I am a 34 year old woman who has been trying to conceive my husband and my first child for over 2 years now. I had a Laparoscopy and it was found that I have Endometriosis and that this was hindering our ability to conceive. I will be starting my first round of IVF at Easter time all things going well. If there are changes to the safety net and or IVF services are no longer supported through Medicare my dreams of having a child of my own will not be possible. Please consider that 1 in 6 couples require assisted conception of some form and that many, myself included would be unable to access these services if they are no longer subsidised. With an ageing population I would think that a child born in this country is a very precious event and since over 11,000 babies are born from IVF each year that could be a substantial loss.
Thank you for considering my point of view.
It took 10 minutes.. Worth every second of my time... Thanks for the heads up ladies.. As if the path to have a child isn't hard enough.. Gotta love the pollies..
Last edited by lilmisshavachat; March 17th, 2009 at 10:39 PM.
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