Acupuncture and Injectibles

Well, today I had my first acupuncture appointment. It was wierd. He placed needles in my feet, legs, abdomen, fingers, head, and ears. It wasn't what I expected, it was a bit painful but mostly wierd. I felt most of the discomfort when he put the needles in my abdomen, it was a wierd crampy feeling that went all the way down to the middle of my abdomen and felt kind of like when my ovaries are stimulated with the Clomid, plus wierd cramping down towards my groin area. It was wierd, but I'm going back for more on Monday. He also gave me herbs, I'm not sure about taking them, but I'll sleep on it.

I also get to stick myself with some needles. I'm going to start injectibles tommorow, if my insurance company cooperates. The pharmacy that my Dr called the script into doesn't work with my insurance company anymore, so I had to call my company, and get the number of the company they do work with, then call my Dr. office to give them the information, and now I'm waiting for them to call me back so that I can give them the fax number. Hopefully they will call me soon so we can get the ball rolling on this. I also have to go into work today at 3 for some training and I have my baseline ultrasound tommorow. My insurance pays 50% of the cost of the injectibles, so it's really important that I get everything the proper way so they'll pay the 50%. It's awful that they have to make it sooooo complicated.

DH has been looking into the insurance coverage that we'd get in Texas, and it looks like they don't cover any infertility. So, we talked about it, and depending on the cost of IVF, we might just go straight to IVF if we move. If we have to pay for everything and IUI with injectables will cost $1000/cycle for the drugs alone, plus several hundred more for the sperm wash, ultrasounds, bloodwork, and IUI, then we might as well go with IVF since the success rates are higher. Scary!!!

I'm just frustrated, and scared, and not sure of what I want to do. I'm afraid that I won't get the injects this cycle in time, and that we'll loose more time, especially if we move and we'll have to wait more than one month to get the new insurance and find a doctor, and get seen, etc. Fortunately RE's seem to have dealt with enough antsy and time sensitive women to know not to piddle around and just get started with treatment. I guess I'll just have to have faith that everything will work out for the best. It's just difficult....