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Jessica Schaefer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
147 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I had just sold my first baby. Wow. Bevel, this PR firm that I started and ran for seven years and had basically dedicated my entire life to work. And I had also just gone through a divorce. And so it seemed like something that was 100% necessary to do. Although I wish I had done it 10 years prior. Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I had just sold my first baby. Wow. Bevel, this PR firm that I started and ran for seven years and had basically dedicated my entire life to work. And I had also just gone through a divorce. And so it seemed like something that was 100% necessary to do. Although I wish I had done it 10 years prior. Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I had just sold my first baby. Wow. Bevel, this PR firm that I started and ran for seven years and had basically dedicated my entire life to work. And I had also just gone through a divorce. And so it seemed like something that was 100% necessary to do. Although I wish I had done it 10 years prior. Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

You've been through the process. Yeah. So you go into the clinic and... They don't really share the cost of the variables, the fertility drugs, which can be quite high depending on how your body reacts to the stimulants, right? And so they basically say, oh, it's a fixed cost of $10,000. But then the cost of the fertility drugs can be anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

You've been through the process. Yeah. So you go into the clinic and... They don't really share the cost of the variables, the fertility drugs, which can be quite high depending on how your body reacts to the stimulants, right? And so they basically say, oh, it's a fixed cost of $10,000. But then the cost of the fertility drugs can be anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

You've been through the process. Yeah. So you go into the clinic and... They don't really share the cost of the variables, the fertility drugs, which can be quite high depending on how your body reacts to the stimulants, right? And so they basically say, oh, it's a fixed cost of $10,000. But then the cost of the fertility drugs can be anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And then if you need to do it multiple times, then you're sometimes looking at close to $100,000 just to freeze your eggs. And what I thought was absolutely insane, we have Botox and fillers and IVs. But for one of the most important things, which is preserving your option to have a family, you are self administering the shots, which I just thought it was a little bit insane.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And then if you need to do it multiple times, then you're sometimes looking at close to $100,000 just to freeze your eggs. And what I thought was absolutely insane, we have Botox and fillers and IVs. But for one of the most important things, which is preserving your option to have a family, you are self administering the shots, which I just thought it was a little bit insane.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And then if you need to do it multiple times, then you're sometimes looking at close to $100,000 just to freeze your eggs. And what I thought was absolutely insane, we have Botox and fillers and IVs. But for one of the most important things, which is preserving your option to have a family, you are self administering the shots, which I just thought it was a little bit insane.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And then they send you to a link to a video from the 80s. And you're kind of like, I have no idea what I'm doing.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And then they send you to a link to a video from the 80s. And you're kind of like, I have no idea what I'm doing.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And then they send you to a link to a video from the 80s. And you're kind of like, I have no idea what I'm doing.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

What am I doing right now? You know, this could injure other people. I live in New York City. You know, you bring your trash out on the street. Who knows what was happening after that?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

What am I doing right now? You know, this could injure other people. I live in New York City. You know, you bring your trash out on the street. Who knows what was happening after that?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

What am I doing right now? You know, this could injure other people. I live in New York City. You know, you bring your trash out on the street. Who knows what was happening after that?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I would say my journey isn't over. So I ended up actually taking the trigger shot early, which was triggering, which means I was supposed to have 28 eggs, but then I only was able to retrieve five and that's just not enough for a live birth. And so I'm planning to do it a couple more times. Thankfully, my AMH levels, which basically you can test how fertile you are.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I would say my journey isn't over. So I ended up actually taking the trigger shot early, which was triggering, which means I was supposed to have 28 eggs, but then I only was able to retrieve five and that's just not enough for a live birth. And so I'm planning to do it a couple more times. Thankfully, my AMH levels, which basically you can test how fertile you are.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

I would say my journey isn't over. So I ended up actually taking the trigger shot early, which was triggering, which means I was supposed to have 28 eggs, but then I only was able to retrieve five and that's just not enough for a live birth. And so I'm planning to do it a couple more times. Thankfully, my AMH levels, which basically you can test how fertile you are.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And my doctor's, oh, you have the fertility of a 26 year old. You should just go get pregnant. And I said, that's not actually the point. It's not that I can't get pregnant. It's that I haven't found the person that I want to get pregnant yet with. So the first egg freezing, it was 15,000. But again, I'll have to do it a few more times.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
The Cost of IVF and the Future of Reproductive Healthcare with Jessica Schaefer

And my doctor's, oh, you have the fertility of a 26 year old. You should just go get pregnant. And I said, that's not actually the point. It's not that I can't get pregnant. It's that I haven't found the person that I want to get pregnant yet with. So the first egg freezing, it was 15,000. But again, I'll have to do it a few more times.

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