My Journey to IVF in the United States: A Record of the Whole Journey of Seeking a Child Across the Ocean

🌏 At 3am, I curled up on a bench in the waiting hall of Shanghai Pudong Airport, and a notification popped up on my phone: the flight was delayed for six hours. At that moment, as I stared at the words "Los Angeles" on the screen, I suddenly realized that this trans Pacific journey to find a child was more like a migration with no way out than any business trip. 🛫

My name is Lin Lan, born in 1985, a pharmacist in a tertiary hospital. I am familiar with the half-life of all hormone drugs, but I am unable to prescribe a "good pregnancy" prescription for myself. In the sixth year of marriage, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, ovulation induction, and artificial insemination have all reached the end of the ladder of options that can be tried in China. AMH 0.8，FSH 15， The fallopian tubes are extremely obstructed, and the husband's sperm abnormality rate is 97%. We stacked the failure reports into a thick stack, like an old notebook of incorrect questions. 📚

In July 2022, I took my annual leave and officially embarked on an IVF journey in the United States with three years of savings and two 28 inch boxes. There are no intermediaries, no packaged packages, and the entire process is booked, coordinated, and accounted for by oneself. This article is to split the 172 day real experience into seven tables and give a replicable roadmap to sisters who also want to "go west". 🗺️

🗂️ Table 1: Hospital Selection Scoring Table (out of 100)

🖊️ Explanation: Rating dimensions=40% technical skills+20% Chinese support+20% transportation and accommodation+20% cost. I ultimately targeted INCINTA, firstly because Dr. James P. Lin was willing to personally join the group, and secondly because I found out that they were in 2021

🗂️ Table 2: Visa& Entry timeline

🗂️ Table 3: Domestic Pre Inspection Checklist (INCINTA requires within 90 days)

🖊️ The total cost is ¥ 7780, which saves $1200 compared to doing it in the United States. However, please note that all Chinese reports need to be stamped by a reputable translation company, and INCINTA only recognizes "original documents+translated documents with saddle seals".

🗂️ Table 4: Revenue of 172 Day Charges in the United States (USD)

🖊️ 省钱 Tips：1. 药直接让诊所开处方，去 Costco 药房，用 GoodRx 券比诊所药房便宜 25%；2. 公寓用 Booking 长租砍价，原价 140 刀/晚砍到 131 刀/晚；3. 租车 90 天算长期，Hertz 直接降 0.3 刀/日。

🗂️ 表格 5：促排日程与体感日记

🖊️ 术后 1 h，Dr. Lin 拿着一张粉色小纸条进来：“11 颗，8 颗成熟。”那一刻，我眼泪比麻药醒得还快。

🗂️ 表格 6：实验室后续进程

🗂️ 表格 7：第一次移植 72 小时实录

🖊️ 官方血值在第 9 天，HCG 12，Progesterone 28。Dr. Lin 说“borderline but promising”。我回公寓把试纸全部扔进垃圾桶，决定等到第 14 天再抽一次。最终 HCG 342，确认临床妊娠。🤰

🌈 彩蛋：那些没人告诉你的小事

1. 🚗 加州右转红灯可停后转，但一定让行人，否则罚单 490 刀。
2. 🥑 Trader Joe’s 的有机牛油果 4 颗 3.49 刀，硬邦邦的放窗台 3 天正好。
3. 💉 黄体酮油针用 22G 针头，抽药后换 18G 再推，能少疼 30%。
4. 📱 T-Mobile 游客卡 50 刀/月，无限流量，但热点只有 10 G。
5. 🧺 公寓洗衣机无热水，血渍用冷水+双氧水 3% 泡 5 分钟，一搓就掉。
6. 🛂 回国前在 LAX 做核酸， turnaround 2 h，费用 215 刀，可微信付。

📌 写在最后

2023 年 5 月，我在上海红房子顺产 6 斤 4 两的小龙女。护照上多了她的一张美国出生纸，而我多了 172 天的太平洋记忆。有人问我后悔吗？花费 30 多万，辞职半年，值吗？我想到取卵那天，Dr. Lin 把写着“8”的小纸条递给我时，窗外 Torrance 的阳光像金粉一样落在手臂上，那一刻我知道，生命中最划算的投资，就是给自己一个不再后悔的机会。🌻

愿所有跨洋求子的姐妹，都能带着自己的“小纸条”，平安落地。✈️💕

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