The power of god's wink

As we continue our process we can't help but feel god's presence in so much we do. Its still amazing to me that with everything against us, we can still have the opportunity to have a child, that truly is a gift. We had our baseline ultrasound and it couldn't have went better. We had to go in on a Saturday, and surprisingly on Saturday the hospital is as busy as any other day, which is weird as many offices are not fully open on Saturdays.

The first good thing, minor i know, was that parking was free. Now usually its just 2 bucks. Not going to break the bank by any means, but its always like a kick to the shins a bit. I mean, when you pay thousands and thousands of dollars do they really need to ding you for 2 bucks every visit just to park. So the free parking, although it was small, still got a smile if on principal alone.

The ride up to the office was different as well as we rode up with one other couple, and I knew right away they were in the same situation. The only appointments on the weekend are the ones in the IVF process, as your body doesn't wait so sometimes you need weekend appointments. So seeing the other two couples in the waiting room, although we didn't start a conversation, it was a realization without any words that we were all in this same boat. It was as if we all looked at each other and said good luck, and then glanced away so it didn't look like we were staring all creepy like.

We ended up going into the appointment almost immediately, which is good as we have had to wait for 2 years, it was about time to get some fast action. The baseline ultrasound showed great results, 7 eggs on the right and 8 eggs on the left. So right now, we are at 15 total possible embryos. Its still early to tell how many, but i can just see fifteen little ones running around our house ... what a mad house. The doctor actually was a little concerned that with that many already present, and the fact that I married such a young and amazing woman that she might become over stimulated. So he changed the dose from the expected 3 shots a day down to 2 shots a day. Now at first glance, that's a great thing. I mean, one less shot is one less needle you have to poke into yourself. One less medication you have to measure. But the ironic thing is that the medication he cut out, was the most expensive one.

How fair is that. We purchased a medication that was 725 alone out of our 1200 and that's the one they say to not use? Ouch. Now its not sure if its a don't use forever or just to start, but still, what a waste. At least the total cost of the meds was far less then we thought. So speaking of money, as we were leaving, we asked, so, do you want to take our money now? I mean we were always told that it was something we would have to pay the full amount before the baseline. But i guess on Saturdays everything is a little different as they didn't want our money. They just said they would have us pay the next time we came in, as that would allow them to figure out how much.

Now that by itself isn't that big. But what that means is that by the time that we pay, it will be on a different credit card bill statement. That means that we will have an additional month to pay it. The power of that is that we had a slight worry that some of our funding might not be ready, and now that hopefully is not a worry, at it gives another couple of weeks of breathing room.

So what do you do when god winks at you? I say you wink right back :)