IVF it is!

I had both my OBGYN and RE appointments today. Nothing like getting it all out of the way in one day, right!?

The baby dust I take with me. Got it from a dear friend!

The OBGYN went fine. As to be expected. The RE didn't go like I thought it was going to. We met with my RE to decide what our next steps are going to be. I walked in thinking we would change the drugs I was taking to induce ovulation and do another IUI. Well, walking in she told us she was concerned that we were not pregnant yet. According to her 80% of people with PCOS and the labs we have should have been pregnant by now. GREAT!!!!! So now we are labeled under the "unknown" reason for infertility. COOL!! She started off by telling us that if we do another round of IUI we would have a 15% chance of getting pregnant, but that after 3 rounds of IUI's they recommend IVF. Guess what the chance of pregnancy with IVF is for us with the labs we have......75-80%. HOLY CRAP!!!! The draw back you ask.....MONEY!!! It's a shit ton of money. The only reason the RE could come up with that we aren't pregnant yet is because the sperm and eggs are not being able to connect and  IVF will take care of that. It's a lot to think about. We can get it financed and pay some of it ourselves, but it's a lot of money..........

Here's the thing....We REALLY want to be parents and if we didn't spend the money on this we would spend it on something else. It is absolutely worth it to us to have the IVF and become parents. With this there is a timeline and something we can feel positive about and look forward to....SO.....we have decided to do IVF!!!!! WOW!!!!! It's real...it's really going to happen! I guess I just sort of thought it wouldn't have to get to IVF, but we are lucky we can make it happen. It may be the only way we can get pregnant.



I will begin drugs/shots/whatever else for 12 weeks once my cycle starts. Then, in the 2nd week of June we will do an egg retrieval and then an implantation. Everything is done in my RE's office and she is very enthusiastic that it will work. Although the money is large and may take time to recover from, it will all be worth it when we can hold our baby (or babies...apparently there is a 50% chance of twins) in our arms and further our family like we have always wanted. Now we can be part of  TEAM 2013! :)

This is truly a scary time and I have a lot of anxiety about if it doesn't work or the amount of money it will take, but I keep thinking that if we don't take the chance and believe it will work we will regret it forever. I am just so happy we have such supportive and loving friends and family that are here for us. We love each and everyone of you! Please keep us in your thoughts...we can use all the good vibes we can get!