5th Year Wedding Anniversary

Today was our anniversary. It was pretty amazing. My husband took me to III Forks (a French America Cuisine) Restaurant. It was so awes0me. As soon as we arrived, they took our anniversary photo. That was really nice. Then, we started off with a glass of wine and bread with butter, then a bowl of III Forks Salad. It was so good. It had green apples, pecans and blue cheese in it. Delicious! Then we had our meal. I had the Rib Eye with Mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, asparagus, tomatoes, and cream corn. It was to die for! Everyone there was so nice. For desser, they brought us what they called the "boot legger" or "the juice". Our server, Jason, said they had different names for it and that they made it in their radiatior in the back! He was so funny. So they gave it to us for free. That was really nice! Afterwards, we went to Reunion Tower to the Dome Lounge. I have lived here for 34 years and have never been there. It spins slowly as you sit there. So we had a drink or two and then headed home. My husband is not very good with heights, especially moving heights, so we had to come home sooner than I expected. It was awesome, though. I will never forget this night. It was amazing!

Moving on the what Karen told us at the RE's office. First things first. I am to have the following tests run before we even consider IVF:

• Hysteroscopy (insurance pays 80%)
• APA--antiphospholipid antibodies ($216.00)
• NKA--natural killer cell activity test ($290.00)

and for husband:

• SDI--Semen DNA Analysis ($375.00)

Unfortunately, none of them are covered on insurance except for Hysteroscopy. If all is well with this, then I am to have:

• Uterine Mapping, which is basically a mock transfer to find out the best location for the transfer. I don't think this is covered by insurance either. I believe this is $190.

So our entire IVF, because I'm a teacher (I get a discount), will be about 9K + we have the anestesia fee and the medications whis, fortunately, are covered on my insurance, so I just have to pay the co-payment. I'm hoping with acupuncture I will get pregnant on my own, but I guess that is just wishful thinking. I wish I didn't have to spend all of this money, but if it will be worth it in the longrun, I will do it in a split of a second. I just need the money!!!