My OB is THE BEST. Seriously, I just love him. He doesn't ever bullshit me and I always feel comfortable in his office. I am such a worrier and have horrible anxiety regarding doctors because my last OB was always convinced that something was wrong. I had high blood pressure during my pregnancies and every time I went in I would get so anxious and my blood pressure would go up even more. She was always like, "OMG someone is going to die!!" It wasn't even that high. It wasn't great, but at 140/85 nobody was going to die in the immediate future. But, back to my current OB that I love, I went in today to get my biopsy results and the first words out of his mouth were, "This is really fucked up. The latest pap test came back normal and the biopsy was just barely abnormal. I don't know what the fuck is going on. Come back pregnant." And that is why I love him. I'm sure some people wouldn't love his language and casual demeanor, but he's my perfect doctor. He would really love if I ended up with twins because I would be his first twin patient. He asked if he could call Dr. G and offer to slip him some extra cash if he knocked me up with 2. I told him that would be fine with me. I'm so not worried about being his first because his dad is in the office and has 40+ years of experience. They also have a midwife and everyone in the office is just fantastic. I feel like I'm in good hands.
In other news, he okayed me to go on the cruise if I got pregnant before then. He advised I not do anything stupid. His only suggestion was to ask for the non-injectible progesterone for those few days so I wouldn't have to worry about taking it on the boat. He made a good point about something I hadn't considered too. He said if it doesn't work then having the cruise a few weeks later will give me something to still look forward to. He said in that case I had his permission to do as many stupid things as I want.
I also called today about a grant for the stimming meds and we will get at least a $400 rebate, and there's a possibility they may cover my entire first cycle for free. That's a good $3000 worth of medications we wouldn't pay for up front. We would still have to purchase the Lupron, HCG and PIO, but in comparison those are nothing. Lupron averages about $200-300, HCG is $70, and the PIO is around $100. That means we may only have to pay $500 of the $4000 med cost. I'm keeping everything crossed that this goes through and we get it because it would make a big difference in when we could proceed. Our clinic is one of the selected clinics working with this program so I feel very fortunate that we have the opportunity for this as well as a 6 month option to pay for the IVF.
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