hi ladies !

I have just read through this thread ... while I don't have any answers for either of us ... I may hold just a little bit of hope ..

DH and I have been on this rollercoaster since we found out in Nov 05 that I have PCOS .. and we also found out that DH's swimmers weren't the best so I took him off coffee straight away and moved him onto tea and a good multivitamin also (In April 2008 - DH's swimmers were classed NORMAL !!!!) .. in 2006 we did 8 months of OI and IUI - all BFN month after month ... we had a 5% chance each cycle because of DH's swimmers ..

We left that FS and moved onto another clinic just up the road and started IVF - I can't remember the quality of our embies (hopefully I will know more tomorrow - long story) .. I got OHSS and ended up in hospital .. not long after we left that FS for yet another FS - within the same clinic .. Alot of moving around I know - but totally unavoidable ..

Anyway since March 07 we've done 3 IVF's with 1 of those cycles in april 08 being cancelled due to E2 levels of 22,000 !!! .. we've also done numerous FET cycles during that time ..

At our last FET in September 07 - we thawed out 9 D1 embies to take to D5 - sadly we only ended up with 2 out of 9 ... so that to me suggests that egg quality wasn't good ..

It wasn't until our cancelled cycle that we started to think maybe this is the end ? .. well here we are in Dec 08 8 months later and I"m ready to FIGHT for our miracle .. so what has made me want to fight again ? .. it's amazing what RESEARCH on the net can do ..

We are in the process of changing clinic's yet again - yes I know .. lol .. change clinic's like we change our undies .. rofl .. rofl .. so why are we moving to this new clinic ? what makes it so special ? .. well the fee's aren't cheap that's for sure .. BUT ! there are 2 Dr's - well 1 is a Professor who hold a CREI ..

What is CREI?

Certified Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (CREI) subspecialists are specialists in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, electing to undertake an additional three years of subspecialty study to ensure comprehensive management of patients with reproductive endocrine disorders and infertility.

After going to Monash IVF at Sunnybank, Brisbane last Saturday - just flipping for ideas etc ... and seeing the brochure I proceded to ask the recpeionist about the Dr's .. who told me about the 2 Dr's who hold the CREI .. our new FS who see on the 14th January is Professor Bruce Dunphy - who has studied in America/Canada/England and holds a CREI ..

When I got home ... I sat down and started thinking - hmmmmmmmm ... maybe this is a worth a try .. so I started researching .. and found more out about CREI ....

out of all the FS's DH and I have seen and been to in the past 4 years - all have just been a gyno/fertility specialist ... none have had the qualifications that our new Dr has .. none has trained overseas .. none had the CREI ..

I am also a member of another forum - and there are 2 girls who are seeing Dr Dunphy and they have said how his treatment plans are so different from their other specialist's .. 1 girl is so happy with him that she's thinking of leaving her current Dr to move over to him .. (her current FS is away on holidays and Dr Dunphy is looking after her) .. they also said even the FN's can't talk about Dr Dunphy enough - and how is treatment so is different - and the new idea's that he's bringing to the clinic they said is amazing !

They also told me about "Luveris" which can help improve egg quality .. so yet MORE research .. lol .. and low and behold what i found shocked me ! .. most of the cases I read were all women with poor egg quality - so their FS's put them onto LUVERIS .. some embies weren't even making D2 ... yet when put on LUVERIS they were getting HIGH QUALITY embies at D5 and most had got their BFP !

So then I sat down and asked myself more questions ...... why didn't my FS mention LUVERIS to me ? .. surely she know's about it ......

So the point of the above essay ? .. lol .. I think when looking for a FS it's important to check their qualifications - I had no idea about the CREI until Saturday when I went to Monash .. our new FS is actually a PROFESSOR not just a Dr/Gyno/FS ..

Apparently Sydney IVF have some Dr's who hold a CREI - not sure about other states - but it sure is worth checking into that's for sure in my opinion ..

We are starting IVF #4 in March 2009 - and I know that in April we'll be annoucning our BFP !!!!

GOOD LUCK to everyone .. and I hope this information has helped !