Hey Ladies,

Thank you to you all for your congrats and well wishes - I still can't believe that it is really directed at me finally!

I am doing well, in fact everything feels completely normal, no pain, no sickness, no twinges. And cos I didn't POAS its still so hard to believe! Really hanging out for that 6 week scan on 5 Jan so then maybe it may sink in a bit more.

To all the other ladies still waiting for your precious gift, I'm sending you loads of baby dust and I hope you all get your long awaited and so well deserved BFPs soon.

I have been investigating obstetrics costs now and have learned that it is not only IVF that is affected by the terrible new medicare safety net changes, but also obstetrics charges for pregnancy. It now means if you go private your out of pocket expenses are way, way more. I just dont get it. Its going to cost me around $4500 to have our baby in a private hospital with my choice of obs and I have private health insurance anyhow which covers the hospital. Its the obs that is now even more expensive as medicare rebate hardly anything back.

I also got a letter from MIVF to say they have now got the ruling from medicare and so can now help advise you how much treatment will cost you next year. I feel terribly lucky to have gotten another stim cycle in just before the end of the year, and even luckier to fall PG. I feel terrible for how much harder it seems to have just gotten for everyone. It's utter BS.

Sorry for the slightly downer post. Someone aluded to the costs in a previous post and got me thinking.

I hope you are all doing well. And I wish you all a very, very Merry Christmas. I hope you have a relaxing time with your families and remember to give yourselves loads of TLC in the break - we all deserve it for sure.