IVF waitlist
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Topic: IVF waitlist
Posted By: WeeOne
Subject: IVF waitlist
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 4:39pm
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Does anyone know if whilst on the public funded waitlist, you opt to go private, whether you lose your place?
I've been told that if you have a successful/continuing pregnancy you come off it (understandably). However they could not say if this meant "live birth". (I lost my son at 30 weeks ) 
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 5:28pm
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I'm so sorry that you lost your little boy. That must have been heart-breaking.
I know that if you opt for a private cycle while waiting for a public one, you don't come off the waitlist unless the private cycle is successful. But it sounds like in your situation it was until you lost your baby? Or are you looking at starting again? Who couldn't give you the answer? If it was someone like fertility associates, I'm very surprised, they must have precedents for situations like this. I'd try them again until I got someone who could help. In any case, hugs - this sounds like it's a really tough time for you. -------------   
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Posted By: Emz26
Date Posted: 04 August 2010 at 6:29pm
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Hi there,
I Have just had my second appt today with F/A in Hamlton and have been on here reading the messages from others. Am interested to know why the wait list in Hamltion is 18mnths and in Auckland its 9mnths? Do they get more funding because of a bigger area with more people? We will be getting a letter later in the month to hopefully say we will be on the list!! 
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 9:26pm
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Emz26, I wonder if the waiting list in Auckland isn't as big as they have more clinics up there and Hamilton only has one.
Its stink that the waiting list is so long in hamilton, but they did explain to me that they do have a few cancellations which can bump your appt up the list. We are going through FA Hamilton and we are due to have our treatment in Febraury 2012. Would be nice to keep in touch with others that are going to have treatment round the same time in the waikato area  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Emz26
Date Posted: 09 August 2010 at 1:04pm
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Hi Rachb,
Thanx for your reply! So when did ya get ya letter sayn your date for treatment? I can't to get ours in the mail! The hard thing for me also has been getting my weight down.but am nearly there, they were happy enough to put me on the list tho. I would love to stay in touch with you! we are in Papamoa but are going through F/A hamiltion.
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Posted By: JaneW
Date Posted: 11 August 2010 at 7:32am
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Hey Emz26... I'm 27 and DH 28, we are going through FA Hamilton too, due to start ICSI in December this year, I'm in Mount Maunganui(but moving down Papamoa soon anyway) so if you want to meet up for a coffee and a chat or anything feel free to PM me....
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 11 August 2010 at 1:47pm
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Hey Emz26, we had our first consultation in the middle of june and we got our letter a couple of weeks after that telling us which month we would be eligible for the public funded treatment.
Thats good to hear about you weight loss, i know what you mean, i have just lost nearly 30kgs and need to keep it there until treatment. We are in tokora, we head over to tauranga ocasionally as we have friends and family over there. Would be good to keep in touch with you, let us know how u get on and when you are having your treatment. JaneW - How exciting you get to start in December, make sure you keep us posted on how everything goes. Its good to have some similar aged people to share the experience with. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 2_ns_lol
Date Posted: 13 August 2010 at 2:04pm
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Hi Ladies
I had my first failed IVF ICSI cycle which started in May this year & finished early July. I was told in the same phone call that they told me it was a negative result that I will now have to wait 12 months in Auckland for my next (& final) publicly funded cycle. I wasn't aware that you had to wait another year for your second cycle after already having to wait a year to get in for your first cycle 
Hopefully the wait for us all with go fast and we all get the BFP's we deserve! ------------- TTC#1 since Aug 2006 Me: 27 + PCOS + DH: 38 + low morph 12 x Clomid cycles 4 x IUI 2 x IVF ICSI = BFP on 2nd round! http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: rosiefarmer
Date Posted: 13 August 2010 at 4:24pm
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Hi Ladies,
I have a similar story to trying4no1, Just done a round of IVF with ICSI June/July, BFN have to wait till my Sept cycle for my FET, and if that doesnt work, till June/July next year for my next public round, I am in Dunedin. The waiting is hard, but good things come to those whom are patient  . Well heres hoping.
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 14 August 2010 at 9:04am
I guess they have this big wait so you can prepare yourself for the next treatment, and I'm guessing also so that other first time ppl can have a turn. Thats how i would look at it anyway. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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trying4no1 wrote:Posted By: hoping
Date Posted: 14 August 2010 at 12:20pm
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Hi all - I am currently on the waiting list to be accepted for treatment, we tick all boxes except the amount of time we have been TTC - so we have to wait until I think April 2012 to be eligible for public funding, and then I think it's about a 10mth wait in Welly so would be looking end 2012/beginning 2013 before we started.....so in the meantime have decided to do a private round which we have just started....has meant a big lifestyle change but am very positive about it. Wish all you ladies luck in your adventures on this journey.....these forums are fantastic for support!! Is great to have people who truly know how you are feeling to talk to
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Posted By: Emz26
Date Posted: 14 August 2010 at 4:15pm
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The waiting lists are just so crazy!
