Day 34

Dear Uterus,

Let's talk fees-- not for any special reason, but it's something I've spent a SMALL amount of time looking at in the past few days, and today-- I don't have much else to talk about. Today we're focusing on IVF, tomorrow we'll talk adoption.

Now, if you click this link here, you will be taken to an IVF Cost Calculator. While the costs vary a bit by clinic, this gives you a rough estimate.

 31,380.00

This cost is actually probably 3-5k too low.

It includes the Pre-cycle cocts ($2070), Surrogate Costs ($10,650-- this is with a FREE surrogate, paying her only montly expenses, life insurance, screening, psych evals, legal fees and then a reserve of 3k)

Cycle Costs: 17,610 (Now, this covers base cycle, anesthesia, blasocyst transfer (transferring an embryo that's 5 days old as compared to 3) and PGD/PGS)

• The PGD/PGS is something I COULD eliminate, and it would save us 6k dollars. It screens for chromosonal abnormalities and also allows gender selection. Prior to this it's something I never would have considered, but now... I would. 

So I'm guessing, if nothing went wrong (no surprise medical bills, etc.) we'd need to save 35k dollars.

I want another baby.... obviously..... but holy crap.

Thirty five thousand dollars.

Ready for a real eye opener? That's cheap---

The twins' parents paid 4 times that much.

-Michelle