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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Report
While waiting for our genetic counseling appointment, I reached out to my IVF nurse to see if I could get the full report on our embryos so I could share it with the counselor. “The report shows the genders of the embryos. Is that OK?” she asked. That’s fine I said, internally thinking, “Why wouldn’t…
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The Regroup
Before we started IVF, we watched an online class the clinic sent out. It went through the whole process, from beginning to end. I found it surprising when they said they hope to get at least one or two viable embryos after the egg retrieval process. “Surely we would get more than that!” I thought…
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