Hi Ladies,

thanks for the welcome!



Can I have a bit of a rant?
My DH and I have different health insurance - from when we were single. We looked into combining them, but we realised that we would be worse off (he had better coverage for his needs, and I for mine, and there was no benefit in changing for either of us). We did check that each would cover any potential future needs, and were told that we wouldn't need to combine until such time as we had a baby.

Well, today DH gets a letter from his insurer advising that pregnancy, birth related and assisted reproductive are NOT covered under his insurance - GRRR!
My insurance covers my side of things, but his won't be covered.

And because we've already seen the FS for our first appt, it is now considered "pre-existing" GRRR (though we haven't had the results of his semen analysis yet, and I don't start clomid till next cycle).

Any ideas on what the "male" costs of IVF are? I am guessing that most of the expense is against the female partner, but I am sure some - but how much - is DH as the patient???

Oh, and no public clinic near us, so all private and obviously DH is at full cost.

thanks heaps ladies.