IVF: Medications

I've been a bit nervous about getting things rolling with my IVF cycle, as I am supposed to pay for the cycle up front before we begin. However, since we are doing it through insurance, we needed to get it approved and pre-authorized in order to move forward. This meant that we also couldn't get our medications until it was authorized. I was getting anxious that we wouldn't be able to get everything ok'd and taken care of in time and in accordance with our schedule. However...I was wrong. Luckily, after I spoke with my insurance, they were able to get the pre-auth within a couple days. It was amazing to get the call from the billing department informing me that our IVF cycle, including ICSI, would be covered. AMAZING! I knew what our benefits were, but it's just different hearing it for real.

The next hurdle was to get my medications to CA before I needed to start them on the 23rd. I spoke with my nurse who said I should hear from my insurance's pharmacy within the next day and confirm overnight shipping and any payment details. I spoke with them in the late afternoon on the 21st, and took care of paying our deductible. The next morning I received the medications on our doorstep. They came from Pennsylvania. I couldn't believe how quickly they arrived. But I was extremely relieved to have them a day early and know that we could start moving ahead as planned.

Here is a picture of all the medications, syringes, alcohol swabs, bandaids, and sharps container that I got this morning. I like that Owen is in the background. Kind of like a foretelling of what's to come, I hope. I also like that his face is a little apprehensive. Not sure what he thinks about a new sibling? ;)

So there it is. We start injections in my tummy tomorrow. I'm going to keep a tally of how many shots (including blood draws) I do during this cycle. Let the fun begin!