Hi,

Personally, after 2 years of TTC and still at it (5th ivf at the moment), I think that the odd glass of wine is fine. I agree that it totally feels like a punishment - another one! this road is hard enough without depriving ourselves of some good old shiraz!

After watching some show on channel 9 a few weeks ago I went to the Jocelyn Centre. It must work for some people but to be honest it wasn't my cup of tea. Way too strict and I felt that they didn't listen to my story at all. They also said 'don't do this, don't do that' - basically don't enjoy yourself EVER - and when you do finally conceive, 9 months of not enjoying yourself either! Obvioulsy I am not going to go out drinking when I finally get pregnant, but changing my entire life, from the cleaning products in my home to only eating organic etc. is simply not something that I prepared to do. Maybe I am being naive and should give it a go, but on the other hand, my naturopath thinks that the things we like (wine, good food), in moderation are fine. and they also help us to relax!

I am not drinking at the moment as I am waiting for my results, but in between transfers, (i.e. when I'm taking the medication before the transfer), the nurses at my ivf clinic have pretty much said that the odd glass of wine is compulsory!

R A