Kate, wow! That's a huge disappointment right out of the gate with your first IVF! Not all cycles are as difficult as that (even if they're BFN), and those ones that sneak up and blind-side you with disappointment always take some time to recover from. We had nothing to transfer for just one of our IVF cycles and I found that a lot harder to "get over" than all the other BFNs because we never even had a chance. I hope your second cycle is far more successful.

Bunnyfeet, I had to wait about 5-ish weeks to start synarel (7dpo of the cycle following the lap cycle) and then started gonal-f after AF showed up. My lap was 10 March and EPU was 12 May, so 2 months apart. My lap was done at O time and I had to wait out the cycle after the lap cycle to give my body time to recover (but was allowed to start the synarel in that cycle).