I had my fifth Lupron shot today, and I have to say, I'm surprised at how well it's going. We started on Monday, Evan learned how to give the shots at the Dr. office. The shots go in to my stomach anywhere below the belly button, and preferably into fat. No problem there! Bruising is normal because you can hit capillaries in the process. I got one giant black bruise on the first day, and one on the third. 2 out of 5 isn't bad! The shots don't hurt at all, and so far I haven't had any of the crazy side effects the Dr. mentioned. I feel great!
The trial transfer didn't go very well. As with in past insemination attempts, my cervical opening is very difficult to get through. Unfortunately, I have to go back next Wed. for another procedure. It's a cervical dilation, and the dilation will last through the next month.
If you want to read about another woman's experience with the dilation you can find it here.
Apparently if your cervix is closed too tightly and the Dr. has trouble getting the cathetar in to transfer the embryos then your success rate is greatly reduced. Something about having the embryos get "crushed" in the cathetar as they're in the process of being transferred. After this dilation my cervix will remain open enough for the cathetar to go in smoothly for the real transfer.
On a separate note, right after I sat up on the table after having my trial transfer, the Dr. started telling me about the next one and I started to have a case of vasovagel, which is basically where all the blood leaves your head and can cause you to pass out. I had it happen once before when I had surgery on my leg. I'm going to drink some sports drinks before I go in next time, because the sodium apparently helps. I'm also going to take a xanax!
Showing posts with label cost of invitro fertilization cost of IVF. Show all posts
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Cost of Invitro Fertilization IVF
My doctor offers two different IVF plans: one is "pay as you go", and the other is an insurance program offered through Integramed.
If you choose the first plan, which is called Global Rate, you pay for all your services and medications on a cash basis for a flat rate. If you pay for two fresh cycles and don't get pregnant, they will give you the third cycle for free for the same services. The cost breakdown per fresh cycle is:
$8100 for all services involving the doctor
$500 for anesthesia during the retrieval
$500 for embryo freezing at the end of the cycle
$2000-3000 for medications, per cycle
If you end up with any extra embryos, you can freeze them for the next month, and then you don't have to pay as much. In that situation, the "frozen" cycle is about a total of $3500 including medications. This assumes that the embryos are still alive after thawing, which doesn't always happen. I believe there's a 60% chance that they will be viable after thawing.
In the other option (the Success Program) you have to be 35 years old or less, and qualify medically through the insurance company. If you qualify you can get up to 3 fresh and 3 frozen cycles for a flat rate of $17,000. You have to pay for your medications and thawing separately. At the end of the 6 tries, if you haven't gotten pregnant you get 70% of your money back (70% of the original $17,0000). According to the insurance company there is a 75% success rate at the end of the 6 cycles.
We're going with the Success Program.
I have created a spreadsheet of costs that compares the two options, and if you would like a copy of the excel file you can leave a comment here with your email address and I will send it to you.
If you choose the first plan, which is called Global Rate, you pay for all your services and medications on a cash basis for a flat rate. If you pay for two fresh cycles and don't get pregnant, they will give you the third cycle for free for the same services. The cost breakdown per fresh cycle is:
$8100 for all services involving the doctor
$500 for anesthesia during the retrieval
$500 for embryo freezing at the end of the cycle
$2000-3000 for medications, per cycle
If you end up with any extra embryos, you can freeze them for the next month, and then you don't have to pay as much. In that situation, the "frozen" cycle is about a total of $3500 including medications. This assumes that the embryos are still alive after thawing, which doesn't always happen. I believe there's a 60% chance that they will be viable after thawing.
In the other option (the Success Program) you have to be 35 years old or less, and qualify medically through the insurance company. If you qualify you can get up to 3 fresh and 3 frozen cycles for a flat rate of $17,000. You have to pay for your medications and thawing separately. At the end of the 6 tries, if you haven't gotten pregnant you get 70% of your money back (70% of the original $17,0000). According to the insurance company there is a 75% success rate at the end of the 6 cycles.
We're going with the Success Program.
I have created a spreadsheet of costs that compares the two options, and if you would like a copy of the excel file you can leave a comment here with your email address and I will send it to you.
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