Repromed CHCH Girls

Hi all.
Im just wondering how many of you are having treatment at CHCH Repromed?
And if you are, then what stage you are all at?

My DH and I are in the stage of waiting, waiting, waiting. We have been on the waiting list for 7 months now, and I am starting to get a little excited as it should only be a matter or 4 months or so until we get a long awaited letter or phone call stating when IVF treatment will start.

Would love to hear any stories from Repromed CHCH girls...

Kim

I have been going there since Jan 09. My signature below tells my story, two of those pregnancies in 2009 were via IUI.

We are currently doing our first IVF, egg collection was yesterday, and egg transfer is Saturday. This is privately funded as I didn't want to wait on the public list, plus my BMI is raised, and I am IMPATIENT. This had never been an option for us previously because I DO get pregnant, but because I hadn't got pregnant since Dec 09 we became eligible/approved for IVF.

We are under Greg Phillipson but now seem to be seeing Michelle Bailey mostly, which is great because we needed a fresh set of eyes and ears and she is just awesome. I met her on their 'lifestyles' course and really warmed to her.

I had a few theories on why I was mc'ing that Greg wasn't too keen on entertaining (auto immune problems), but to give him credit he decided to give me the necessary immune drugs anyway without spending heaps of $$$ on further tests because, as he said, they are everyday drugs (antibiotics and steroids) so I have to thank him a lot for giving me the benefit of the doubt. It's not that he disagreed, it's just to him the glass is half full, whereas for me it's half empty - if you know what I mean. (And I think I got that phrasing the right way round LOL).

All the nurses are fab too :)

Edited by MaeBeeBaby

Oooooooooooooh good luck Chells!!!!!!!!!!

So the nurse rang.....and I AM PREGNANT!! Wahoo....what a great day this is, pregnant and in The Press :D

I have found this to be the hardest day of them all - now I can see the sun :-)

balcy1 - we had public funding, the wait time was about 10 months to get to the top of the list, and a further 5-6 months for treatment to commence. It will happen when you least expect it. All the best!

Balcy if you are feeling impatient, you may want to consider going private - it's expensey, costing us $10,000-$11,000, but well worth it, esp at my age as even though I am qualified for the public list (providing I lose just a few more kgs to meet the BMI criteria), I am terrified it would take up to another year, and I am 39 in February.

My SIL was 28 and was up for IVF public funding in August 2008, she got bumped back at the last minute as they ran out of public funding, so they paid for it themselves - back then it was $7000 - how times have changed!

Give it a few months, but if your biological clock is ticking loudly, listen to it ...

Maybe you could start saving up now in preparation - then if you don't need the $$$ cause you get in faster then you have some $$$ for a flash nursery! We saved a lot of our funds up over a few months simply by paying heaps extra into our Floating mortgage, and then withdraw only what we need as we go - we paid my wages into it as we figure that by the time I have our baby we will only be on one wage anyway so we will continue doing this so we get our debt down a lot before going onto one wage.

I don't know how old you are, but knowing what I do after 4 years of TTC, I wish we had DEMANDED IVF sooner, but because I WAS getting pregnant they weren't keen to do it, despite having multiple miscarriages - but 'IVF is only for people who DON'T get pregnant' they tell us... So as we didn't get pregnant for a year (cause we gave up and didn't try anymore), they allowed us to go onto the List, but we opted to go Private - even though we had given up, we felt we just had to give it 'one more try' - after all, I am on the right side of 40!!!

Balcy - I wonder if you live in Balcairn with a name like that?

Edited by MaeBeeBaby

Hey Cells - Congrats on your BFP.

I did see you in the Press :) Well done you!!!

We went through repromed last year. All the people there were so wonderful. We were publically funded and had about a 9 month wait and had success on our first cycle. Will be going back in a few months for FET.

Congratulations, Chells

Am i ok to lurk in here? I am not going through IVF but was seeing them to donate an egg before i unexpectedly got pregnant. Obviously now thats been put off, but i will be coming back for a second attempt at donation - just with a different family as my first family has got a new donor since i'm out of action for the time being....

just....not sure its an appropriate place for me to hang out, i'll bugger off its a problem for anyone

I havent met any more recpients, no, since its going to be at least a year before i am able to get up and going with it all again and thats a long wait before we would even begin the process. I would like to donate to a someone rather then a clinic, if that makes sense but eggs are eggs and repromed does have a donor program if i don't find a family. My two gorgeous little cousins were both concieved with the help of an egg donor so i'm looking to give someone else that chance, really!

I'll mostly be lurking to see the realities of the procedures i'll be undergoing so i won't post too much since i can't really relate to what everyone else is saying....just felt like if i'm going to be reading i should let you all know that i'm here!

Hi,

Congrats Chells awesome news!

Maebeebaby, how are you getting on?

Hey Tischler, are you still charting this cycle?

Im really just at the start of my journey and waiting for my next step. I have a review on the 14th and have a feeling Catherine will want me to go in for a LAP after my not so good HSG otherwise she will prob put me on another round/s of clomid
Unexplained infertility is so fustraiting !!

How long have you had to wait on the list for public funded IVF?
I got told I have to be trying for 5 yrs before I can even get on the list