Hi again everyone.

Thanks heaps to kotare, chez, babyface, briggsy's girl and butterfly warrior (And anyone I missed) for your great comments.

I'm really interested to read where you guys are all at too. It makes things a lot more mentally manageable to know other people are doing exactly the same kind of stuff. For me it's also reassuring to see that your blokes are, in some cases, in a similar boat as me. It's hard to find anything about blokes and their specific issues.

Kotare, I laughed at your post regarding your fella's "contribution"! I must say that whole aspect of it has totally spun me out. I guess I'm naive but it never occurred to me that I'd have to trot off into a little room and produce some goods.

Had to provide another sample for the andrology people to critique ($280! with trial wash and whatever else). Apparently just to determine whether we need IVF or ICSI. It would have to be ICSI, surely, with 96% head defects and 100% overall crappy morphology. Although from previous tests they said my TZI score (average defects per swimmer) was between 1 and 1.6 which apparently is a good thing.

My wife had her start of cycle blood test yesterday for whatever it is they have to test for. Ultasound for her soon as well and then back to FS on the 19th.