Incompatible with life

We met with the doctor this week to go over the results of our karotype testing. I think because we see our RE, we get "full package" treatment, I don't think most doctors order testing after your first miscarriage. Scientifically, it was good news. The baby had Trisomy 16, which is apparently the second most common chromosomal defect that causes first trimester miscarriages. I found a stat somewhere that says that there is a 1% chance that this will happen with your pregnancy. Hmm. There was a 1% chance we could even get pregnant, and then a 1% chance that the baby could have Trisomy 16? I guess statistics wise, we really hit the lottery.

We talked about where we go from here, and what we want to do. Basically, for now, we just want to wait. We are not ready to go back into treatments, although we do get a fast pass straight back to IVF when we are ready. We won't have to go through the Clomid crazies again ever. The issue we run into, on top of the finacial situation we are currently in due to my lack of job, is that we have new insurance. While we were blessed to have insurance that covered all of our IF treatments when we had Ben and Maggie, we doubt that our new insurance would cover it. So if we choose to go the IVF route again someday, we would have to pay for it out of pocket. Which right now, doesn't even seem like a remote possibility.

In my most bitter thoughts in my head, I think that not only did my old principal take away my job, my salary, and some of my sense of self, she took away our chance at having a third child.

Incompatible with life. Yup, that about covers it.