Last week, we finally got the last bill for IVF.

I was too scared to open it, so Joey tore through the envelope and pulled out the sheet.  He looked at it kind of blankly, then he handed it to me and said, “Well, it’s exactly what we expected.  No more, no less.”

That puts us at out of pocket costs of $2,000 for the IVF cycle.  It seems like A LOT for seminary students, but when I think of how much it actually costs I know I have nothing to complain about.  And I really am thankful we only had to pay $2k. I know there are people who have to pay for all of it.

It’s kind of lame to shovel $2k into your doctor’s moneybags when IT DIDN’T WORK, but she tried her hardest.  And she did a good job.  And I trust that woman so much that if she said, “Jenna, you need to shave your head and wear a giant yellow chicken costume for the next two months and you’ll get pregnant” I would do it.

No questions asked.

Joey has almost finished up our tax return and due to some new tax credit for higher education, we’re getting back kind of a ridiculous amount of money this year.  Like think of it in terms of very nearly two IVF cycles.  (That’s how I did anyway.)

So thanks to Uncle Sam and all the money of ours that he’s giving back to us (after stashing it away in his coffers for the last year), we will not have to wipe out most our rainy day savings for an IVF or two (…if I feel like it).

And I’m really thankful.