Help needed - ICSI vs normal IVF??

[Loops12]

Thanks WLAB. So sorry yours didnt stick either. We'll get there eventually!
Hubby is on Menevit - so I'll keep making sure he takes that and Im trying to get some Royal Jelly at the moment too.
The money we get back from Medicare will help but still not sure if we will be able to afford it yet as we have lots of bills to pay and will probably need the $$ for that.
When you said out of pocket only $1,000 is that if it is going from scratch i.e. we dont have emby's frozen so would have to ge through full cycle again?

All the best to you for this cycle. Hope you get BFP!! That will then give me some hope too and hopefully we will be pg at the same time!

xoxo

[Bengal]

Thanks for the Sticky Vibes Loops

$4666.25 (Full IVF cycle starting from scratch with Icsi)
$127.00 for the syneral
$4793.25 - Total - you will give to FS

$3834.60 - Medicare will give you back - 8 weeks later -
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$958.65 - outa pocket

[Loops12]

No worries, anytime WLAB

Thanks for that breakdown - sorry Im a bit slow off the mark sometimes. All makes sense now though.
Its just the wait for the money back that is killing me! Arhh But it is good that we are only out of pocket that much in the end. I'd like to do another cycle this yr too just in case the safety net is still being dropped. Do you know any more about that?

Much love
me

[airline]

Loops, I hope you get your answers from the FS. Waiting and not having answers to our questions.....the hardest thing about this whole experience!!

My hubby also has had hugely varying results with every test. From 8mill to 135mill! with morphology issues in some tests and motility in others. Due to that we went for ICSI both first and second IVF cycles, and as it seems that we'll be doing a 3rd stim cycle before the gov'ment shafts us all in 20210, we'll do ICSI again but instead of 2/3 day transfers we're gonna try for blasty transfer - I've noticed how many more people seem to have them on this forum.

My thoughts will be with you while you wait till the 10th....I've had what I've dubbed my 'second 2ww' watching my hCG levels rise sooo slowly over a week, progesterone as high as in a 3rd trimester and suffering from all the symptoms...but waiting till Thursday for my 6 week scan. I have all my questions for FS written down. The longer I'm doing this, the more in control I feel and the more determined I am. (except on days when the dog looking sad makes me cry!) Take care, be strong

[Baby Dreamtime]

Hi Loops, just thought I would pop in and say 1 blastie from 5 fertilised eggs is a good result compared to what I would normally get. On average I was getting 15 - 19 mature eggs at pick up, about 13 - 15 that would fertilise normally, and about 3 that would get to blastie, so 1 blastie from 5 eggs, if that makes sense. Perhaps there is an option to look at increasing your stim dose to see if you get more follies and more eggs?? Wishing all the best for your coming cycle.

[Amaryllis]

Loops has your DH had a SCSA to check the level of DNA fragmentation in his sperm?

This will give you a fertility rating for his sperm. You can have bad morph and mot, but low fragmentation that will give high fertility potential for ICSI. Conversely, good numbers, mot and shapes don't mean the sperm have good DNA fragmentation.

Good Luck!

[Loops12]

Airline - Thanks so much for your help and support, yeh I hope maybe they will boost my dosages next time so perhaps I get more eggs. Lots of questions on Thursday.
Im a bit confused as to whether you think you might be pregnant or you are waiting until November. But whichever way - I hope you get a BFP very soon. FX for you!

Baby Dreamtime - thanks heaps for your help. I suppose they did say they probably wouldnt get many go to blastie stage but its the fact that it didnt stick I suppose is what puzzles me the most. Anyway at least I might have a few more answers Thus.

Amirylls - I did read up a bit about fragmentation tests and I think I was put off it, I can't remember why though. Proabably the fact that it is more money and we are really stuggling financially at the moment. But I will def look into it some more and will ask my FS on Thurs about it and see what he thinks. Thanks for the suggestion.

I don't think we will be doing another cycle in Oct like I had hoped because just when I thought we were uptodate with all our bills etc we get another one for over $3,000. If we could sell our tractor and other farm equipment we have for sale we'd be more than ok but in this financial crisis its really hard to sell them.

Thanks again ladies for all your help. xo
All the best to you xo