Free FA Auckland Seminar

DH and I are going Star. We were on the waiting list from the last one (we phoned to register as soon as it was advertised, and it was already full!) so they phoned us as soon as a date for this one was set.

You can't just turn up though everyone else, you have to register. My guess is that it'll be chocka at this stage with people on a waiting list already. I could be wrong though. If you want the cell number to contact to see if you can get it, I have it on the advert from last time. Just PM me.

Yeah, the ad says "to register, or for more information, please call ..." which does give that impression, but last time when I phoned to be polite and register, they said - no sorry, limited numbers, can't fit you in, we'll put you on a list for next time. I suppose that does make sense though when you think about how big BBs is!!

It's not very big, considering there are presentations involved etc from what I understand.

The woman I spoke to said that they limit numbers to 60 ...and the room issue I suppose is why they ask you to register!

I just hope we can get coffee as well....

Hehe ...coffee is bad for fertility, so we weren't allowed coffee

What did you think of the seminar Star?

Can i butt on in here???? Star i'm under fertility +, When was your first appointment???

I've been dealing with Fertility Associates so far. I went to them because I've heard good things about FA, and not so good things about F+ from 2 friends who have done IVF via the public system. Perhaps justified, perhaps not, but they're the sorts of things that help you make up your mind

The IVF photos were amazing! You're right!

Did you find it weird though, how there seemed to be wuite a few people there who didn't know anything? I nearly threw something at that old guy who had been TTC with his young wife for 6 months! Mind you, I think that the specialist who lead the seminar nearly did too ...especially when they were talking later, and I overheard that they already have a young child together!

We're planning to go private, through FA. Unfortunately, we don't have a treatment choice ...well, we do, but it's probably money down the drain. Our specialist thinks that IVF is the only thing that will increase our chances of getting pregnant. I was really happy to learn though that although the initial cycle cost (fresh cycle) is $8000, frozen cycles are only around $900.

We're going to put ourselves on the public waiting list, but I don't think I'll be able to make it the year or so that the waiting list is already. We talked about it tonight, DH and I, and we think we'll save to do a private cycle hopefully late this year (we'll have to save hard!), and then we can do a couple of frozen cycles hopefully, and if we're still waiting, then we can have a break before doing a public cycle. That's the plan anyway!

Did you notice how there seemed to be two sets of people at the seminar ...those that had obviously knew what they were up against, and others that had absolutely no idea.

I really hope you weren't the girl who asked if PGD would pick up ADD, because that stunned me completely.

BUT, I absolutely *loved* the Maori guy who gave his wife a shove and said "See? I told you!" when Simon confirmed for him that reasonable drinking wouldn't really cause problems. There seemed to be something special about that couple.

My DH does shift as well, but his day was just starting! It was me whose eyes were hanging out

Both of us were completely cross-eyed and with sore butts too by the end of the seminar ...those BB's chairs were HIDEOUS! In fact, we were a little early, so I think my bum had gone to sleep before the seminar even started!

When we did the tour of the clinic, it was just us and another couple, and when the nurse said that blood tests etc are before 9am, the other lady asked if it had to be before 9am, or could she do it later in the day...? The nurse said, no, before 9am, and the lasy screwed her face up and said she had amajor problem with mornings! I thought to myself, do you want a baby, or don't you??

What I actually said was "Weellll ...you'll find it interesting with a baby then, won't you?" Meow. She missed the sarcasm, but DH gave me a shove for it (I wouldn't have said it if she hadn't already made noises about the problem being getting out of bed, as opposed to work committments or whatever)

You have to wonder, don't you?

wow sounded like a very intresting seminar!

We got refered to fertility + at the end of last year and had an appointment mid jan where the specialist ( i didnt realise that you got what ever specialist how bizzare! ) suggested our course of action, by starting at the bottom and working our way up basically! So thats waht we are doing!
Good luck with the saving ginger! What a great christmas pressie it will be to start the ivf process!!!

Star i know someone who was doing public funding ivf and had a positive pregnancy test after treatment but then sadly lost the baby, They were 'allowed' their 2nd publicly funded course but had to go back on the waiting list because there was a pregnancy after the first one.
Did you get swaped over to FA through public funding or are you doing private to start off with?

Hi Star
Dont blame you for wanting to hurry things along! This TTC game wears thin on ya paitents!! Hopefully Fertility Associates can work wonders for you!!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya!

We have been trying for coming up 20 months, I have got PCOS and DH has a mild male fertility issue. So hopefully something will happen some time soon!