Can someone tell me ......
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Topic: Can someone tell me ......
Posted By: kobec
Subject: Can someone tell me ......
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 1:26pm
| We were told by the specialist that because we have convieved 1 child naturally that we are not eligible for public funding IVF. But I thought that I read somewhere on here that if you have been ttc for 5 years with no success then you are eligible. Can anyone clear this up for me? Tx |
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 3:06pm
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Sorry i dont know the answer but you could check out fertility associates web site, they have the funding criteria on there. -------------  
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 5:08pm
sorry i cant help either but from what i understand and i havnt really taken much notice (i should of LOL) but i thought down the same lines as you trying for 5years with a child already  but i could be wrong------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 6:11pm
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I know there was an artivle on this in an old Little Treasures Magazine. I'll have a hunt around for it tomorrow and see if that has your answer in it. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: kobec
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:19pm
| Thanks heaps mummybecks. (I am just cracking up the mo as my name is beck as well and on the weekend my 2 year old walked around for about 2 hrs calling me mummybeck!!!!!) |
Posted By: honeybun
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:20pm
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Kobec this is what was on the Fertility Associates website. I have tried looking elsewhere as well to find out about the criteria but have not had much luck.
Public Funding Eligibility The scoring system for public funding of fertility treatment combines points from objective criteria related to the chance of pregnancy (prognosis without treatment, woman’s age, FSH level, smoking) and points from social criteria (duration of infertility, previous children, voluntary sterilisation). The Ministry of Health has set the threshold at 65 points. Typical scenarios, which gain a score of at least 65, include: A couple with severe infertility, no children, who have been trying for a year or more A couple with unexplained infertility who have been trying for five years A couple with severe infertility, one child from a previous private treatment, who have been trying for at least three years A lesbian couple where the woman wanting to become pregnant has a biological cause of infertility of at least a year’s duration A single woman whose investigations are normal, but who has not become pregnant after 12 cycles of privately-funded donor insemination ------------- Mum to a gorgeous 5yr old girl and a beautiful baby boy. |
Posted By: kobec
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:26pm
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Thanks for that honeybun. I wonder since we know why we aren't getting pg (DH very low sperm count and my periods irregular) whether that would come under 'unexplained' or not as it isn't really "unexplained" if you get what I mean........Sorry if that is confusing..
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