Hi there Bumble bea,
Good luck this cycle!!!!!!!Fingers & toes crossed. I have also done the IVF route but were a little luckier than others in which we knew what the problem (so to speak) was.

The first thing i want to say is that you are in the best possible country if you have to do IVF. My hubby and I started in the UK in 1998 and they led us a merry dance!! It was a complete waste of time, effort and money. And they also misinformed us by telling us that;
1. My hubby will NEVER father ANY children EVER!
2. My hubby's child from a prev relationship was not his.
3. The only option was doner sperm.

Suicidal?? You betcha!!

When we moved back here, I was lucky enough to find a supportive GP who listened and decided that he didn't like what he was hearing. He never even wrote for our medical records in the UK as he said it sounded like a lot of rot.

Three months after seeing him, we saw our IVF specialist at Melb IVF who determined that yes my hubby did have a major problem in that his sperm had antibodies (means he has a built in condom factory haha) due to a groin injury from rugby and yes his sperm count was a little low but nothing that ICSI couldn't fix.

This man was SO positive that he was going to make sure that we had a baby, and he was right. The very first time that we did this IVF (ICSI) in Australia it worked. We have no bloody idea what they were doing in the UK?? And it makes us furious as we will be lucky to have another child now (I am 33 but hubby is 42) i just think of what would have been if we had come back to Aust earlier.

Still better not to dwell on it! By the way just some info, the Gonal-F is now supplied in the form of a pen injection now-heaps easier than needle
& syringe (I just read that in the latest newslatter)

You can count on me for support and i have a good website that you can visit if i'm allowed to post it here. We are also going to do it all again later this year.

All the best
Jo
PS Sam you had a drive and a half!!! We had just over an hour and a half to get to MIVF!