Friday morning I'll have my next scan and see what's happening with my follicles. I did some reading today to try and better understand what's ideal in an IUI. Apparently there's a lot of interest in both the AMH and antral follicle count. I think I mentioned that the nurse counted 6-7 follicles on my ovary. This is apparently in the desirable range for someone my age. Having looked at some other blogs online, I read about women freaking out that their AMH was 3-5 and that was with two ovaries. Also these women had lower AMH numbers to me. So I'm feeling relatively okay about my general fertility level for my age.
I saw another statistic for IUI today which said my chances were not 5% but 6%! So that's obviously much better. I also read something else that said that pretty much every woman officially trying thinks she might be pregnant the first go out and usually isn't. And of course there's that statistic about 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 pregnancies ending in miscarriage. It's all ups and downs and obviously it's all just on my mind.
I've also been thinking about finances and budgets. So I'll update the budget in a moment. Mostly I'm thinking about the high cost of child care (not to mention things a child might need). The nursery close to my house costs £200/week for full nursery care. So let's just call that £1000/month. I may qualify for some minimal tax relief, but not much. So where will this money come from? I know child minders are less expensive. Still, it's daunting. If I somehow get pregnant on one of the first... let's say 3 tries., then I'll have enough money saved for a year and a half of child care. Of course in that time I'll also be trying not to use that money so I'm sure it can stretch to twice as far. Still, pretty scary stuff. I know people make it work, and I'm definitely going to rely on hand-me-downs and support from my family. Still, having a child is no small undertaking, and one I'm not attempting lightly.
I did manage to see the new acupuncturist on Saturday and have an appointment for this upcoming Saturday as well. I pretty much think that other than sticking needles in you, every acupuncturist you see does it differently. This is the third I've been to in my life and it was different from the first two which were different from each other. Overall I thought it was okay though. I've decided not to include the cost of acupuncture as that's obviously completely optional. Similarly the conception vitamins and things like that just aren't worth accounting for in the budget. I do tell myself when spending money on them though, that they are worth coming out of the overall budget. but obviously that's a choice. The current budget is:
| Previous total | £4834 |
| IUI Inclusive Fee | £638 |
| New total | £5472 |
I was talking to my mother on the phone about the baby plan and explaining what I thought I could afford (2 IUI, 3 fresh IVF, then go to the frozen eggs). And she was like, "So what do you think that's going to be, like £10,000?" and I just laughed at her. "No mom, try £30,000". It's really not something you undertake lightly at all unless you are made of money, which I am not. I can only hold out hope that I don't blow through all the money trying to get pregnant. Of course I could blow through all the money and not get pregnant at all. Pretty crazy when you think about it!
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