First Appointment at FA

We finaly have a date for out first appointment at FA Wellington which is the 19th Aug.

Our main questions beside how does the whole IVF thing work are:
Are we elegable for funding
When we can expect to start an IVF cycle

Does anyone have any advise on other questions to ask?

Kirsty : )

Thanks Fiona,

I know we need to do IVF. We are not 100% sure that we will be eligible for funding but the specialist at the hospital that refered us to FA (and is also who we will be seeing there) thought that at a glance we should be.

I am hopeful that we will have enough points for funding. We loose points because we have a nearly 5 year old but gain points because I have lost both my fallopian tubes to ectopic pregnancies (classed as severe infertility, as in we can try till the cows come home nothing is ever going to happen). As far as we know neither my partner nor I has any other issues.

We have been TTC for 4 years and I am only 31.

Thanks AngieBabe,

I did know about the info evening but haven't got a baby sitter available (usualy use my SIL who is away) so couldn't go and neither me or my partner wanted to go alone.

I went to FA akld two months after I turned 40 - and became too old for publically funded treatment! Bummer! And I have now dealt with both FA akld and FA wgtn - and the frustrating thing is that they dont line up with how they do things - middle of my first clomiphene cycle was spent going btw both clinics and I ended up having 3 unnecessary blood tests because they didnt agree on things - thats five blood tests in five days - my arms look like a heroin junky! Will stay put in wellington from now on during the cycle. I find out if im preg on Friday!

Thanks Chelle.

Oh bubbles everthing crossed for you for Friday. I really hope all your dreams come true!!

Hi There,

I have done two ICSI cycles at FA, WGTN. Both cycles a BFN. I was 40 when I did my first cycle and have had to pay for both the cycles. It can be very costly if its not government funded. But, because one is so determined, you just don't want to give up.

I have now been told by FA that my only hope of becoming pregnant is by egg donation so my path has taken a different turn and am now seeking a wonderful egg donor at the present time. I'm hoping a lovely lady will come to our rescue.

Hey ya all, Wgtn FA person here too. Me and my partner are looking at IVF/ ICSI... Pretty scared though. Matenga or anyone know how the waiting list goes??

Hi Matenga and Shychik,

Yeah, its always the way, if you pay you get it done straight away, and if you don't, there is a waiting list. Typical, isn't it.

For the ICSI procedure, all up it was about $10,000.00 (wow, you are thinking!!). So, we have had to pay $20,000.00 so far. That goodness we have had a wee bit put aside.

It will cost the same with egg donation so as you can imagine we do find it very frustrating having to pay ourselves. I feel like writing to Helen Clark and asking her to change the system for goodness sakes. I am just pleased that we have put some aside for the purposes of the treatments, but, how long can you go. Its not like you can pick it off trees!

So, thats the bad news of paying yourselves, it ain't cheap that's for sure.

Well girls, hope you have a lovely Sunday. The weather is fab. Enjoy.

Take care.