Kristyns Thoughts

We talked about the first cost of fertility- the financial cost (part 1). This one might be a greater cost than financial & that is the physical cost. Physically it takes a large toll on your body. The most common infertility medications are Clomid & Fermara (Letrozole). These two drugs were what I was prescribed first by my OBGYN & secondly by the fertility clinic. Both drugs are used in IUIs (Inter Uterine Insemination) because they can help induce ovulation, thus helping clinics to know when women will have the highest 2 day window of conception & be able to inject sperm. This is especially helpful if cycles are not consistent or if there has been a suspected lack of ovulation. These two drugs, along with trigger shots, and nice inter-uterine-insemination have been what my body has personally had to endure. We did Letrozole for seven cycle months with the OBGYN & then have done an additional six cycles of Letrozole along with two cycles of Clomid. The saddest p...

Infertility is a whole lot of things: heartbreaking, hopeful, exhausting, and also expensive.  The obvious cost of infertility is the first one I'm going to talk about on here because its often the one people know a little bit about- the actual financial cost you pay to actually receive infertility treatments. When we started on medications I was actually still seeing an OBGYN. It had been a year of TTC with no luck, so we went to the doctors and started on a treatment plan.  The medications were timed around my cycle and horribly enough, they made me feel like I was pregnant even when I wasn't. They made me nauseous (so there was another med to counteract that) and some made my headaches turn to migraines for 4-5 days straight. (but more on the physical tolls of infertility later...). Luckily, during this phase of our journey, we were only paying about $300 a month for medications and appointment co-pays. We saw that OBGYN doc for nine months before setting up an appointment ...

This whole blog world might be dead but I have been feeling the urge to get all my thoughts out and on paper (or computer) during my lunch breaks. So I've had some drafts for the last several months. This blog will now be dedicated to those who are feeling like I am: alone, frustrated, and like they need somewhere to put all their thoughts down. This will be the place.  A few nights ago I was on the bedroom floor, fetal position- where I find myself more and more these days- and my angelic husband put his arms around me and told me to tell him what felt like the worst part of going through infertility. I thought for a while and I came to two major negatives for being in the thick of infertility: 1. You never know if it will last forever, or if any treatment will work, no matter how hard you try. 2. It feels like no one understand you or the weight of infertility. Well, my husband helped to dust me off & I got everything ready for work the next morning. On that first day back to...