bunyhuny
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I am PUPO!!! Sorry if this is a duplicate. But I don't see my earlier post. I had 2 grade A embies put in me this morning. 8 cells each. Everything looks great and very promising. I'm so happy!! My progesterone must be working because my 3 dogs are being very affectionate. Especially my pit bull who wants to be by my side , sleep with me, and she has taken my bandages off from my iv and blood draw. So cute. She also licked my legs for 2 hours straight last night.
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! Awesome, awesome, awesome!
Let's see if we can get our BFP's, yeah?
Oooooo!!!! Lovely!!!! My pic did not come out very well. I asked the girl to zoom in, but she didn't speak English so she had no idea what I was saying. Can't really see ours:
We do our IVF overseas to cut down on cost. Over the course of a fresh cycle and two FET's, our average cost per cycle (including flights and housing) is about $5000, so not much different than your study costs. This is the price list for the clinic we use: https://www.iscare.cz/price_list.html .
I'll break it down in case this info might help anyone:
Fresh:
The cycle price for our fresh cycles (with basic options added in) starts at about $4,800. That price includes initial consult, pre-cycle testing (general physical/STD check/EKG), blood work for DH, all stimulation meds and any other meds I might need (steroids or what have you), all u/s appts, general anesthesia and ER, IVF, transfer, slow freeze, and any complications that arise. (Example: I had a large ovarian cyst that was preventing getting AF after provera and just wouldn't go away, so when I wanted to start IVF, so the $4,800 also covered ultrasound monitoring for a week to assess the cyst, a surgical cyst rupture, PIO to start AF, and all associated appts.)
Our IVF cost ended up being $7,000 since we added vitrification freezing ($800), advanced monitoring ($400), extended incubation to blastocyst ($270), a couple other things I can't remember...
, as well as freezing/storage for two sperm samples for future use (so DH won't have to come back in the future if vacation time/money won't allow for it) ($800).After flights and housing, our total ended up being $11,000. (That comes to $10,200 after you minus the sperm freezes since they're not really necessary.)
Future fresh cycles will only cost $8,000 since DH won't have to come out, we won't have sperm freezing costs, and we'll probably go with normal freezing instead of spending so much on vitrification.
FET:
FET cycles are really cheap here. $750 for everything. So after plane ticket for me plus accommodations, FET, it's is only $2300 and I'm only here for a week. (It's $3600 if DH comes too.) Insurance covers my u/s back in the US when AF arrives at the beginning of the cycle. I just get that through my OB/Gyn. So yeah. Super easy.
Other meds:
Estrogen and progesterone support for the first trimester runs $190 for standard meds up to 12 weeks. Since I want to continue progesterone to 16 weeks for peace of mind, it ends up being $240. They give me all the meds when I get to Prague and I take them home with me. This is good because they are the same meds I use for the beginning of the FET cycle, so I have them on hand if I get a BFN and need to go into another HRT FET cycle and they replace them when I get to Prague as part of the FET cycle cost. I also use the same progesterone to induce AF since I don't O on my own anymore, so if I take time off I can use that to start up a new cycle.
Anyway! So $10,200 IVF + $2,300 FET + $2,300 FET = $14,800 including flights and lodging.
im good ta, damn nervous about this cycle not working. I tested this am and got a neg so the trigger shots outta my system. Only question now is whether i continue testing or wait till my otd...........oooo the dilemma 
xx
Just waiting on bloodwork Wednesday to see what my numbers are. Hoping this one is a sticky little bean!
It will be my second ET after my first IVF cycle. I'm feeling pretty down and pessimistic about the whole thing and I hope that your positive experiences and your collective strength will help lift up my spirits 
heya hun - welcome to the thread!! Good luck with reading through the posts, theres a LOT to trawl through lol How many frosties do you have and do you have a date to start the FET process? xx
Trying to stay positive though.
I'm trying so hard to be strong and not be stressed out. I have an appointment with the vet today to put my 12 year old dog down. It's time. As I've said before. My oldest daughter is 16 and my twins are 14. We got Wendy when the twins were just 2. So this is thier childhood dog. So sad.
