If you are interested in finding a buddy, please send the following details to info@ivffriends.com.au:
- name
- email address
- location (town/suburb and state)
- whether you would like to have phone/email contact or if you would prefer face-to-face contact
- a few comments about what stage you are at with your treatment or the specific medical issues you are facing (this part is voluntary - you don't need to provide this level of detail if you don't want to).

We will then match you up with other members, based on these details. If no match is available, we will post an update of people looking for buddies on the buddy system thread on our website every two weeks. No identifying information will be listed on the website (like your name or email address) - only your location and any comments you may have provided will be posted. Registered users will then be able to view this information and email info@ivffriends.com.au if they are in your area or if they face similar fertility issues. We will then email your details to them. We'll limit it to one buddy at a time, unless you tell us otherwise.

As people's circumstances can change quite quickly while going through IVF, if we haven't found you a buddy in six months, you'll be taken off the list. Just email us if you would still like to be registered beyond that time.

We hope that this new system will create some more links in the IVF Friends network. If you have any questions, please email info@ivffriends.com.au or call 0431 480 136.