cost??

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Thank you!

maria2

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Yikes!!! That's crazy expensive!! Thanks for sharing and good luck to you!

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Why is the clomid and injectables a whole other thing? I'm hoping next year when I start this that I could start like that to have an even higher chance of conceiving. I also want to do back to back insemination with donor sperm in one cycle. Is that something that is common. I don't have a lot of money, but I really want to be a mom. I was hoping to do everything to increase the chances of it working.

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Robin, that's great news!!! Congrats!!! If you don't mind me asking, about each month how much did you have to pay out of pocket yourself all together and how many tries did it take you? Also, do you have any great insightful advice to share? Thanks!!

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So I'm freaking out a little bit right now. I made an initial consultation appointment with a fertility clinic in my area for feb 23. The women on the phone seemed irritated when I told her I was doing this because I'm single and haven't found the right guy yet. She said my insurance may not even cover the consultation visit and that visit is between $650 and $1800. She also made it seem like most single women without fertility issues don't go this route and this is rare. If my insurance doesn't cover the first visit which is only fourty minutes long then I need to pay at least 650 that day!!!!

jl2011

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I completly agree! That's why I was stunned by her attitude! I decided to move on and get past her and her attitude because I really want this. Sometimes listening to this I think I should just go to a bar and my friebds laugh about it and say they will take me out. It would be so much easier!! However, I'm just not that kind of person to do that either. Unfortantly there isnt any other fertility clinics in my area. There is a good one in Boston, but Boston is very far from me. I think I'll just suck it up and deal with the attitude and maybe pay ALL of this myself. I just don't know how i'll ever afford it, but I'm coming to accept that I might have to and I'm trying to stay positive. I really wanted to start in Sept next year, but if I have to pay for all of it myself maybe it will be a little longer then next sept? Either way, I'm still going to do it ) I'm still going to that first appointment in Feb too. By then I should be able to afford that appointment and at least I only have to pay for that once. I'll also feel good that I'm starting to get more clear answers by then.

jl2011

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So I finally got in touch with someone from my health insurance agency, and they were actually helpful for once! yay!! She said that as long as I see someone who is "in service" for them then my initial visit is covered and I only have to pay my $25 dollar co pay!! Also, any blood work and labs will be covered!! The only thing I might have to pay for is the actual procedure, sperm and shipping!! However, I do need a doctor to refer me to see the specialist. I asked my regular doctor to refer me and they might not be able to and I might need to go through a gyno's office for that referral. I actually don't have a gynocologist that I see, I just go to a clinic. I feel like I'm making some progress here though and maybe I could just set up an appointment at a new gynocologist office and get the referal that I need. The other good news is that the place I was going to have my IUI at isn't considered to be in service so I have to go somewhere else. I asked for places that would be covered and she suggested some. They aren't convient as far as location goes, but at least I wont have to deal with that nasty secretary again! Right now I'm waiting for my regular doctors office to call me back to let me know if they could give me the referal or not.

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Oh, one more thing.... She tried telling me that I needed to go to an orientation night before my first appointment and orientation is at like 6pm and the clinic is an hour away from my house! I told her that I wouldn't be going to an orientation because I live to far away. She told me it was important because it was full of information. I told her I was fine without it because I have been researching this on my own for awhile, already spoke to a social worker and found a great forum on the web thanks to the social worker where I've met all of you amazing people and really didnt need an orientation. She finally said fine and that it wasnt manditory to attend it anymore, but they like people to go to it. Who knew things could be made so complicated?