high blood pressure and finance question

F2M n Spouse

We are seeing Dr. John Randolph at UofM in January but I don't want to potentially have any delays and I just thought about me being on my blood pressure medication.

I'm currently on Metoprolol er Succinate I beIieve 25mg which is the lowest dose. It's "Category C" meaning no evidence that it's good or bad during pregnnacy.

I really don't want to show up to my fertility appt and be told I have to completely switch medications before I can try. Do any of you take high blood pressure medication that you were able to take while pregnant? If so, what was it? Did any of you have high blood pressure and still allowed to do fertility treatments without being on medication for it? I want to be on top of things so when we show up hopefully we get the clear to start ASAP!

My next question. I'm not looking for any drama out of this question and I know when it comes to finances everyone's situation is different. Some live month to month for TTCING and others have money saved. I'm just trying to get a general idea of how much money a cycle cost out of pocket. My insurance does not cover anything related to fertility but the nice thing is we get a 40% discount if paying cash.

Prices UofM gave me
Consult: $350-$650
IUI: $500-600
Professional fee: $275

Those were the only prices they gave me over the phone. I'm just hoping I have enough saved for maybe 2 cycles and then continue saving while we are trying in the meantime.

ahk00

The cost for me OOP is 616 for iui, 250 for US for folicle check and I get my Ovidrel there as well for 125. If I need additional follicle check before iui it is 150 (that's only happened once). My insurance covered both HSG's. Good luck.

katoo

I was put on metoprolol because it was safe for "women of child bearing age". When I moved, my new GP switched me to a similar drug--labetalol--because it is category B. My RE didn't care that I had hypertension or was pre-diabetic because both issues were under good control. Our RE does package pricing. I think it was $1,800 for a medicated cycle with ultrasound monitoring and a trigger.

Mommy2016

I take metoprolol 100mg, twice a day. They did not take me off of it in order to TTC. In fact, they said it was perfectly fine and I should use it regularly to keep my blood pressure down. The day of my RE appointment I was super nervous and my blood pressure was ridiculously high when I got there. They said it was normal for most people. After the appointment they took it again and it had come down so they weren't concerned.

My RE does package pricing as well. It is $1750 for a medicated IUI.

Good luck!

diane&tammy

I don't have any advice on the blood pressure meds but my RE costs were:
Initial Consult: $150
IUI: $795
Trigger shot with insurance: $165
Progesterone with insurance: $175
Total: $1285

New-mama?

Labetolol is what I see people out on when they developed bp issues in pregnancy

F2M n Spouse

@Katoo
When the doctor switched the blood pressure medication did he/she have you wait any period of time to get the old drug out of your system?

I called UofM today to see if they had any "package" deals and they wouldn't give me any information. Said I would have to wait and see what the doctors protocol is. I simply explained I'm trying to get a rough idea if we even have enough money saved for this since it is all out of pocket and still nothing. So i guess I have to wait and see.

Thank you everyone for your responses.

b&kmakebabies

My insurance covers nothing...$325 for a consult. $110 for each office visit which includes an ultrasound (so any mid cycle scans would be this amount). $125 on top of the $110 for the IUI. I had to pay for the HSG out of pocket, which was about $750. Meds have been $30 for Clomid, $7 for Femara, $40 for progesterone, and $100 for trigger shot from Freedom Pharmacy.

Each cycle is about $800ish with the price of sperm (we only do one insem with one vial).

katoo

They're similar drugs, so no, I just switched over. I had to go in for a couple of bp checks to make sure the dosing was correct. If they do switch you to labetalol, just a heads up that there is this a really weird side effect that some people experience--scalp tingling. I thought I was going nuts when it first happened. It's not uncomfortable, just really, really odd.