Its just so hard waiting, and with that pressure its also hard to keep ya weight down also.well it is for me anyway! Gosh im checking my letter box everyday hoping to get that all so important letter in the mail to say we are on the list and when we will be due treatment which i think will be around mid 2012!! Im finding all this waiting just so hard to bear! which i had the spare $$ to go private!
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 14 August 2010 at 7:51pm
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Emz26 - hope you get your letter soon, hopefully you won't be too far behind me when i have my first treatment - will be interesting to see what date you get..... Roll on Feb 2012 ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Emz26
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:51pm
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Hey Janew
Id love to catch up and chat and just talk about how each other are going! Would be great support for one another! You never know Mount/Papamoa is so small we proberly know some of the same people.!! Exciting you get to start treatment soon!! Just got my letter in the mail sayn we are due April 2012..am excited but is still a painful wait
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Posted By: JaneW
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:54pm
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Hey Emz,
Cool would be great to meet up, have sent you a private message with my contact details, that's great you have a start date although I know it seems such a long way away, hopefully you might get bumped up the list at some stage! |
Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:13pm
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Emz26 - how great that you got a date already - told you it wouldn't take long to get your letter.
You won't be far behind me having treatment, heres hoping we get bumped up the list. would be good to keep in touch with someone who will be going through the same thing round the same time
JaneW - good luck with yours in december, can' wait to hear ur good news ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: balcy1
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:17pm
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2012? Wow! That seems like a very long wait. Where abouts are you girls from? ------------- http://lilyslim.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 8:57pm
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balcy1 - i am based in tokoroa and are going through FA in hamilton
It is a very long wait but it has given me something to look forward to
Where abouts are u? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Emz26
Date Posted: 02 September 2010 at 5:15pm
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Balcy- Im based in Papamoa,and we are getting treatment in hamilton.
Have been doing ok..But this week I have had a little bit of a low blow as I found out this week that both my sister inlaws are preg and will be due around my birthday next.Im happy for them, i truely am its just hard..:( I also know about 7 women that are pregs and they are all close to me aswell! 
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Posted By: balcy1
Date Posted: 02 September 2010 at 6:21pm
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I am in Culverden. Very small rural area. Great community though and we love it here.
Emz... I know what you mean, I also know many women that are either preggers or now holding their new born babies. And believe me, I ask myself "Why cant it be me?" everyday. ------------- http://lilyslim.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 14 September 2010 at 10:52am
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Hi guys. Sorry to lurk but it looks as if you're all the font of knowledge.
We were just getting around to think about opting for getting some tests done when I found I was pregnant. Ten weeks later I was not pregnant. I've heard that when you're TTC and over a 'certain age' (it's nearly my 38th birthday) you're not considered eligible for treatment until you've been TTC for six months. What about after an m/c? Is it still six?
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 14 September 2010 at 12:39pm
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So sorry to hear about your miscarriage
It depends. Basically, they take a lot of factors into consideration when allocating public funding. Time TTC so far is one of them. At the same time, we had been trying for a lot longer than six months when we got our initial tests done, and we still weren't eligible for public funding for a while. I think most people have to pay for their first visit to Fertility Associates (or whichever clinic you go to). That's when they take a look at everything and work out a plan of action. In our case, they then put us on clomid - which wasn't publicly funded, so we were still paying ourselves. After that didn't work (a while later, we had to try it for quite a few cycles trying to get it to work) we then became eligible for public funding and went on the IVF waiting list. So I guess what I'm saying is that miscarriage or not, you probably will / would have had to pay for your initial appointments anyway. Why not ring your local fertility clinic and check with them? You might be able to set up an appointment at the same time, there can be a bit of a wait for initial consultations. -------------
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Posted By: Daisy25
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 9:26pm
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So sorry to hear of your miscarriage Victoria.
How long were you TTC before your miscarriage? I would think that they would have to take that into consideration also but I don't really know. If you can afford it, it would probably be worth paying for an initial consultation with a fertility clinic. In Chch, if you go for a consultation and haven't been TTC for long enough to meet their public funding criteria, they put you on a "review" list, and review your eligibility later in the year, which then adds more months to the amount of time that you have been TTC, which then means you become eligible. Hope this makes sense. As Hopes said, if you phone the clinic they might be able to advise you. |
Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 9:47pm
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Posted By: Tiff8ny
Date Posted: 27 September 2010 at 3:23pm
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OMG OMG OMG I have just had the BEST news ever (apart from being pregnant)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got my long awaited IVF letter today and my treatment will start in Feb 2011!!! OMG Im so excited right now as I was told it wouldnt be until September next year! finally some good news for us!! Now roll on Feb next year or ever better a BFP before then!!! ------------- Me 32, DH 30 TTC 4+ years Unexplained Infertility IVF#1 - Chem Pregnancy,no frosties IVF#2 - BFP!!!! Plus 1 frostie 
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 27 September 2010 at 6:32pm
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Great news, Tiff8ny Wishing you all the best when Feb rolls round! -------------
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 28 September 2010 at 1:51pm
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Tiff8ny - that is the best news !!!!
