And it begins...

I start my birth control tonight!  So crazy...this will all be over before I can blink an eye, and hopefully end in SUCCESS!  I'll be on the birth control until I start the stims on October 20th (ironically, our 5 year anniversary).  I'm starting to get excited and trying to focus on the positive.  Trying to rephrase the "if" I get pregnant statements to "when" I get pregnant.  I hold a LOT of hope in this IVF cycle, as I feel it's our last shot. 

I was actually super excited to write this post about starting the birth control, until I received a call about our meds.  It appears we can't catch a break financially. First, we applied to receive a discount on the IVF procedure and were told we would most likely get a minimum discount of $1500...we got $500, which we are grateful for, but it's change compared to a $10,000 procedure (not including the $5000 in meds).  So, I was holding out hope that we would receive some sort of break on the meds.  Why are these people so encouraging??  This lady tells me that most people get at least a $1000 off at minimum and a lot of people get $3000 off....um, we got completely declined :(  It's so frustrating that there is zero help for people struggling to conceive, and have to resort to drastic intervention.  I am grateful for some help that we have received from family, it's just still hard to have to drain our resources.  It will be worth it in the end WHEN I'm pregnant :)