Hi Sue,

It was awesome to read your story and know that there is someone else in the same position.

I'm really hopeful for you that ICSI cycle will be a success!

I actually spoke to IVF Australia last week about whether they had sperm donors and as you said they only have one at the moment. They also told me that the particular donor will only be making donations up to 10 families and that his donations where up to about 4 or 5 families so far...maybe your one of them (it's a small world).

IVF Australia were also the ones who told me that I'd be considered "socially infertile" and therefore would not receieve the medicare rebate. But honestly given the amount of time I've spent trying to conceive naturally, and even though I'm currently single, I don't believe that my problem is just 'social infertility'.

I also rang clinics such as Next Generation and Sydney IVF but both of those clinics told me that they did not currently have donors.

Finally I rang NSW IVF and it appears as though they do have donors. I have my appointment this thursday.

I hope you don't mind me asking, but as I have not been to a fertility clinic before, I was wondering what type of tests and questions they start you off with? How long did you see the psychlogist for? How long did it take from deciding that you wanted to proceed to the time you started the ICSI cycle? etc. I'm just so curious/nervous/excited.