After booking your first appointment, you will receive an email with an attached intake form as well as a questionnaire that you can complete online. Joanne will then prepare for your appointment by doing her ‘homework’ prior to your consultation, so that she is ready for you when you arrive. She prefers to devote your full consultation time to addressing your issues and tailoring an appropriate treatment strategy for you.
Questions Often Asked About Attending a Consultation at BabyCreate
Yes. After booking your first appointment you will receive instructions to scan and email any pathology results you have that pertain to your condition. Joanne will assess these ahead of the consultation.
Absolutely! Joanne works with individuals and couples across all fertility journeys, including those preparing for egg or sperm donor IVF. Whether you’re navigating this process solo or with a partner, you’re very welcome.
Yes, both partners are encouraged to attend at least the first two fertility related appointments. Whether your partner has a fertility related issue or not, it is important for both of you to be assessed. It’s really beneficial for you both to be on the same page and to support one another.
Credit card or Bank transfer payments are to be made on the day of the consultation.
The first two appointments for the Preconception, Fertility and IVF support programmes are two hours each. Any subsequent appointments last approximately 1 – 1.5 hours
Joanne has been working with individuals and couples to help them overcome their fertility challenges for over 30 years. Her speciality is in identifying reproductive challenges, tailoring an individual plan to address these issues and then working with them through to the birth of their baby. She attributes her successes to the diligence and discipline of each and every individual who took her advice and worked alongside her to achieve a successful outcome.
Definitely! Besides taking steps to boost your body’s immune system and improve your ability to cope with the treatments, you will enjoy enhanced health and wellbeing thereby optimising your chance of a successful outcome.
Absolutely! It’s advisable to prepare yourselves at least 3-4 months before conception. This ensures egg and sperm quality are healthy enough to maximise your chances of a viable pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Please refer to the ‘Consultation Fees’ page.
After booking your first appointment, you will receive an email with instructions on what you need to bring.
If you are late, your consultation will still finish at the prearranged time. This is out of consideration for the next patient who arrives on time. Appointments that are cancelled, missed or changed without 48 hrs’ notice will incur a 50% cancellation fee. (Please consider those patients who may be on the waiting list or who may have had to wait a long time for an appointment with Joanne.)
Very easy! There’s plenty of parking available all day with no time restrictions.