****FABULOUS NEWS****

I can't believe it has taken me this long to post an update on my wonderful bits of fabulous news!  I'm so excited to share this good news with all of you!  You know the job that I posted about last week that I interviewed for with the amazing infertility benefits? Well I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!:)  I found out literally about 5 minutes after I posted my last post.  I've just been so busy the past few days that I have had no time to post anything.  I started on Monday of this week and I absolutely LOVE the job!  I have a wonderful boss (thank you Jesus) and wonderful co-workers.  I couldn't have been more blessed with such a great job.  Everything should turn into permanent by the end of December/beginning of January as long as my background check comes back clear which it should and that they like me!:)  So far they do!  They keep making me promise that I will come back the next day.  Why wouldn't I?  I could never turn this job down.  They are wonderful to their employees and this makes me happy.  So on the job front, things are fantastic!!! 

Now to the IVF stuff.  Still no AF!!!!!!  I talked with my nurse and RE and they have scheduled me to come in on Tuesday for BW/US to see where things are at.  I think what they are looking for is to see if my body is still suppressed enough to skip AF and go straight into the IVF cycle.  I'm crossing my fingers this is the case.  I really don't want to take provera to get AF to start because this justs means more waiting that I'm sick of.  So hopefully Tuesday I will have a better idea of when this IVF cycle is actually going to start.  Hubby did his SA on Thursday so we are waiting on the results from that.  Hoping for a better report this time! So just some more waiting for right now!  This waiting sucks so bad.  I just want to know if we are having a baby next year or not!:)  But being patient is what I have to do if this is truly what I want right now and it sure is.  I'll update more next week after my appointment.

Found out how much COBRA will be.  OMG!!!!!!  It's so expensive.  For DH and I it's $1100 a month and for just me it's around $550 a month and this is just for medical.  Can you believe this?  So there is no way that we can afford COBRA for the two of us.  So what I'm thinking is we will cover just me and pay out-of-pocket for the IVF stuff for DH that falls under his lifetime maximum.  I need to verify how this works and how much it will cost to do it this way.  DH never goes to the Dr but I'm afraid that if he's not covered something will happen.  I was paying $420 a month for the tow of us so $100 difference isn't a huge deal for us.  We know that we want to continue this IVF cycle so we will do what we have to do to make it work.  I just can't believe how expensive this COBRA crap is.  How do they expect people on unemployment to be able to afford this?  You can't.

Things are going well.  I'm feeling good these days besides the weight gain from the Lupron.  I've gained between 8-10 lbs and miserable.  I've never been at this weight and I'm hoping that it goes away with time.  Baby weight is one thing, but Lupron weight gain is NOT ok.  GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!:)  I know I will!  Shopping for new clothes that FIT!!!!!!!:)

Tootles!
xoxo
Lauren