TimTam - don't get me started on the police checks....AGH! When I think about how much we all want these babies and what we do to make sure we have the best chances, it just .

I saw another thread about "which is worse while pregnant - smoking pot or drinking" - the ask-er wasn't the do-er but seeking the facts because a friend of her who is pregnant does both...and this query wasn't posed because the do-er wanted to stop, only because the ask-er was intellectually curious (I can totally understand the curious part - I like answers to everything!). All I could think is - and I have to get a police check and this pregnant lady gets to do shots and smoke pot while pregnant. WTF? this is just outrageous.

If IVF-ers/AC-ers have to have checks, then why not maintain a central database in the hospitals so that any pregnant woman can be checked and if there is an issue, take the baby away???? because that's what they are in effect doing to IVF-ers (requiring a police check before allowing us the ability to "go home" with a baby).

I keep meaning to order that police check because I don't want to be denied cycles when I'm up for the next because I forgot or because they have such a backlog.