could get added to December before it was full but we changed our minds. Why are we rushing? I have a calmness that says to be still and follow their lead. If she wants us to wait until January then we will.
Everything happens for a reason, right?
Anyhow I checked in and sat in the waiting room for about 30 minutes before a very lovely older woman, Linda, came to get me. She took me back through so many halls (the Woman's health area on the 4th floor is a maze!) to the ultrasound area. Linda shared with me that she has been doing high risk scans for 35 years and has been doing IVF scans for years on the weekends. Now this is her full time gig and you can tell. She had her little tote with her lunch under her little desk in the corner of a small room to begin with. I have to say she is very good at her job. She told me exactly what she was going to do and then what the Dr would do from start to finish. She also shared what symptoms I may have and discomfort. She told me to take Ibuprofens and I should be fine.
I will leave out the extra special details but Linda did her scans first and all looked fine. When she was finished making sure I had ovaries and a normal looking uterus she left the room to get Dr. Krause. Linda came back twice while we waited to give me updates.
Dr. Krause entered the room with Linda and the intern that I had met days before, Christine Harris. Dr. Krause asked me if I minded that the intern watch the procedure to which I responded with "sure". What are you supposed to say? Then the next thing I know she asks if a Dr. Todd can do the procedure and she will supervise, great! So I had four witnesses to my personal region and procedure. I have to say Dr. Todd did fine and Dr. Krause said everything looks great.
Linda told me she would manipulate the images after my visit and make sure there was nothing hiding but she thought they looked great.
Dr. Krause said she would call me in a few days to let me know all my results and send in my application for the Attain program. Once the paperwork is received by Attain it should be 2 or 3 days to approval status. Then we work on money.
I also had blood drawn. It's different at UL, I am not educated yet in their attire. I need to figure out what the different levels of hierarchy wear there. Most of the girls in the lab were wearing black scrubs but the girl that drew my blood was in pink scrubs with a cloth white jacket thing on... hmm. I'm not bruised so she did a good job however my arm is sore.
Dr. Krause did say I needed to be on birth control for a month which puts us to 11/25 which would be the December cycle. She also said December was filling up really fast and that might push us to January. At first after talking to Kyle we were going to call ahead of time and see if we could get added to December before it was full but we changed our minds. Why are we rushing? I have a calmness that says to be still and follow their lead. If she wants us to wait until January then we will.
Everything happens for a reason, right?
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