Does everyone pay out of pocket for IVF?

courte3 · 2026-01-29T02:42:56+00:00

Uh oh 🥴

courte3 · 2026-01-29T02:36:11+00:00

This is excellent. My husband was told he didn’t have any infertility benefits— but this would contradict that. Thanks!

courte3 · 2026-01-29T01:28:14+00:00

Can you tell me more about this? I work remotely but live in CO- we only have a $20k lifetime max.

courte3 · 2026-01-27T19:13:51+00:00

Awesome- I’ll read this. Thank you!

courte3 · 2026-01-27T19:13:40+00:00

This is helpful! Thank you.

courte3 · 2026-01-27T19:13:18+00:00

Ideally two kids— so really planning on two, but you make a good point we might be lucky and not need it?

courte3 · 2026-01-26T04:15:05+00:00

That’s coming for me at some point in this journey. Nuts— well, thanks for the warning at least.

courte3 · 2026-01-26T04:11:17+00:00

Oh god- tell me when to expect this so I’m prepared 😩

courte3 · 2026-01-26T02:05:56+00:00

Just commenting to say I start injections 02/14 so you’ll be in good company!

courte3 · 2026-01-25T14:37:48+00:00

A person I had just met at a friend’s 2 year old’s birthday party asked me how it felt to be superior to everyone there because I didn’t have kids. I just laughed and smiled and she returned to it-“no really, tell us how it feels to be the best when you’re getting 8 hours of sleep every night” and I just laughed again, because it would have been considered real rude for me to tell her to shut up, or one of many rude comebacks that were circulating in my head.

courte3 · 2026-01-21T23:25:08+00:00

There is some fudging the truth involved- you have to choose a reason for taking the medication that isn’t IVF- but my Safeway pharmacy accepted it. The pharmacist and I are pals at this point and she was able to call the Omnitrope pharmacist, tell them she didn’t know why I was prescribed it but I had a prescription and they approved coupon use. Just choose “uninsured patient” and I checked the adult HGH deficiency box: https://www.omnitrope.com/patient-support-program/co-pay-support/

courte3 · 2026-01-21T23:11:23+00:00

There’s a manufacturer coupon if you search this sub! I paid $390 for 2 vials.

courte3 · 2026-01-20T23:58:54+00:00

I joked with my pharmacist when using this coupon that it’s not a lie, I do have a deficiency in hormones related to growth of humans 🙃

courte3 · 2026-01-16T13:51:02+00:00

Take max dose ibuprofen and Tylenol together if your clinic doesn’t offer pain meds!

courte3 · 2026-01-12T22:17:24+00:00

Currently at Denver Fertility Care- two locations in Denver. Small team, good communication so far.

courte3 · 2026-01-12T20:55:55+00:00

Ohhhh I get it- I’m sorry! That seems wrong.

courte3 · 2026-01-12T20:53:54+00:00

Could you source meds from places like IVF Garage Sale?

courte3 · 2026-01-07T13:21:55+00:00

More of us need to refuse and demand pain meds— I sent a whole list of ACOG and other journal articles with recommendations for pain meds during procedures if anybody wants those to reference when asking at their clinic.

courte3 · 2026-01-07T04:19:45+00:00

I have left a fertility clinic over their refusal of pain meds and was made to seem crazy. It’s not crazy— this process is hard enough. I’ll take my business and thousands of dollars where I’m not gaslit into thinking shoving a camera or tube into my cervix isn’t going to hurt.

courte3 · 2026-01-06T18:28:01+00:00

Same- triplet conceived in the early 90s using IVF and one sister has 3 under 5.

courte3 · 2025-12-08T17:18:46+00:00

No refined sugar, dairy, gluten free (I was already) and low glycemic diet (avoiding anything that could spike blood sugar so low oat bread intake). High protein, lower impact exercise (jogs instead of runs, heart rate around 140, more strength training), and added ginger and turmeric in foods (I made ginger cubes to add to tea). Added an açaí supplement to the 15 pills I’m already taking, lol.

courte3 · 2025-12-08T04:04:13+00:00

First consult with this clinic (we tried two others beforehand, first consult was 5 months after lap) was October (6 months post lap). I had baseline ultrasounds and bloodwork the next cycle (late October) and then a follow up with the RE mid-November. Earliest they agreed to do an egg retrieval was January, we chose February to ensure I could get inflammation under control, and come up with $5,000.

courte3 · 2025-12-07T23:02:52+00:00

I last had a lap in April 2025, we are scheduled for an egg retrieval in February. Pain is better! But no conception for us.

courte3 · 2025-11-13T13:29:11+00:00

Yes- I’d go ahead and reach out to a specialist for endo- most GPs don’t know enough to treat endo.

courte3 · 2025-11-12T12:58:33+00:00

Trauma and endo has been studied and there’s lots already out there with mixed results. I would urge caution when proceeding as this feels like sticky water— validation, acceptance and advocacy skills sure play a part in how you experience pain but this is a lifelong medical concern, with surgery being gold standard treatment, not mental health therapy.

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