Hi Everyone,

I discovered this brilliant site yesterday while searching for answers and being overwhelmed by the amount of contradictory information out there. I am hoping someone can help answer my questions.

Firstly, to introduce myself, my name is Bon and I live with my gorgeous partner of 15 years in Syd. We are both in our early 30s and are planning to start TTC next year. We were hoping to use her eggs and donor sperm and I would carry the baby and then if we decide to have more children later on we could swap and use my eggs and she would carry the baby. We have not decided on this method yet for sure and realise that it would be a lot more complicated and expensive than insemination but there are some family issues that we hope this would eliminate.

I would really love to hear from anyone who has conceived this way or considered it and decided to go another route.

Also I have been trying to figure out the whole gp referral / medicare thing and am thoroughly confused! As far as I can figure out – to start IVF or AI at a clinic I need a referral from a gp that covers both my partner and me and that with this referral a substantial portion of the costs will be covered by Medicare. I have also read that many GPs will not give lesbian couples referrals for IVF as they are not medically infertile and therefore not entitled to any Medicare rebates. This sounds crazy to me….is it really true?
I would be grateful for any info on this.

Thanks
Bon