How it went...

We arrived just on time (traffic was worse than we thought).  I scanned the group all while trying not to be obvious about it.  There were several couples our age, and a good number who were late 30s to mid 40s.  I kept thinking how sad it was that we were all sitting there for such a sad reason.

The presentation started and it became very obvious that a few women were there as their last hope.  Based on their questions and knowledge, they were unfortunately far too informed.  I don't say that because it's bad to be informed...only that I'm sure these women never wanted to know so much.  They wanted a happy, healthy baby long ago.

We learned a lot.  There were parts of the presentation that were helpful.  There were parts that were scary too.  What if even though I got pregnant on 50 mg of clomid, it's not going to be so easy from here on out and we end up knowing what ICSI, DDsomething or other and all these other acronyms actually mean?  I know that I'm fortunate and I know that we still have a long way to go before any of that would be necessary, but I still was a little nervous.

After the meeting, we stopped on our way home to get dinner quickly.  Poor Aaron looked at me so worried, and said, "At our appointment on Wednesday, are we already jumping into IVF?"  Throughout the past few years, I've known people who have had problems so I know the typical treatment sequence.  So going into the meeting, I knew that meds and monitoring come first, IUI, trigger shots, all of these other smaller things come first before IVF.  Not that they all aren't emotional procedures or a big deal, I guess they just come with a lower price.  I explained to Aaron and you could just see the relief.  We talked about what insurance might cover and what they probably won't cover.  We talked about the fact that I've put quite a lot into my HSA over the past year for this exact reason, etc.  All things I guess I just never mentioned since I'm the one that does most of the finances and I didn't think he cared to know.  He knows I'm anal so he knows it must all be doable.  I realized I should probably keep him more included even in that aspect of this whole thing.  While he doesn't need to do anything, he'd still like to be kept in the loop.

And now I can't wait for Wednesday.  The staff that were there last night were amazing.  So, so nice.  The exact type of people you would expect to be working with highly emotional women.  The doctors were kind yet funny.  I really think that we are making the right choice.  And that's what counts.

While I wait for Wednesday, I'm so happy that it's Friday.  We have no plans this weekend (other than the usual groceries, cleaning, laundry, etc.).  Sitting and doing nothing sounds just about perfect right now :)  Happy Friday!