Day 10 cycle update

 At 5:02 this evening, the nurse from CCRM called with my blood results.  She said my estrogen was low and that they want me to double the dose of my daily injections from 75 IU to 150 IU.  She then scheduled me to come in for another ultrasound and more blood work at 7:30 on Saturday morning.

Double the dose means double the price.  So instead of these injections costing $51 per day, starting today they will be $102 a day.

I hung up the phone and my heart was pounding.  I feel like the financial aspect of this stuff is rapidly getting out of control.  But I didn't have too much time to freak out.  Immediately, I got on the phone with the pharmacy and had to order 6 more vials of Bravelle to be overnighted tonight and delivered to me tomorrow.  I only have 2 vials left and I will have to take them both tonight (in about 15 minutes).  I was relieved to get through to the pharmacy since it was so late in the day and once we got everything straightened out, she gave me the total for the 6 vials of Bravelle I had just ordered.  For 3 days of medication, just to get me through the weekend, it cost us $351.39.  That brings today's total to $596.39.  Five hundred ninety six dollars and thirty nine cents.  Oh...my....goodness....this is crazy.  Suffice it to say that I am officially stressed about the money now.  I can't even fathom spending $102 a day on 1 medication, not to mention the ultrasounds and blood tests every other day.  That also doesn't take into account that it's very likely that I will have to go on estrogen and progesterone in the next week or so and if my memory serves me, last year the progesterone was very expensive. 

Wow. After 9 days in this process, we have spent a total of $1924.39.  The amount of money that we've put into expanding our family over the last 4 years is staggeringly enormous. This time around is just raising that ceiling higher and higher. I just pray and hope with everything in me that it works this time, and that all of this money will not be wasted.