Don't tell Anthem... My Boobs Are Fine

ANTHEM PAID FOR MY FEMARA!!!
(happy happy dance)
Which means that Femara was actually CHEAPER than Clomid (at a 30 dollar copay vs $34 for Clomid).
So thank you, Breast Cancer Research, for developing boob pills with good ovarian side effects. ;)

There was lots of drama involved in getting Femara. Lots of emails sent to my very pregnant friend, KP (who got that way on her first round of Femara. Let's hope she started a trend with her beginner's luck.), lots of phone calls to Dr. S's nurses, and just generally making a nuisance of myself. Dr. S was off yesterday and his nurse told me I'd be taking 2.5 mg of Femara this month. It comes in 2.5 and 5mg. Guess which dose this Lazy Ovary Lady wanted? NOT TWO-POINT-FIVE! I've played that game! When 50 mg of Clomid didn't work we did 100 mg, when that didn't work we did 150. I was ready to fill a bathtub with ice and steal someone else's ovaries by the time we got me to ovulate on Clomid.

So I had a small hissy fit (to myself... and Rob... and KP). I did a boatload of Femara research, and all the data I found said that 5mg is THE WAY TO GO. Like a 5% pregnancy rate on 2.5 mg vs a 30% pregnancy rate on 5mg. And Femara usually doesn't make people ovulate like crazy (more like 1-2 eggs), so it's not like 5mg is going to result in 8 babies swimming around in there. Ok, and yes, fertility research BLOWS. No one studies these things. When I'm a multi-millionaire I'll be funding that research. Though those millions are less likely when we have 8 babies running around our house... ;)

Fortunately, KP came to my rescue. She (very nicely) told me to grow a pair and tell that nurse what I wanted and why. Which I did (while apologizing profusely for being such an annoying patient). And what happened? Dr. S. himself called me today to tell me he was thinking about giving me 5 mg yesterday, but decided to go easy on me. And I said: GIVE ME THE DRUGS! So he did. I really pity the guy... having to work with hormonal, baby-crazed females all day. Yikes.

The plan this month is this: Femara 5mg for the next 5 days (day 3-7). Midcycle ultrasound on August 2nd (day 16) to take a peek at the follicles, and again, no IUI. Dr. S keeps hinting that we should do IUI, but our mental health is more important than babies. Sorry, Babies; life is hard. If you can't fight hard enough to be conceived, you weren't going to make much of yourselves anyways. So there. Tough love.

One or two rounds of Femara are in store for us, and then we move on to SHOTS. Fortunately not before our next beach trip. Check out that bruised chick in the bikini... ;)

Now I'm off to take my two hard-won pills. Wish me luck!