Hi enocar. This sounds like the forms we filled in to confirm we were eligbible for NHS funding after we saw the consultant when all our tests were complete and were told our best option was ICSI (a form of IVF). Since then I was sent an appointment to see the head nurse for her to explain the process to us. She also told us the date i'd start injecting and what my scan dates would be during ivf cycle. Then we were sent an appointment to learn how to inject the drugs. You can look up waiting lists on hfea website. It says no wait for our clinic, and to be fair there's been only a couple of months from seeing nurse to starting our cycle, but from referral to starting has been almost 12 months.
I'd suggest speaking to your GP and seeing if they can find anything out on your behalf. they may be able to give you printouts of test results - you can then post them on MN and there will be plenty of people here to help you interpret them.

That sounds like a shocking appointment! I'd definitely phone someone to ask what this doctor has done with regards to referring you to a clinic. Did you choose which clinic you preferred? If you did maybe give them a call to see if you've been added to the waiting list. Otherwise call the gynae dept and explain to the receptionist your confusion and they should ask the Dr and get back to you. Don't be afraid to ask!

We had loads of forms to fill in for our clinic which included all our medical and sexual history, child protection forms and consent to use our gametes for research purposes! The form the Dr filled out was possibly the referral form which our GP did for us as we didn't need to see gynae.

You may be in for a bit of a wait because you're in Wales but you need to find out what stage you are at or you'll worry yourself silly. Pick up that phone tomorrow and good luck. Do post again with an update so we know you're ok ;-)x

What a nightmare enocar - that sounds very much like our experience of fertility clinics in South Wales. The way we were treated nearly drove me to the brink of a nervous breakdown. It took us nearly 2 years from referral to fertility clinic getting on the waiting list despite having factors on both sides that mean its near impossible we'd ever conceive without ICSI that were present from the start.

I think the forms you were filling in were to check you eligibility for IVF. After you've done these you do the Welfare of the Child forms (suitability, rather than eligibility, but no one fails!), then they put you on the waiting list... which is a good 18 months long I'm afraid. We moved to England not long after we were put on the waiting list, and it's completely ridiculous but there is no waiting list at all in our new area and I'm currently waiting for AF to start injecting.

Like the others said, I'd get on the phone and get some answers about what is going on. The consultant's secretary is normally a good place to start as they're often the ones dictating the letters and processing the forms, and they usually have your notes in their office. Best of luck and let us know how you get on.

hi Vic. enocar I got sent the forms Vic is talking about just before my explanatory appt with nurse so don't worry too much if you haven't got them yet, but maybe ask when you can expect to receive them. you can get them online too on hfea site.

Little talks, of course people are considered unsuitable based on the welfare of the child test! Why do you say 'no-one ever fails'! Do you work in the field to know this?

Hi enocar - I'm also in the waiting for IVF, although not the NHS route, and with donating my eggs thrown in on top of the IVF, so our experiences won't quite be the same. My journey's taken a long time, but half of that was because I had to lose weight and get my BMI under 30, which took a while.

The best advice I was given was to just keep asking until someone answers your questions. I'm not the most outspoken of people, but am starting to speak up when needed.

I've posted in a thread here with what's happened so far, so if you wanted to look at someone else's experience, please feel free to read it. I'm hoping to have my egg recipient lined up by the end of February and to start the treatment on my first period after then, which would probably mean egg transfer in early May, pretty much one year after I was referred. I imagine most people would be a lot quicker than that.