Insurance has approved the surgery, but...

I heard back from my fertility doctor today (well his nurse).  She said that the insurance company has approved the surgery.  I just have to pay almost $400 to cover the deductible in order to schedule the surgery.  She said the almost $400 does not include what we will have to pay for the hospital.  It just covers this doctor.

I don't know what is going to happen.  I told Bear about it but he hasn't responded.  He has a migraine today.  I guess I will have to talk to him later about what he wants to do.

Maybe it would just be cheaper to adopt?????

I Finally Have Answers

After I lost Monkey and Cub, my doctor did an ultrasound and discovered that I had a uterine deformity.  He wasn't for sure which one so he wanted me to get an MRI.  He said it was either a septate uterus or a bicornuate uterus.  A septate uterus is a normal uterus but has a wall of thick, bloodless tissue running down the middle of it, dividing it into 2 parts.  The reason a septate uterus causes pregnancy loss is because if the baby attaches to the wall, the baby does not get the blood supply and nutriments needed to survive and grow.  If the baby does not attach to the wall but to the uterus, once the baby gets to be a certain size, the baby has no room to grow since the uterus is only half it's normal size.  This causes early pre-term labor and other complications.  This deformity can easily be fixed with a simple, non-invasive surgery.   Once a woman has the surgery, she can get pregnant and stay pregnant without any more problems.  

A bicornuate uterus, is one that the uterus, it's self is divided into two parts.  It is shaped like a heart and each of the two horns/corns is a separate uterus.  This causes loss for the same reasons the septate uterus does.  Unfortunately, although this can be fixed with surgery, it is more invasive and less of a success rate as the septate surgery.

I had the MRI on Monday and heard back from the doctor today.  The MRI confirmed that I have a SEPTATE UTERUS!!!  YAY!!!!  I CAN HAVE SURGERY SOON AND GET BACK TO TTC!!! My doctor is waiting to hear back from my insurance company so we can schedule a date and time for the surgery.