Lisa Curry......another baby

[twinkles**stars]

http://m.essentialbaby.com.au/life-style/family-entertainment/lisa-curry-trying-for-a-baby-at-51-20130603-2nlpu.html

:O

[*notatroll]

From your link, am*3

You will need a referral from your GP or a specialist gynaecologist/obstetrician to be eligible for Medicare rebates for your specialist appointments.

Lisa Curry already has 4 children? is there still a medicare rebate she can claim for this procedure?

It seems that people who have already had children and then want more via IVF are placing a strain on the tax-payer funded health service. if claiming via private health insurance, then this places an upwards pressure on health insurance premiums for everyone else.

Should we the public, the tax-payer pay for very expensive fertility treatments for people who already have what most would consider a large family?

[*new2vintage]

Is Curry in a hurry ?

[silverfaun]

Good on her, she's a very brave woman.

All the comment about does she deserve a baby & how much it costs. I don't think money would be a barrier for them.

My friend  just had a baby at 47, no ivf, what a beautiful little blessing this child is. 

[chuk_77]

what about her other half?  Maybe its his first? 

Yes IVF is damn expensive on the hip pocket and emotionally and takes a toll on your health but if they as tax payers wish to try who's business is it?

[cherry*135]

Should we the public, the tax-payer pay for very expensive fertility treatments for people who already have what most would consider a large family?

Lisa has 3 children, if IVF sucessful that would be her 4th.

Her partner (31), not sure if he has any children.

[*new2vintage]

Has he lost them somehow ?

[0z_girl]

I would have thought the chances of it succeeding would be fairly slim at that age

[chuk_77]

I would have thought the chances of it succeeding would be fairly slim at that age

she has been told 10% which in IVF language is very very slim

[cherry*135]

IVF treatment for older women: is age the greatest concern?

Considerable public controversy exists around the question of access to in-vitro fertilisation treatment (IVF) for older women. Some support unlimited, publicly-funded access for all infertile women and couples, irrespective of age. Others beg to differ.

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many argue that there should be an age limit on IVF access.

One such person is the woman who, at 57 years of age, became one of Britain’s oldest IVF mothers. Ms Tollefson has called for an age limit of 50 years for women seeking infertility treatment.

Now in her early 60s, Ms Tollefson doesn’t regret having had her daughter, but says she struggles with raising a child, and with knowing that she has limited time to see her daughter grow up.

http://theconversation.com/ivf-treatment-for-older-women-is-age-the-greatest-concern-4141

[cherry*135]

The average age of women using IVF has increased.

Data from studies carried out by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals that the average age of women receiving treatment using their own eggs or embryos, is 36 years, and the average age for women using donated eggs or embryos is 40.8 years.

A quarter of all Australian IVF treatment is to assist women who are aged 40 years or over. But only one in 100 women over 44 will deliver a live baby.