Hey Charleotte, thanks for your post. It made me laugh. It is so good to hear that others have the same fears/concerns. I know my partner thinks I'm vain and that my only worry about taking prednisone is weight gain, but it is a concern - that and the whole moon face thing. I don't care if I gain weight if I also gain a bub, but it's gaining weight, going up dress sizes and having nothing to come home to other than a four-legged friend

I, too, have stacked on the pounds from just doing IVF, let alone now taking steroids. On the up side, apparently you feel euphoric when you take them? And I also heard what you have about making you feel hungrier.

I did the same as you, took a break between this cycle and my last. We saw a naturopath about three months ago and he gave my partner (low sperm count, morphology and motility problems) a tonic as well as both of us many different pills. And it seems to have worked. Our FS said his markers are now so good that we could fall naturally!

Anyway, good luck to you for this round!