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Wow!  It has been a crazy few weeks.  A lot has been going on in my life, both fertility wise and other.  Our dog of 11 years had a stroke and was diagnosed with blindness, so I have spend the majority of this month researching her condition and helping her adjust as best I can.  Hubby was hospitalized with Pylonephritis for 4 days, so I spent last week in and out of the hospital with him.  It is the last few weeks of school, so I am trying to get all testing, paperwork, and cleaning done before the last day, on top of making sure all of our prerequisites are met for IVF.  BUSY is an understatement!!
We hit a huge milestone for us in IVF world last week. I have already written about this, but I remember the first time we did IVF, the money situation hit us like a ton of bricks.  $14,000?!! We fund raised for a year and STILL had to take out a $6,000 loan (which we are still paying on).  This time, though, it seems like everything just fell into place perfectly within a few months time.  The people who love me the most really came together and donated so much money to Will and myself.  I raised money and had a few thousand in savings.  I knew we had the money, but it was in so many different places, and it was making me anxious because I didn't know how much we had exactly, and nothing was set in stone.  I still felt like the rug would be pulled out from under me any second.  I think this whole "This is great, but what is going to go wrong to mess it all up" attitude is going to take a long time to get rid of.  Well, last week my mom and I decided to gather all of the money, put it all in the bank, and figure out how much we had/need.
So, I went to her house with my big old envelope of cash and my big bucket of change, a few checks, and a pen and paper.  We had, in all, $11,500!!!! We needed $10,500 for IVF, and with my discounted meds we need about $700.  That means we had enough money for everything with no loans or credit cards.  In 3 months time!!! WHAT?!! How did that even happen!!??? So I took my happy little self to the bank, got my cashiers checks, and sent them off to the fertility center.  IVF is paid. in. full.
I am cycle day 29 today, so I should be starting my period within the next few days, and we will start our exciting new journey!! We are nervous, excited, scared, happy, and ready. Most of all though, we are in disbelief of how easily this journey is starting out.  Bring it on, IVF #2!!

Here is a picture of our money before we took it to the bank!!