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Hutt Hospital or Fertility Associates?

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Topic: Hutt Hospital or Fertility Associates?

Posted By: AnyDayNow
Subject: Hutt Hospital or Fertility Associates?
Date Posted: 27 October 2015 at 3:21pm

My husband and I are mid-late 30's and have been TTC for over a year now. Tests show that he has very low sperm count and our Dr has referred us to the fertility clinic at Hutt Hospital (Wellington). The wait time for an appointment was three months and we've just been pushed back another month. We're now considering contacting Fertility Associates to see if we can speed up the process.

We'd be keen to hear from anyone who has gone down either path - your thoughts, experiences, etc.

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Posted By: Mushroom
Date Posted: 27 October 2015 at 6:12pm

Hi, sorry you're having problems :(

With low sperm count, if it's below 10 million/ml then generally IVF if the offered 'solution', where they use ICSI. My husband has low count (<5 mil), low morphology, and low motility last test. We paid for private treatment through fertility associates (FA), who put you on the public wait list if you get enough points to qualify. We've just done our first public treatment - a long waiting game, but for us saved a lot of money. I think paying for initial consult etc is worth it to save those extra months, as the IVF wait list is very long.... 12 - 24 mths.

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Me: 35, PCOS, endo, DH: 34, severe MFI
6+ yrs TTC#2
M/C 2012, clomid 2013, IVM 2014, IVF 2015, M/C 2015
2016 FET#1- BFP - MMC - Emergency D&C
FET#2 - BFN
Jul 16 - stage 3 endo removed.
Oct 16 BFP

Posted By: babycrazy
Date Posted: 27 October 2015 at 7:21pm

Yes what Mushroom said. If you can afford pay for the initial consult, you can switch over to public funding later. It is aLOT quicker. We got referred in the June via the public way and got our appt in Nov. However in the mean time went private and by Nov were already 2mths through our wait for treatment.

My partner has zero sperm so we are using a donor. Any questions just give a shout.

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TTC since Oct 2009
4 x DI's failed
IVF1 CP & MC
IVF2 CP
IVF3 Angel baby born 22.3wks

Posted By: AnyDayNow
Date Posted: 28 October 2015 at 5:20pm

Thanks Mushroom and babycrazy. You've both confirmed what I thought. I'll make the call to FA.