Femara - Day 6
So I am incredibly nervous about taking Femara. I got my prescription yesterday and I was reading the warning label on the bottle is "do not take if you are trying to get pregnant". Gosh that is fun, the medicine that is supposed to help me get PG is one that I am not supposed to take while TTC.
I feel very lucky that I have insurance under my mom for this year. Femara's cost was about $180 without insurance, would have been $130 with just my current incurance. But with my mom's insurance it cost $15.
The nurse that I talked to on my monday appointment suggested that if Femara does not work for me then I should try IVF because the success rate would be close to 60% compared to shots and IUI being 15-20%. So next I might be doing IVF, I am not good at spending money and I get Buyer's remorse for almost everything that I buy so the idea of draining my savings to pay for IVF is very daunting. By the time I get PG I am not going to have any money left to pay for hospital bills or buy baby furniture...
I feel very lucky that I have insurance under my mom for this year. Femara's cost was about $180 without insurance, would have been $130 with just my current incurance. But with my mom's insurance it cost $15.
The nurse that I talked to on my monday appointment suggested that if Femara does not work for me then I should try IVF because the success rate would be close to 60% compared to shots and IUI being 15-20%. So next I might be doing IVF, I am not good at spending money and I get Buyer's remorse for almost everything that I buy so the idea of draining my savings to pay for IVF is very daunting. By the time I get PG I am not going to have any money left to pay for hospital bills or buy baby furniture...
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I would not worry too much. Femara leaves the body quicker than Clomid. Since the medication is help women with breast cancer, they have share the warnings. I\'m on it and not to worried. Good luck to you!
I often feel the same as you-especially the money situation! However I often think of the \"old\" days and there were so many people who had LARGE families and no money. You can do this! Also many places offer a loan option - in which it\'s like making a car payment. This is also daunting but a not so much stress initially. If you\'re going to spend the money it better work right?!! So go with the best bang for your buck-in my opinion.
Also a tid bit I found out today about the \"Drugs\" I talked to an insurance rep. and she said they are encouraging women with infertility to contact the drug companies directly. They then get a great discount on the drugs! I haven\'t looked into this myself as of yet but I know when I started using Femara I went to the website to research it a little and they manufacturer had a coupon (Expires 6/15/11) $10 co-pay for a perscription & the manufacturer pays the difference up to $800. So lesson learned from now on I will definitely go to the website!