New Fertility Doc

Well I met my new reproductive endocrinologist today. His name is Dr. Groll and he is a doc at the base hospital. He reviewed my chart from the clinic I was going to and their recommendation of surgery to remove the cyst on my right ovary. The plan is to have the surgery in mid-april when Dan's treatments are done and he is recovered enough to take care of me!

We also talked about Dan's cancer and what to do with the sperm that he banked prior to starting up the chemo. The doctor wants to skip all the lower level fertility paths and go right for IVF. He said that due to the fact we only have 3 samples to work with we need to pick the method that gives us the best chance for success using the smallest amount of sperm as possible. He thinks based on my health and age that our success rate per IVF treatment is about 40-50%. If we went with injections and artificial insemination it would be around 25-30% and if we went with Clomid pills and artificial insemination it would be around 10-15%. So since we are working with a limited supply of sperm, IVF seems the way to go. However there is a cost involved with IVF, air force insurance will cover some aspects of the treatment (like ultrasounds, medicines) however it doesn't cover the egg retrieval or the lab work involved with fertilizing the egg or the placement of the fertilized egg back into me. Thats going to run about $5,000-6,000 per treatment. If I had no insurance at all it would run me $12,000-14,000 so at least we are saving some money... I guess there was a grand plan out there in life, just glad I have been saving for the last 10 years. Between the $20,000 adoption price tag and the cost for each try of IVF these future babies of ours are already cutting into their inheritance!

So unless we get some adoption news soon the next baby attempt updates will be in 2 months when I have my surgery.