Waiting on AF to arrive.. Starting my first IVF cycle soon!

I know our plans have changed a few times due to test results and other factors, but as of now we are planning to start our first IVF cycle this month!! I'm waiting on AF to arrive sometime this weekend so I can begin birth control. I'll go to my local RE sometime between CD 6-10 to get a follow up ultrasound to make sure the septum is gone. My husband's SA is a week from today on January 11. We should receive his results on January 18. I plan on starting stims on January 22 if all goes well which is only EIGHTEEN days away!!!

My meds will be arriving tomorrow and Saturday. I actually ended up buying my Follistim, Menopur and Ganirelix from a previous patient at my clinic. I know it's super risky and it's the first time I've ever done this, but I saved so much money I had to give it a try. I ordered 2 900iu boxes of Follistim, a Follistim pen, 10 vials of Menopur, and 5 Ganirelix boxes for $850 including shipping!! Those medicines will arrive tomorrow. I also ordered my 2 Lupron triggers from Cornerstone Fertility Pharmacy for $118. It will be arriving Saturday. I previously bought my PIO from my local CVS for $12 for 2 vials. Everything else was covered 100% by my insurance. I will have only spent $980 for all of my IVF meds which is amazing!!!

Our expected IVF costs have changed. Here they are as it stands today:

Cycle Cost: $3,900.00 (includes 1 retrieval and FETs for $250 each for up to one year after your retrieval)
Donor Sperm: $600.00
Pre-Cycle Tests: $150.00 (they let me waive almost all of the testing)
Monitoring: $1,000 (doing this at my local RE)
Medications: $980.00 (they let me order from overseas which saved a ton of money!)
Travel: $1,400.00 (this includes flights, hotel room, food, car rental, etc.)
Total: $8,030.00

As of right now my protocol is 150ius of Follistim and 75ius of Menopur per day and I'm expected to stim for 10 days. We'll see if my body decides to go with the program. I've never been so excited and impatient for AF to arrive in my life!

EDIT - AF arrived around 4pm today!! Going for baselines either tomorrow or Monday and then I’ll start birth control!