Consult

Well, we had our consult today with our RE, and he said IUI would be the next step for us. He also said it will be good for us to take 1-2 months off. I will (hopefully) continue to loose weight and get healthier.
One round of IUI will cost us $545, plus co-pays for ultrasounds, bloodwork, and the cost of our medicine. I am hoping that we can just get away with Clomid ($10), and a shot of Hcg ($37).
DH and I were discussing all our options on the way home, and we may have to put the IUI off for longer than a few months. It might not be until the middle to end of next year that we are able to do it. The money situation is kind of up in the air right now, and we really need to find a more affordable place to live.
Maybe it is selfish for me to so desperately want to have a child with my husband, that I would do an IUI this month, even though our living situation needs to change and we need to cut back in order to save money each month. I just want to have a baby with my husband! It upsets me to think about all these couples that can't have kids, or don't have the money for IVF. It breaks my heart.
If DH and I won the lottery, I think I would set up a grant for infertile couples. There are grants out there for IVF, but none for couples who have a hard time paying their co-pays and deductibles for things that are covered. DH and I have a $2500 deductible every year that needs to be met for things to be covered. That means $2500 out of our pockets every year for them to cover even simple things like ultrasounds and blood work. That is on top of the $40 co-pay we have to pay every time we go to the RE's office. Sometimes we are there 8 times a month. The out of pocket expenses add up very quickly (even if all your doing is a round of Clomid). It is frustrating.
Maybe if we pray enough, we can get pregnant over the holiday's by ourselves and not even worry about coming up with the money for IUI's and IVF's next year. One can always hope, right? Well, I'm not sure how often I will be updating now. I would like to take my mind off ttc totally for a little while and just focus on finding an affordable (HA!) place to live in this ridiculously over priced area we live in, and maybe something good will happen.
I am sending out lots of prayers and baby dust to all my ladies ttc out there. I hope 2010 is out year to have wonderful healthy happy babies! Good luck to all of you, and I hope to hear some good news soon!!!