just a general question in regard to getting started with IVF - i have heard a lot about starting out with IVF and being required to meet with a counsellor before kicking off. is this something that most of you have been through? i'm curious as i've today discovered another BB member attends the same clinic as i do and she is due for BT to start her injections only 4 days after my next FS appt - and is being timed to have EPU for the last time they have local EPU (100k trip instead of 200k - only happens five times per year) - and if i have my appt only four days before she is due to start, am i going to miss this cycle and have to wait til next feb for next local clinic (and lose the safety net?)

starting to stress a little here... i will be calling the clinic tomorrow, but just wondering if others have been able to skip the counselling (it's not firm that we're moving to ivf - just strongly suggested by the nurse) - i have been seeing a counsellor for other things anyway, so wodering if i might get away with it... apparently the last "local" counselling sessions are this thursday...