i am with the two of you - to be honest, i've had counselling with a local psychologist with regard to some other pretty major things that were happening earlier this year, and found that beneficial - but being forced into pre-ivf counselling is something of a waste of time - we KNOW what we're getting into - we've had 5 attempts at IUI this year - all with stimulation - first two cancelled, two failed, and one successful (chemical pg) - we KNOW how to deal with the struggles we're going to face - so why we have to go and speak to some stranger is just beyond me - even mid cycle, if i were having issues, i'm not going to call the clinic counsellor, i'd go to the one i know already....

BUT, if this is what we HAVE to do, i'll do it to get us started (plus it will be another outing to Melbourne with DH for a day, so we can have some time out together - can't complain too much about that...)