Hey there,

Well yesterday after an US to see if I am near ovulating while we wait until we can have a natural FET this month, I decided that I was going to get back on the TCM and acupuncture wagon.

However I was not really totally impressed with where I went before EPU mainly cos the Dr did not really ask enough questions about what my cycle was, where I was up to, why we were even doing IVF.... so I wanted to try find another who seemed a bit more connected to what my issue may be and therefore respond/treat accordingly.

I surfed the medibank web once again to find someone convenient and called her and over the phone she sounded pretty wise to the whole fertility side of things.

Had an appnt last night and personally I am more interested in the acupuncture side of things, but happy to take CM if they think it will help - and I do beleive it must do something - they have been using it for years right!

So - after an hour appnt and no acupuncture she had taken a look at my tongue, took my temp & my pulse or something like that as she had her fingers on my wrist for ages - she told me that my system was not in good enough shape to get pregnant right now. She also asked lots of questions which was good and understood what our issue was (which is nothing to do with me as it is a sperm issue connecting to egg which casues us to need ICSI).

She (not too persuasivly but just stating her opinion) said that we should hold off on the FET this month as it would be a waste of money and emby and wait until she could get my system ready.

Now yesterday I was feeling really tired and a bit down about it all as my US had shown no change since Friday last week, and it was not clear when O would be, and I had just a little bit to drink on weekend (but loads the last 2 weekends after we had the failed first ET) but I explained to her other than that I had not had a drink since May this year.
I don't know if any of this had anything to do with it - I mean can she see past that and really tell that I am not ready?

My question to you all who have had TCM/IVF experience - what would you do? Would you take what she is saying as something to think about? Would you put off a FET cycle and wait a month?

I am very impatient and I don't want to have to wait any longer than I have to but then I also want to give my body the best possible chance at this - so maybe I should have the month off. As far as MIVF goes - I am sure I can cancel this cycle - after all I am not on any drugs and I've only had a couple of US's and Ov pee tests.

We have 2 bubsicles in the freezer and I am also concious that if the first FET does not go OK we would probably want to get another stim cycle in before the end of the year. (for medicare safety net reasons and changes to the rebate in case it does have a higher cost impact on us) so I need to work out the effect of waiting another month for first FET.

Sorry for the long post - just wanted to state all the facts and I am keen to hear what anyone else thinks - interested mainly in those that know a bit about the TCM and have had experiences or heard stories.