Public Waitlist for IVF??

Hi there, my partner and I have just recently got confirmation that our only real shot at having a child will need to be via IVF. We have been told we will be on the waiting list from next month but I'm just wondering if anyone else has gone onto a public waiting list recently and what the expected wait is for you? We are in Hamilton. Just wanting to know if we should start thinking about paying for a private round if we are looking like we will be in for a long wait on the Hamilton public list. Thanks : )

Sorry you have to do IVF

The Christchurch waiting list is 12-13 mths long. Which I think may be pretty standard???

Thanks for the responses ladies : ) Hopes - wow that is a long wait, I see you have two bubs now, congratulations! Did you end up going private or a private and public round?

IVFGirl - we went in to our specialist appointment thinking we wouldn't even be able to do IVF due to an operation my partner had to have when he was young so it was actually good news for us and a bit of a relief that IVF is even a possibility for us, we were thinking there may be no chance for us at all. We have to do IVF with ICSI as well so it's really just the public vs private decision now. Guess that will be easier to make next month when we know what that wait list looks like, fingers crossed it's got a bit better in Hamilton lately.

Hi there,
I am just new to this site.
To answer your question Cream, My partner and I are starting our IVF/ICSI at Hamilton Fertility Associates in October. We have been on the Waiting list since last November (2011). We were actually called 2 weeks ago to see if we wanted to start in August due to a cancellation, but we decided to stick with October as it worked best for us with work etc.

Leanabh, it means you will start the drugs in March. They go off Day 1 of your natural cycle in the selected month.

I'm with Fert+ in Auckland, was told wait would be 12-18 months at our appt in Feb. Must admit I did keep pushing and rang almost once a month. Had my orientation appt yesterday and due to start treatment in Nov - so 9 months wait.

Hi there,

I am new to this site and have joined as I am going to do IVF in April 2013 and wanted to find some support and couples going through the same.

I am from Southland and all up from my first fertility specialist appointment to the date we are starting IVF is 11 months.

We were told to expect to wait 18 months but after my diagnosis after my laparoscopy in July and 3 rounds of clomiphene we seem to have been bumped up the list.

Hope this is helpful.

Best of luck on your journey!