Hello,
We did 12 months of IVF in Melb, while living 3.5 hrs away. I was lucky though as I was working a couple of days a week in Melb and tried to combine IVF with work for the routine stuff. The exception was for EPU and transfers where I took time of work and DH and I drove down, often coming down the night before - esp for EPU. Sometimes we stayed with friends, but before our two EPU's we stayed in a motel as I did not want to be around other people! I was able to work in scans etc in Melb, but did blood tests up here - I had to find a testing place that could do the pg tests on site, rather than sending them to Melb which took an extra day. None of the hormone tests could be processed up here so all my tests for ovulation when doing a FET were a day later result wise - but that was ok. I never paid for a blood test - i think that they were all covered by medicare. If I could not have got to Melb for scans, I would have had to have paid extra to have them up here.

Meds I generally got while in Melb, but I could have had them (and think I had one set) sent up - the only prob is in summer the ones that have to be kept at a cool temp are a bit iffy and they are hesitant to send, even in a foam esky with an ice pack.

I could ring our FS at any stage - at no cost - she gave us her mobile number. I also did coucilling over the phone (except for the first session) and of course could ring the nurses and speak with them as required.

Wishing you lots of luck.
FG