Thursday, November 12, 2026

To Spend or Not to Spend on IVF

For the weekend before Diwali S and I decided to visit So Yum, primarily because next few weekends were uncertain. When the Chhola Bhatura eating S arrives at any such place, or any place for that matter, the responsibility of ordering is on my little shoulders and so I did. And instantly I commented “Hazar rupaye ka kachcha machli hai” for explaining what Sashimi is. That is 2000 for 2 plates. In my mind: 2000 is also one AMH repeat test :D

Later, we booked tickets to Pune for Diwali. Various websites were checked, best deal, best cards, train vs flight vs car. Cheapest and more convenient tickets were for 10k for one person, that is 20,000 for 2 people. In my mind: 20000 is also one WES test :D

That is where I started noticing this shift in me. While in Bangalore, I would always compare any tangible expense to flight tickets to Kolkata; now, everything immediately is a comparison game to IVF facilitators, tests, investigations. So much so that now a little while ago, we were contemplating between travelling to Murmansk vs One round of egg retrieval. Expenses, same; life challenges, same! Russia risk = IVF risk, same! :D

Someday I would like to come back to my blog, to this particular post to feel that all of it was worth it. Until then, back to wondering whether to take that road trip this Christmas-New Year or spend the same on PGT-A tests? What do you think? :D