Tubal Reversals #13

[Mumof8]

Oh yeah one more thing there isnt a long wait either before you can start i mean waiting list. It took me 6 to 8 weeks just in seeing the fertility specialist first then they refer you and waiting for periods to come.

[mummy25]

HI I will give them a call.
Did you have private health Insurance by any chance? as we dont and was wondering if I should wait untill we get some?.
What I mean is did your cost Include a rebate from private health or only medicare?
I'm hoping to get 3 put in as i have misscarried a few times, does not sound like they will let me but i can ask is all.
I know all 3 would not survive.
How long did you stay on the med's? prior to egg collection?
Did your hubby have to give you injection's every day as I heard this is one of them....

[Mumof8]

Huh who can afford private health insurance with 5 kids not me thats for sure. No all you do is when you go in to westmead for your fisrt appointment you give them $1440 and they will provide you with all the services you will need to get that bundle. Once you have finished your cycle they will give you an invoice that will be able to take to medicare and get about $348 back i think it is. When you go for your first appointment you are normally 1 month into your treatment anyway cause you must go on the pill for one cycle so as its a completely controlled cycle.
They will not put 3 embryoes back in trust me,well not unless you have had many failed IVF attempts. They only wanted to put one back with me but i pushed for the two to better my chances at atleast getting one baby.
Once you have been on the pill you go on a nasel spray for about 2wks to down reg your cycle then the injections onces a day at the same time everyday for roughly 2wks. Once your started it takes about 6weeks. I started seeing the f/s in June then seen the clinic in july egg pick up was 22nd August(i had to have one weeks of extra injections cause i had lots of eggs but they needed to get them bigger) and i was 4weeks pregnant by the 8th of september by memory.
I got my girlfriend to come over everyday to do my shots cause i just couldnt bring myself to do them and my partner did a couple not many tho cause i didnt really trust him,he made me nervous. The shots only last about 14days out of the hole course.

[mummy25]

I am glad you didnt have private health Insurance as I was worried it might be more money, when you paid the first payment do you need cash or can I use my credit card?
my girlfriend is a registered nurse (I am a assistant in nursing) so i will get her to do the shots for me, as I dont trust my partner he would probebly stuff things up.....
when in all this did your partner go in with you?
we live in newcastle so it would be hard for him to attend every appointment.
but his mum lives in fairfield so I could visit her when down there.
I am going to see what their web site says...
Thankyou so much for all the Info, I think I just about have my partner convinced.
Do you plan on any more? as you did freeze some eggs didnt you?

[Mumof8]

Im sure credit card is fine they do have a eftpo machine there.
My partner only came to the first appointment and then egg pick up.
I dont have any family here so he had to stay home and watch the kids.
He will also have to go to the first F/S appointment with you which is before
you start the hole thing anyway. Because you live a fair way away they might show you what to do in one hit so as you dont have to go in much.
Yeah we have 4 frozen and it was funny i was watching a show yesterday on discovery Health about a family of 12!!!! Why not i have 6 so why stop now. And i keep getting real bad feeling(guilty)about just wasting my babies and putting them down the drain. But then i think about the big picture and think its a pretty dumb idea even thinking of having another when i'll have 6 soon.People already look at me with disgust in there eyes almost like i have 10 heads because i have more then the norm family. So im really in two minds,i did say nomore this was it! But then when they defrost the eggs they dont all make it some do die if not all. Sooo i just dont know, what if they defrost all of them and they all make it! Then im really screwed.

[kiya]

WOW....i disappear for a few hours and look at your 2 gasbags (cheeky grin) Mummy25 i also have the filshie clips and they are still on, and i am going ahead with IVF. When i did my conference call to Westmead with my GP, i gave them a brief medical history over the phone, as i have a few more complications like endeometriosis and DVT's which means my treatment will be a little different, not to mention my age. I am putting 2 back in for several reasons and they agreed to that. They did stress like mumof5 said stop at 2. It doesn;t matter how much you beg to have more, they simply won;t do it. Having had several miscarriages also doesn't allow you to put more than 2 back in either. I can't even count how many loses i have had on 2 hands any more because i have also conceived and lost while clamped. One of those loses was a twin preg at 18weeks. Best of luck with your journey to have another baby. Cheers kiya

[crazymum2]

Sorry for disappearing off the face of the earth but I had a few issues to deal with.

Emm, I can hardly believe that you are 30 weeks already. I also would have wanted to knock their head in about getting a TL and the so called no side effects which we would all like to differ. I see that you are putting every one onto Westmead. I told you they were quite reasonable. LOL Maybe you should be their PR person.

I hope to hear some good news from you all soon.

I still have not got anywhere due to finances still be tight. I have promised myself if I get a tax return this year I will be getting it done.

Ang

[Mumof8]

well you pointed me in the right direction in the first place and while we are the topic just maybe you should take some of your own advice and jump in feet first just like me. Come on just do it. I wonder if i'll get any commission by tell everyone about them . Honestly girls dreams do come true no matter what it is you have to do to get them.
Hows things been anyway Crazymum?????

[mummy25]

HI KIYA, yes we have been gastbagging LOL, been finding out heaps of helpfull Info.
I hate these clamps I swear I can feel them and when I ovulate OMG it hurts....
I have dry skin now and I never had this before the clams went on....
and my moods change alot.... (at the moment it is from not smoking, but I have to stop or no baby.....)
I have searched the net and honestly found westmead to be the cheapest, some others said up to $7,000 just for IVF, so worth the drive /trip to sydney....
I hope they try with 2 for me, (just to give me a better chance)...
I watch alot of shows on foxtel which are birth shows and You see alot of complications with multiple births on there. (twins would be nice But one will do just fine),...
I have had 2 natural and 3 c's.
have had only 3 miscarriages but one was a twin with my daughter (second eldest) and the other 2 in between preg's, not as many as you have had.... But
I believe in fate and if it is ment to be it will happin, maybe not right away but it will happin eventually......
By the way my name is Jen LoL, Nice to meet you, (Both of You).....