I also got a letter on saturday to advise that due to cancellations we had been moved up the list to November 2011. I'm so excited like you Tiff8ny !!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Tiff8ny
Date Posted: 28 September 2010 at 2:04pm
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YAY rachb!!!!!!!!! its an awesome feeling to be getting treatment sooner than expected aye Yay for cancellations!!
Although FX we wont be needing IVF  ------------- Me 32, DH 30 TTC 4+ years Unexplained Infertility IVF#1 - Chem Pregnancy,no frosties IVF#2 - BFP!!!! Plus 1 frostie
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Posted By: ScaredyCat
Date Posted: 28 September 2010 at 2:30pm
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Hey Tiff8ny, just seen your post above, thats fantastic news re your IVF date being brought forward!!!
Like you say though, fingers crossed you won't be needing it! ------------- TTC # 1 - 7.5 years 2 x IVF - 4 x Trf 3 x BFP's 3 x M/c  Feb 09June 10Sept 11
2 Blasties on Ice
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Posted By: Tiff8ny
Date Posted: 28 September 2010 at 2:44pm
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thanks scaredycat ------------- Me 32, DH 30 TTC 4+ years Unexplained Infertility IVF#1 - Chem Pregnancy,no frosties IVF#2 - BFP!!!! Plus 1 frostie
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 28 September 2010 at 9:07pm
It is really great to be moved up the list - we don't really have mch choice in the IVF thing - we went and did some freezing last week and the SA didn't come back very well at all. They said that there was only 2 or 3 that were just moving. FX for a miracle Sending you sticky vibes Tiff8ny ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Tiff8ny
Date Posted: 29 September 2010 at 8:10am
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that sux rachb! but you never know - miracles do happen! and if not then bring on 2011!!!! its going to be our year ------------- Me 32, DH 30 TTC 4+ years Unexplained Infertility IVF#1 - Chem Pregnancy,no frosties IVF#2 - BFP!!!! Plus 1 frostie
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 29 September 2010 at 9:57pm
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I agree bring on 2011 ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lsttcdiver
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 2:30pm
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Hi ladies just new here but am currently in the process of possibly having to cancel my first IVF cycle. We decided to pay privately while we waited for our publicly funded treatment cycle to start and it has nearly bankrupted us!
They saw us in Hamilton in February and gave us our date for public funding, Nov 20111!! We've since been moved up slightly with our date being August 2011. Those of you with upcoming dates must b so excited the waiting is the worst part. |
Posted By: Tiff8ny
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 2:38pm
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Hi lsttcdiver, have you had to cancel your private IVF cycle?
------------- Me 32, DH 30 TTC 4+ years Unexplained Infertility IVF#1 - Chem Pregnancy,no frosties IVF#2 - BFP!!!! Plus 1 frostie
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Posted By: lsttcdiver
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 2:58pm
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Hey Tiff8ny,
I'm 2 days away from making the decision but it really looks like it. I've already got OHSS and havent triggered yet, I have 40+ follies and they cant get my E2 down. |
Posted By: Tiff8ny
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 3:31pm
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Hi lsttcdiver, I havent started IVF yet so unsure of some of the terms. but sorry that you might have to cancel your cycle. FX for next time hun
------------- Me 32, DH 30 TTC 4+ years Unexplained Infertility IVF#1 - Chem Pregnancy,no frosties IVF#2 - BFP!!!! Plus 1 frostie
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Posted By: rachb
Date Posted: 09 October 2010 at 7:49pm
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does anyone know if it is possible to get moved up the list more than once?
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Posted By: Tiff8ny
Date Posted: 10 October 2010 at 1:39pm
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Hey rachb, im really not sure. depends on how far away your wait is I guess. I think if its only like 6months wait then I dont think you would be if its a years wait then u might if people get UTD in the meantime....... ------------- Me 32, DH 30 TTC 4+ years Unexplained Infertility IVF#1 - Chem Pregnancy,no frosties IVF#2 - BFP!!!! Plus 1 frostie
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Posted By: JaneW
Date Posted: 10 October 2010 at 1:52pm
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Hi Rachb we were moved up the list twice so yes it is possible :)
Tiffany thats fantastic news you get to start so soon-these last few months are flying by too,Feb will be here before you know it! |
Posted By: Tiff8ny
Date Posted: 10 October 2010 at 2:02pm
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thanks JaneW, we are really excited to only have to wait till feb now! considering we were told our wait would be till sept 2011, so happy that we got moved up the list by 6 months!! Feb will come around so fast!
the only problem is we have 2 weddings to go to in march which DH & I are both part of the wedding parties so may have to defer IVF one month depending on where I am in my cycle and what days they do the IVF stuff. We are going to see our FS on the 20th this month so will find out everything then. ------------- Me 32, DH 30 TTC 4+ years Unexplained Infertility IVF#1 - Chem Pregnancy,no frosties IVF#2 - BFP!!!! Plus 1 frostie
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