Ready to Let Go and Pay It Forward...

As I've been going through my IVF journey, I was lucky enough to have my company add a bit of IVF coverage at the beginning of 2010 to help pay for specialty drugs and some of my cycle. One month later, my company announced that my division would be sold (this was expected and was actually very good news).

We were supposed to stay on the parent company's medical policy until the end of 2010, but about five months later, right as my DH and I were gearing up to cycle again, my company announced "Surprise, in less than two weeks we are going on our own insurance policy - but it's ok. Employees are going to pay the same premiums and have the same coverage except we are eliminating infertility and gastric bypass benefits. Isn't that wonderful?!!!" Needless to say this upset my plans a bit.

Since, at this point, we were still deciding if I was going to try with my own eggs or go the donor, I asked my RE to put through an immediate order for lots of Gonal-F because I figured I might as well max out on my specialty drugs before my coverage lapsed.

Sitting here today, we have plenty of frosties and do not need to use these drugs prior to their expiration date. I guess I have been hanging onto them as a "security blanket" for that "just in case" instance. Now, I am ready to let go.

As some of you know, if you are paying out-of-pocket, each of these pens can cost $1000 or more.

So, now I have 3 900 IU Gonal-F pens that have been sitting in my fridge which will expire at the end of July 2011 that I would like to donate to my blog readers who dream of starting a family and will be beginning their own or a DE cycle very soon.

Update: I've had three women respond -all with amazing and difficult stories like my own - and will be contacting all of them to arrange shipping! So happy I can maybe help create a life (in my own little way)! 