One Day Work Up

The next step for the both of us was to do a one day work up at CCRM. We had this done on April 28, 2015. This was an all day appointment for both of us to meet with the IVF specialists, get  a huge packet of information, have more blood tests done and disease testing. We were also told that in order to prep for pregnancy we needed to start weaning all alcohol and caffeine intake, also I would need to stop playing sports before I could start on any of the medications. If anyone knows me the not being able to play sports was the absolute hardest for me because in the summer I usually play volleyball 3 nights a week and softball 1 night a week. I knew this was all for the good but its going to take some getting used to. The total spent at this appointment was $1,500.00.

We also met with our assigned nurse to get our "mock-up" calendar for the start of our IVF and my medication list. It was my responsibility to call around to different pharmacies to decide which one I wanted to order my meds from since I have to pay out of pocket for these and they can range anywhere from $3,500 - $6,500.00.

The last appointment we had was to meet with the business office to make a down payment for the IVF procedure. Since I had double paid my deductible at my surgery I had a credit and only had to make a payment of $393.80.

The booklet of info we got and had to read through.

A few days later we received our detailed bill of what we had to pay before the start of our procedure. The total was.....................  $19,760.00! This also does not include the extraction that Johnny will need to have done or the harvesting of any extra embryo's.

Johnny had to go back to TUCC to follow up with his urologist to confirm everything still looked good with his hormone levels and confirm the type of extraction he would need to do for the IVF. He got the all clear on his end. The cost of this appointment was $40.00

Now we play the waiting game. We have to wait for my cycle to start in order to move forward!!!

We still have our gofundme page up if anyone would still like to donate to us. Again we appreciate every donation big or small. Here is the link to our page.... http://www.gofundme.com/Jessica-JohnnyIVF