First ever FET bright & early tmr morning. Praying for twins🤞🏼🤞🏼 Send me all your prayers and good juju!
How soon did you guys test positive? Any twin stories to share? I am 34 so they are only implanting 1
After reading so many posts, and starting my first ever IVF cycle, I have come to the conclusion that the right clinic/team is everything.
I was told right off the bat that my insurance would not cover PGT testing the embryos. My doctor let me know that since I am only 34F, my partner is 31M, this would likely be fine since the chances of me putting out genetically compromised eggs are low. We had our first ever retrieval Sat and were told Sunday we had 26 eggs retrieved, 19 mature, and 18 fertilized. We were thrilled with the results. I am a pretty anxious person and it was knawing at me that we couldn't test the embryos so on Monday I decided to reach out to my insurance company(Wellpoint). Turns out my plan does cover testing!
I was livid to say the least. I immediately reached out to the financial coordinator who told me he could not confirm coverage/ costs without a new plan of action to submit for prior authorization. He instructed me to reach out to the nurses to see if this was even a possibility still. I did not get a response back until the next day and it was a nurse telling me it was too late to test now.. I am hormonal as you can imagine, and left messages for the nurses, my doctor, and her admin assistant. My doctor called me back right away, she apologized for the miscommunication and reassured me that she would do her best to figure out what happened and would call me back.
Turns out, when the initial plan of action was created and all docs were initially submitted for prior authorization, they were submitted through the wrong plan. I have 2 health insurance plans, and only 1 covers infertility services. This was caught when I was ordering the medications and all paperwork had to be re-submitted but that was after the conversation with my doctor.
My doctor immediately went to action contacting the lab and nursing team to work towards testing since it was already day 3 and we were on a deadline. In the end, we were not able to test since Wellpoint only covers testing if you fit very specific criteria--which I did not-- and the cost was more than we could afford right now.
I still count this as a positive experience. During a complicated situation, I felt like the whole team went to bat for me, and I felt very supported. Yeah, in the end I did not get what I wanted...and my FET is tomorrow so I have no control over whether or not it will take...but I saw the effort the clinic made to get it done for me and that alone made all the difference.
For anyone curious this is Dr.Thornton at Boston IVF in Waltham. Love her and her team so far!
TW: Discussing egg counts post retrieval.
34F, husband is 31M. Unexplained infertility, we are the first in our families to deal with this. I just had my first egg retrieval this past Sat, and we were able to retrieve 26 eggs. 19 were mature and 18 fertilized. I know it is very common for that number to drop significantly...
Can anyone give me an idea of how much? Tell me your experience. I am trying to have realistic expectations. Plan is to do a FET Thurs. Not doing PGT which is scary for me, but we just can't afford the ≈$3K price tag per embryo.....