miss_c - keeping things "light" is a challenge we're all trying to face i'm sure! for me, i find the best thing is to, as much as possible, keep my life about everything other than the IVF - yeah, i'm on BB daily, and i get a lot of support, as well as giving it, but when i'm not on BB, things have to be about non-ttc subjects or i'd go nuts! i have been through a few months where everything i thought, said, did was ttc related, and everything seemed to be on hold waiting for something else to happen - and when it didn't, i was a mess, so now i have made a concerted effort to make sure i have a "life" away from ttc.

i don't know if that helps you at all, and it certainly doesn't give you a definitive answer on how to keep yourself "light", but it tells you how i've managed to cope through it all! we all have bad moments, and during those times, we call on the others here to be our support - it seems to work out well most of the time! as for your time with your DF - this is something only the two of you can cope with - and the only way i've found that i can do this with DH is to talk to him honestly about what i'm feeling, involve him in every step - and then we help each other through the tough times and get on with making the most of our time between cycles.

sometimes it's hard to find the right words, but we know where you're coming from hun

looks like a few of us will be cycling closely together. From memory, BW will be starting FSH injections on the 12th or 13th, i'll be (as far as i know) starting on the 16th, and miss_c looks to be fitting somewhere in the middle of that! noice!!