Sara - great news about the 3 embryos - hopefully they will grow and all make it! I too think that seeing an acupuncturist who specializes in fertility is helpful (even if it's only helpful to my mind). Like others have said, given what we are spending on ivf, it is just a small drop in the bucket.
CP - I'm not religious at all - but I do agree that learning to accept that to a very large part this is out of our hands - to some extent it is in our FS' hands and in the hands of the labs...but I think mostly it's in the hands of nature. Being a member of the control freak group as well, this is a very hard thing for me to accept but I'm trying. I told my FS that I've never felt so helpless about something I care so much about. Usually, if I have a goal, I find a way to get there.
Meredith - we were in Noosa, flew back to Melb today. Our holiday was lovely - did lots of walks in the national park there in addition to the typical beach stuff. It was really relaxing and a great break.
Kel - I'm still not sure if I'm going to do PGD. I had a missed miscarriage due to a trisomy. DH and I were tested and learned it was "spontaneous" which means it is not genetic. To avoid future miscarriages, we may decide to do PGD to increase our chances of avoiding another miscarriage but only if we get a decent number of embryos which hasn't been the case to date.
WTH - I have to read those articles next week once I catch up with work (I'm too lazy to read them now).
AFM - I'm not clear on our next steps. I need to see exactly when AF begins as I have a very busy and stressful next few weeks at work and am not sure if it makes sense to do my next cycle during this time. Esp. since I know Feb will be somewhat better in terms of work.
Hope I didn't miss anyone - it's hard to catch-up...
Julie
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