the sample thing isn't too much of a drama - if you have to go any further than clomid, your DP will have to become well acuainted with aiming for a cup! i figured if that's the most traumatic thing DH had to go through, well, he could just deal with it!

good luck - mid feb is fairly close - when i booked for gyno appt it took 3 months to get in, then i had to have surgery, which was another 3 months, and another 8 weeks before we started any meds, so 8 months til we got started.... it was a long and tortuous wait, but it eventually got us to where we are now...