Campaign Story

My name is Michelle. My husband, Steven and me have been married for almost 20 years. We started trying to conceive a year into our marriage. After no success, we were both evaluated and found out that I have PCOS and then after surgery, found out I also have Endometriosis. Steven is good to go fortunately. We kept trying for 2 more years with the help of Clomid and Letrozole but still no success. We decided to take a break and live our lives with the hopes that we would just end up pregnant. Thirteen years passed. We lived, we loved, we discovered who we are. We are mentally, emotionally and physically more healthy now than we have ever been and our marriage is stronger than ever.

We made the decision about a year ago to start trying again. We are in our 40’s so it’s definitely not going to get easier. We tried Clomid again. I had more testing done and then a second surgery for Endometriosis. I had gone from stage 1 to Stage 3 while we were on a break. I also had a fallopian tube that was blocked. Since surgery I’ve had 3 unsuccessful cycles on Clomid. I keep developing painful ovarian cysts. We would like to get started with IUI (insemination). Our insurance doesn’t cover any services to help us get pregnant so this is all out of pocket.

The Clomid is typically $30 -$60 per cycle
The IUI Estimate out of pocket is $816
There is also an additional medication needed which costs: $100.

All of this is needed up front. So per cycle the IUI will cost around $976.

We would like to plan ahead and assume that this will take 4 or 5 cycles to be successful (hoping it will be successful).

I’ve never been pregnant…and with each passing day I feel a little part of me losing hope that we will ever become parents. I feel very deeply that our time is still coming but we need help along the way. Thank you for reading!