IVF Single Person

[GR93]

Hello. I was wondering if anyone has been accepted for IVF on the nhs if your a single person?

thank you

[Bluelady-sing]

No my application was rejected - you have name the partner

[GR93 in reply to Bluelady-sing]

Thank you for letting me know. I think its wrong just because people are single they dont get IVF basically singles them out bit like discrimination in a way but there happy to offer couples i think everyone should be entitle to the same treatments not be disadvantaged. I went to my GP and asked this evening soar a GP who was really negative about it. Can understand how you feel if you have been rejected cause its happened to me as well.

[Tugsgirl]

You won’t be able to get nhs funded treatment on your own sorry xx

[GR93 in reply to Tugsgirl]

Thank you. Yeah i went to my GP and soar a doctor who was really negative. It boils down to the area you live in and the funding side of things.

[Tugsgirl in reply to GR93]

Can you afford a private round? Or consider doing a round where you share your eggs? That makes it 50% cheaper but you have to be below a certain age xx

[GR93 in reply to Tugsgirl]

I going to have to save up to get a private round. I will look into donating my eggs as this could be another avenue to go down thank you for suggesting it. Im 23 years i have just read some information on it so hopefully eligible just need to find a clinic near to me if i went down the route of donating eggs. xx

[Hidden]

I didn’t even attempt to go through nhs as a single woman, I went straight to private. I think at some point you could go on the nhs as a single woman but I am not sure if you can now, funding for ivf in the nhs is being cut in a lot of places so I imagine this is an area that is not being funded.

[GR93 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you. In some areas you can get IVF but it goes down to where you live and funding and circumstances. I am looking into private. If you dont mind me asking whats the fee's you roughly paid? i hope your treatment is going well..

[Hidden in reply to GR93]

I had initial tests and stuff which cost about £600 then a few rounds of iui which cost about £1300 a go I think. Then ivf, I paid for 2 rounds of icsi through a funding company and that cost £8000, it was cheaper to do that rather than pay as you go. my ivf drugs per round cost about £1300.

[Hidden in reply to GR93]

You also might want to look at Donor conception network, this is a charity that supports people who use donors. They have some good publications and events. Might be worth seeing if they have a Single mums group in your area, unfortunately they don’t have one in my area.

Good Luck!