Feels Like Menopause?
Today marks cycle day 31, which is the longest I think I've ever gone without a period. I guess this is what menopause feels like, albeit without the hot flashes. Those I experienced in January, courtesy of Mr. Lupron.
McGill FINALLY Calls
The folks at McGill finally called today only to tell me that I'm not a great candidate for IVM, but they'd be glad to do IVF on me. They explained that the loss rate at each step in IVM is different than it is in IVF. Take my last cycle with 12 follicles. In that cycle we had 10 eggs, all mature, 9 fertilized, 6 embryos. With IVM, we could expect 3 or 4 embies. So nearly a 50% decrease. Damn.
Their questions felt a bit odd - I felt I was interviewing for a job. "Why do you want to do IVM?" "What didn't you like about doing IVF?" When I mentioned that I didn't care for all of the drugs that I did on IVF, they said they'd be glad to make me a protocol that would have less of them. So...do I understand this right? They'll construct a protocol that isn't based on what will get me pregnant but one that is acccording to my likes or dislikes about my previous cycle? This doesn't seem like a effective method to finding an appropriate protocol.
But get this. They do have a shared risk plan that doesn't have an age cutoff. Holy smokes. I've never heard of such a thing in the US. So I can do up to 3 IVFs for $11,950CD ($10,239USD) or one for $6,000CD ($5141USD). But add into that the drugs, the airflights for two at $900+ each (at short notice...no bargain flights for us), hotel, food, etc. I think that the shared risk plan is a helluva deal, but the single one is "just okay" considering that with the added expenses, the price is right up there with what we'd pay Dr. Z.
So now the decision is the shared risk plan at McGill -OR- Dr. Next -OR- Dr. Z
McGill FINALLY Calls
The folks at McGill finally called today only to tell me that I'm not a great candidate for IVM, but they'd be glad to do IVF on me. They explained that the loss rate at each step in IVM is different than it is in IVF. Take my last cycle with 12 follicles. In that cycle we had 10 eggs, all mature, 9 fertilized, 6 embryos. With IVM, we could expect 3 or 4 embies. So nearly a 50% decrease. Damn.
Their questions felt a bit odd - I felt I was interviewing for a job. "Why do you want to do IVM?" "What didn't you like about doing IVF?" When I mentioned that I didn't care for all of the drugs that I did on IVF, they said they'd be glad to make me a protocol that would have less of them. So...do I understand this right? They'll construct a protocol that isn't based on what will get me pregnant but one that is acccording to my likes or dislikes about my previous cycle? This doesn't seem like a effective method to finding an appropriate protocol.
But get this. They do have a shared risk plan that doesn't have an age cutoff. Holy smokes. I've never heard of such a thing in the US. So I can do up to 3 IVFs for $11,950CD ($10,239USD) or one for $6,000CD ($5141USD). But add into that the drugs, the airflights for two at $900+ each (at short notice...no bargain flights for us), hotel, food, etc. I think that the shared risk plan is a helluva deal, but the single one is "just okay" considering that with the added expenses, the price is right up there with what we'd pay Dr. Z.
So now the decision is the shared risk plan at McGill -OR- Dr. Next -OR- Dr. Z
posted by linda at 5:35 PM
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