Summary
How much would you pay to increase your chances of having a baby? Would you travel abroad? Borrow money or ask family for help?
The use of private IVF clinics is soaring and prices for a cycle of treatment can reach over £10,000. Felicity Hannah chats to Jess, Steve, Peter and Pragya.
And our expert panel responds to their questions and experiences.
Panel:
Tone Jarvis-Mack – Chief Executive – Fertility Foundation
Kayleigh Hartigan – Founder – Fertility Mapper
Katherine O’Brien - Associate Director of Communications and Campaigns – British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation. |
| 0:07.0 | It was an extraordinary news story. |
| 0:09.0 | The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny, |
| 0:14.0 | mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared. |
| 0:18.0 | One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for |
| 0:21.7 | Lucan. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex Fontunzelman. This is |
| 0:27.8 | the Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Welcome to Moneybox Live, the podcast about your money. |
| 0:40.7 | Today, we're looking at financing fertility, because for anyone who needs help getting pregnant, |
| 0:46.0 | fertility treatment isn't just a medical procedure. |
| 0:49.1 | There is a huge emotional cost as well. |
| 0:51.5 | But if you can't get the help you need on the NHS, then it's also a |
| 0:55.0 | significant financial investment. Before we meet today's expert panel, let's go straight to a call. |
| 1:00.3 | Jess and Steve are on the line. Hello. |
| 1:03.3 | Hi. Hi. Thank you very much for joining us. Jess, let's come to you first. What's you and |
| 1:08.2 | Steve's situation? So we've been trying for a baby for a number of years. We've had some tests with the NHS |
| 1:16.5 | and we were told that we wouldn't be eligible for NHS funding for IVF because Steve |
| 1:23.4 | has a child from 21 years ago. So he's 21 this year. |
| 1:28.2 | But because of that, we don't get any other funding. |
| 1:31.4 | So we'd have to go private for IVF. |
| 1:33.9 | Very difficult situation for you. |
| 1:36.0 | Were you expecting that private treatment was going to cost a lot? |
| 1:41.1 | Fortunately, I've kind of done some research to kind of get into my head how much it would |
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