[Bakin8th]

To ttc a baby?

I am willing to do Injects and IUI but we wont do IVF at this point.

[MarieJ]

I'll do IVF, then I've got friends willing to surrogate or donate their eggs for me-I'll go all the way including adoption. My son needs a sibling.

[Bakin8th]

Ohh I wasnt thinking adoption but yes we have plans to do that one day. Acually if we cant get pg then we want to Foster older kids to adopt.

[~InHisHands~]

I'm willing to do whatever it takes except IVF (not sure if I would do IVF or not - don't know enough about it to say yes or no but I doubt I would at this point). Adoption - not sure - would LOVE to but doubt I could for several reasons (money, the # of dogs we own (9)).

[MountainMomma]

I would be willing to go as far as it takes. Not sure if adoption would be an option because I really want the whole pregnancy experience again, but Matt isn't willing to go past IUI at this point.

[Vicki...]

I would willing to do whatever it takes, as long as we could come up with the funds, we already know we are going to foster/adopt soon.

[JCT2005]

I'm willing to go up to IVF. The only reason being that it is very expensive and I wouldn't be able to afford it at this time.

[MarieJ]

We never really planned on IVF, but its not so expensive once I started really looking into it, and we've been saving up here and there since August---it hasn't been too bad. Its certainly much cheaper than a private or international adoption here.

[Vicki...]

Marie, does your medical cover any of the costs for ivf??

[MarieJ]

My provincial health insurance covers ultrasounds, bloodwork, and dr appts-our drugs will be covered but only because DH and I each have a drug plan through each of our jobs, but they should end up being 100% covered. We just have to pay for the actual procedures, a friend of mine did it for approx $7000 cdn, but that also included her 2 week hotel stay since we live 9 hours away from the clinic. We don't pay for hotels b/c we're staying with friends and family. I'll end up coming to approx $7k anyhow since I'm planning on ICSI and PGD---I want the best chance of this working the first time

[tay'smama]

I would do IUI and IVF...we aren't at that point yet but in another 2 years that is something we will revisit. I don't want to adopt/foster. I think it's great, the people that do that but I want to feel the baby inside my tummy kicking and moving and listen to her heart at the drs and see him/her on the u/s.

[Bakin8th]

I am the same as Marie all my tests,procedurs and diagnostsics are covered under health care but since Dh retired we dropped the extra coverage through Manulife and now pay for drugs and acuall IUI so it will run us about 1,500 to 2,000 a cycle depeneding on meds(injects)

Clomid and IUI is only 365$ including meds and I do not need to do orentation since the RE decided It would be a waste of money since I cleary am well learned in the proccess and procedures. I KNEW all them yrs of studing and being a Birth doula would pay off one day LOL

[MountainMomma]

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