This post has been sitting in my drafts for a couple of weeks now - I figured it was about time to hit publish.
Now what do we do? That's the big question on our minds these days. I think it's safe to say that B and I never expected be in this position. Our third and final attempt at IUI failed, and now we have to think about next steps. Ugh.
Based on our RE's recommendations when we first started pursuing treatment with her, I think it's pretty safe to guess that she's really going to push IVF with ICSI if we want to continue with treatment. While I appreciate that our best chances lie in that procedure, the price tag that comes with it is really problematic. At our consult in October, we were given an estimate of $17,000 plus up to $5,000 in medication to do an IVF/ICSI cycle. To say that we can't afford that is an understatement, and that's not going to change any time soon.
We still have some money left in our insurance allowance for infertility coverage, but it's not nearly enough to cover a full cycle, and specialty medications have to be paid out of pocket. I've used a few different resources to find grants for treatment (which I realize are very competitive and it's unlikely that we would actually get one), and I've found a whopping three that are available to people nationwide. The others that I came across were only for residents of certain states or cities. It's kind of sad, really.
So now we're in that lovely state of limbo, which leaves me in the state of extremely disappointed. I hate being broken.
