A mother is calling for changes in the way in-vitro fertilisation treatment (IVF) is funded as she described the process as "one of the most difficult things I've ever been through".
Christie Basile previously paid for her treatment which means she is therefore ineligible for public funding in Jersey despite more islanders being able to benefit in September.
"The IVF journey is petrifying so to add more red tape to that doesn't make sense to me," she said.
IVF funding from last year could be used as part of the wider health budget instead of being ringfenced but an assistant minister said the government's priority was to "help as many couples as possible access IVF treatment".
The criteria was widened in September to include same-sex female couples as well as if one partner already had children, provided they did not currently have a child together.
However islanders who had previously self-funded their previous IVF treatment, single people, and same-sex male couples are still illegible for funding.
Funding was not available for Basile when she started her treatments, which means she is not eligible for funding under the current criteria.
"I'll never be able to put that into words and actually describe how that affects myself and other people going through this," she said.
She added: "The fact that you might not be a mum, might not be a dad even, might not have a family is something that's hard to put into words."
"It affects you mentally, emotionally obviously, financially, and physically."
The Treasury presented a report to the States Assembly of Jersey in December which said £280,000 from the £600,000 IVF funding budget from 2025 had not been spent.
It called for the money to be used to offset wider pressures in the Health and Care Jersey department.
Deputy Andy Howell, Assistant Minister for Health and Social Services with responsibility for Women's Health, said: "I've asked Treasury if it may be possible for any underspend can be carried forward into 2026."
"When we saw there was an underspend, we widened the criteria so more islanders could benefit."
The fertility charity Tiny Seeds has campaigned for several years to improved support for people struggling to have children.
Chloe Fosse, from the charity, said the reallocation of funding was "disappointing and frustrating".
"I completely understand that the government wanted to be cautious in their approach but it does very much feel like it's gone the other way," she said.
"We did spend much of the year highlighting that the criteria was seemingly overly restrictive."
"Now they will hopefully have the figures from the last year, and they've seen how that funding has bedded in, I'd like to see a review of the criteria."