FA Appointment

Hi there,
They will let you know of the tests you need to have before you go. At the first appointment they should go over the results and discuss any history with you. Hopefully your test results give you some answers and you can get a plan of attack straight away.

If you dont get the test stuff your first appt wont give you much info, they will just let you know that there are a few tests that you need to do and they'll know more when they are done.

Which FA are you with?
Good luck

Hi Inkedpixie

I had my first FA appointment back in December. They did an internal scan (ovaries, uterus etc) and asked about periods, general health etc. They then gave us suggested tests to do - for me it was an HSG (xray of fallopian tubes) and a post coital test (which we didn't do). The tests they suggest will probably depend on your situation though.

Good luck!

We are also going through FA Hamilton - were referred there through our dr and had our first appt in June 2010. We are with Lakshmi.

As all the other ladies have said above there are all the basic blood tests etc that you need to have done and I had to have a smear before going as they needed an up to date one.

FA did an internal scan of my ovaries etc and they did give us quite an informative information pack and DVD to watch.

I'm not sure what the wating list is like now but we were told it was 18 months for public funded when we first went.

We have been bumped up the list from Feb 2012 to Nov 2011 which is good.

Good luck with your first appt.

Hi Inkedpixie
I'm with FA Auckland. I found that going to FA was the best step for us. They did an internal ultrasound (which you get used to after a while), they get other tests done. They got me onto monitoring where they do bloodtests through the month and a scan to count your follicles and then tell you when the best time to TTC is. We're still trying but it is good to get information to help with the TTC journey. Good luck :)

Thanks for the update, it's always interesting to see how other people get on. I understand why you would have taken it pretty hard, they are fairly blunt (in a "trying to be caring" kind of way) and honestly, it sounds like you got the same story I got. Basically we don't qualify for public funding yet, because of having one child, so have to have been TTC for 3 years before we're on the list, so they pushed BIG time for the private cycles of either IUI or IVF, which is money we just don't have.

Did the blood test results and sperm analysis show up anything, or did they not have the results yet? If they didn't even have the test results, they shouldn't be telling you that the only way you'll conceive is to pay privately for IUI/IVF, and unless there are sperm issues, clomid is usually the first port of call. Did they pass any mention of that at all?

It may be that you end up using IUI/IVF, but I just want you to know that it's not the ONLY option available to you. I know exactly what they're like, and they are in the business of making money by helping people conceive, so unless you qualify for public funding now, they will push and push the private funded stuff on you, and make it seem like you won't conceive without it.

Hey Inkedpixie.
I was just looking around some other forums and see you got your BFP. That is awesome! What line of treatment did you start in the end? What was your fertility issue? Always good to hear success stories, sorry for being nosy! Must have happened very quickly for you, that's great.

Well done you! That's such good news. Always good to hear good stories about people TTC. Good luck with your pregnancy.