I had a very interesting week and some excitement as well! Thursday and Friday I was giddy with happiness - for two very different reasons. Thursday, I was "thumbing" through the pages of IVFconnections.com and I came across a post going over what people would do differently (or do again) to make their IVF experience better. Ovusoft has one of these posts as well. A huge trend was acupuncture! Many women said time and time again that acupuncture not only increased their success rate but also helped with the side effects of the drugs, and stress reduction!! The stress reduction is a biggie for me! ;-) I'd looked into acupuncture before and found a dead end. Apparently I didn't look hard enough. I had called my insurance to find out that I did have coverage with the normal co-pay for specialists and I was only allowed 20 visits per calendar year. That was great! Bad news was that they couldn't find anyone in my area that was covered. At that point I had given up and I was frustrated as I was still pretty much in depression from the miscarriage and losing all 5 of my embryos during the *&*Y%# FET. I'm not bitter at all. ;-) SO I decided to search on the internet for acupuncturists in my area and "screw" the insurance. I figured it wouldn't hurt to see how much they cost and if it helps me get a baby then it's all worth it! SO I found one very close to my house that is a chiropractic and acupuncture office. As I was reading their website it said the DR specializes in pregnancy. For the heck of it I checked my insurance website and low and behold this DR is an "In Plan" doctor who is covered! SO I call the office and ask if she does any work with infertility and IVF. The receptionist said she actually does a lot of work with IVF patients. I about fell off my chair. She also said they take my insurance. Double wow! She got me in for a **FREE** consultation (I like free stuff!) this coming Monday! I have never been so darn giddy. I felt like I'd just been handed a wonderful Christmas present and all over someone sticking needles into me!!! LOL I am a complete freak I've decided. Anyway - so I'm ecstatic about being able to do this. I might be jumping the gun a little bit since I haven't even gone in yet but just to find someone who might be able to help me - that's huge. Also - maybe I'll feel like I'm doing something to prepare for this IVF it will help me get through the next few months. I also decided that we'll wait until April to do the IVF. I was really pushing for March but now I'm stressing over getting the tax refund back and getting the $$ for the meds and getting everything to fall into place perfectly for that March IVF so I can at least be closer to being pregnant than I am now when I hit my due date for my little Angel. I've realized that I'm putting far too much pressure on myself and that's not a good place to be. I've decided that waiting until April will be beneficial for many reasons:
1. The weather will be warmer and I can go do meditations in my car during breaks at work (a lovely way to escape work and get meditations in!)
2. I can mourn my due date and my Angel without trying to be oh-so-positive for the IVF.
3. I can make sure all the money is together and the meds are in hand before I set up my IVF calendar with my RE.
4. I can wear my maternity clothes from last time since it will be getting warm again (because I WILL get pregnant this time! positive thinking :-) )
SO - April it is. Spring is for planting right? Time to plant our little sweet peas in my belly for a nice long growing season! :-)
The 2nd reason I was so giddy is from Friday. I was sitting at work (happy to be there as always ;-) ) and all of a sudden at about 1:45pm the power went out! A transformer blew on the whole block and power was not due to come back till probably after we closed. SO we closed!! Never in my entire history of working there have we closed early! We all left so fast it was not even funny. I don't remember anyone at my work being SO happy!! LOL It was just a nice end to the week. :-)
Anyway - I guess I should get some things done around here. I'll write more after my consult with the Acupuncture lady! :-)
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