Was in the middle of typing up a post when sushee closed the thread! At least I didn't lose it and can now paste it here...

Re: acupuncture.

I've been going for about 12 months, and I have an acupuncturist that specialises in fertility, IVF support and miscarriage prevention. It really did nothing much for us when we were TTC naturally - it got me to ovulate naturally once (which was more than metformin, clomid or any herbs could do), but I had a pretty bad luteal phase defect at the time. We never did manage to get it to work again. If nothing else, it was immensely beneficial even if it was just for the relaxation and helping me manage my stress levels while going through all of this. The acupuncture helped me deal with so many of the side effects from the IVF drugs, and it really helped me to be able to go and talk through everything with someone each week (yeah, I know, go see a counsellor, but the one at my clinic was only available on Fridays during work hours and that was never going to work!). I also had an acupuncture treatment the evening of my transfer - and I'm absolutely convinced that it helped the little Caterpillar stick.

Chez, the technology for freezing eggs isn't really there yet. I'm sure the clinic would prefer to freeze the sperm and then use it with ICSI if it's going to be an issue. ICSI can overcome a lot of sperm defects, so I'm fairly (I'm no expert!) certain that it won't really be an issue. As sushee said, it may just be worth having a sample frozen for your own piece of mind if it's going to be cutting things close in terms of travel times.

Sparkles - great news on the ovulation thing! A friend of mine here on this forum had several clomid cycles trying to get her cycle to restart after the pill just like you... the clomid worked every time, but she did not conceive. On her second natural cycle after clomid they conceived, with absolutely ridiculous BD timing! There's always hope! Good luck.

I think you guys here will be stuck with me until I finally get over this denial thing completely! Still feels surreal, although DH and I are managing to have the odd little conversation about things now... slow progress, but progress all the same!

BW