Khristina,
Geez, you must be reading my mind! I am having a difficult time with my insurance and trying to figure out the financial implications of pursuing the START of a pregnancy. I did an UNmedicated IUI procedure in Jan 2009 and it cost me roughly $600 out of pocket, not costing me the frozen sperm specimen. All in all, it cost me around $1200-1400 for Jan. And it was a BFN. :-(
Now, I am gearing up for a new cycle. I am CD 12 and found out having a midcycle US will be $400 and the IUI procedure will be $600. With the sperm, it will be about $1800 for it. I am so frustrated because the RE clinic says that b/c it is infertility, insurance will not cover it.
So, part of me is almost wanting to give up and never pursue pregnancy help because of the cost. It will cost me just under $2000 EACH cycle if I have to do UN-medicated and need mid-cycle US.
So I am not happy currently. So, I hope others can help out because I can't figure out how insurances will ever pay out. I don't have infertility. It's stupid CF that is giving me hostile cervical mucous. Sucks for me.
I am just bitter with the world. People, who don't appear to be capable of being parents, can get pregnant so easily and us, who really want to give love and attention to children, have such problems just to get the pregnancy to even start.
Jenn
31 yo cf