Four whole weeks after I sent off the forms to the assisted conception unit, I received a letter. It told me that our Primary Care Trust doesn't fund treatment at that hospital so we have to start all over again.
I'm so sad about it. It's been over four and a half years since I last used any contraception, it's been well over a year since I first went to my doctor about my concerns. It's been over 11 weeks since they told us that we'd need IVF, and we're still no closer to getting a baby.
The letter is very unclear and doesn't really explain what I need to do. I'm assuming I have to go to my GP and be referred to another hospital which will take more time and they won't have the special unit and the high success rates that the London hospital has. In fact, having looked at the HFEA website, it seems that there are very few hospitals in our area that do fertility treatment and I can't find any statistics on them because they haven't done IVF or ICSI in the last year, which suggests to me that they don't do it.
I can see why people go private for this kind of thing. I'm going to be 33 in just over three months and that means that I'm edging ever closer to that 35 boundary. I just wish things would start moving in a more positive direction.
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