thanks for the welcome guys!!

Melz, yes we do sound like our stories are very similar. With the hcg reading, where mine was 18 and yours 9, were you a little concerned this was due to left over drugs in your system? You see I was on the hcg injections after iui - were you? And I am worried this was all the test was reading, and not a real positive.

I am so glad that the IVF has found to be more fruitful for you, that you have received some answers. I wonder it it will be the same for us...

Yes I agree, the medications do give me something else to focus on during the cycle! It feels like I am doing something productive too, not just waiting waiting waiting all the time...