Have to agree with you completely, Slyder. Or is that agree with Disraeli? Statistics (which are completely different to probabilities! Don't get me started on "average"!) can be misused and abused and made to say whatever you want them to say.

There's not a lot of comfort in understanding the mathematics behind it. Sometimes I take refuge in the maths to escape the emotions attached to it all... not always successfully, though! The best way to look at it is just keep trying. Even without the probability aspect to it, each time you cycle, your doctor learns more about you and your response to the drugs, and can hopefully improve your response and your chances next time. If you stop trying altogether, your chance of getting pregnant very, very rapidly approaches zero.

BW