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  • Good News for a Change

    Good News for a Change

    In mid-August, I posted an article on the IVF That Facebook page about the Colorado Building Families Act. At the time, I was unaware the reason our IVF cycle hadn’t been covered in 2022 was because there were some issues with the legislation involving defrayal and the Affordable Health Care Act.  I really couldn’t even…

  • The Letter

    The Letter

    As promised, here is the letter Dr. W. sent on our behalf to Dr. G. It’s been edited to remove personal information. Dear Dr. G., Thank you for your referral of Julie and her husband Nicholas whom I consulted with on 8/8/2022. Julie and Nicholas had spoken with a genetic counselor at Kaiser and wanted…

  • Really Bad Luck

    Really Bad Luck

    Nick and I had planned a day and time when we’d both be at home to schedule our appointment with Dr. W.  Unfortunately, Nick had to go to Minnesota unexpectedly for a funeral. Rest in peace, Uncle Doug – you will be greatly missed. It feels like both our families have had too many funerals…

  • Reality Check

    Reality Check

    We arrived back home on a Thursday evening. We’d both taken that Friday off to recoup from the travel, and we decided to have an easy, relaxing day at home… or so we thought.  Late Friday morning, Nick started feeling pretty crummy. His abdomen was in a lot of pain. There were no signs of…

  • Getting Away, Part II

    Getting Away, Part II

    The day after we visited Chichén Itzá, we took a boat tour to Isla Mujeres (Island of Women). On past vacations, Nick and I have done boat tours, and we absolutely love them. Visiting the island was merely an added bonus–our favorite part was the boat ride and snorkeling break.  We had an absolutely perfect…

  • Getting Away, Part 1

    Getting Away, Part 1

    As I mentioned last week, I’m going to interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for some posts to tell you about a couple more life events.  While we were struggling with the news of our failed IVF attempt, the chromosomal analysis results, and our chances of a successful pregnancy, we were reimbursed for some of the…

  • The Response

    The Response

    A day or two after I sent her the info from Dr. T., Dr. G. wrote back: _______ Hi Julie, Thanks for reaching out. A genetic counselor will be able to give you specific numbers regarding chance of having a euploid embryo given his translocation and Robertsonian translocation. This is the number I think would…

  • Our Chances

    Our Chances

    About a week and a half after our appointment with Dr. S., he called us back to let us know what Dr. T. found.  We learned that, based on Nick’s translocation between chromosomes 8 and 11, if we conceived naturally again, we’d have a 43% chance of miscarriage. 10% of that is the normal average…

  • Emotional Roller Coaster

    Emotional Roller Coaster

    The saying might be overused, but it’s an accurate description of how Nick and I were feeling throughout this process.  Learning we had no embryos to finish the IVF process was incredibly hard. But we became hopeful when Dr. G. told us it was potentially an issue we could fix (egg quality).  And then another…

  • Hindsight

    Hindsight

    To add just a little bit more salt to this open wound, I recently had an MRI done on my knee. Before the procedure, they asked me if I wanted to pay for the karyotype test. The grand total? $3. Meaning Nick and I could’ve potentially saved ourselves a lot of heartache and a lot…