Thank-you everyone for your warm welcomes, im not sure why i was too chicken to not join earlier...! Im not a facebooker/twitter person, so i think the online chat thing is just foreign to me, but im sure ill get the hang of it and be hassling you all in no time.

saffy - i hope your transfer went smoothly today. i was on clexane for my last transfer in december, they are a bit stingy but im sure it wont bother you after 4 stim cycles. im still a bit of a sook with the needles, but i have progressed to letting my husband do them now instead of going down to local gp's, or getting work colleagues to do them...! (i used to work in an office that had MCH nurses around). i was on the 40 dose, which i think is an average-ish dose? i am hearing you about the trying to stay positive thing, its really hard after so many years/transfers.

mich8 - i am waiting for my FS to get back from hol's to start a FET, have an appt with her next wednesday, feb 15th. i think i overdosed on stim cycles towards the end of last year (one in aug, oct & dec!) and have since had a couple of long cycles which is unusually for me (usually they are 29-32 days). one i waited for 47 days with no sign of it arriving, so FS gave me primolut (spelling?) to bring it on. the next was 37 days, and came natually. anyway, i have been happy to wait for FS and cycles to get back to normal before doing a FET. also, the credit card has appreciated the 2 months off too... happy to go on a list - but not sure if i qualify yet as not doing a cycle just yet?! ill let you decide.

afm - not much really! just waiting for FS appt next wed. will be good too catch up with FS as when i switched clinics was around when she left for hol's, so i had the initial scan with her, then saw another FS for further scans & epu, then another different FS for transfer - so will be good to review the stim cycle i have just done, find out embryo results (how many cells, fragmentation etc - i need to know all those little details...!). also this is the first cycle i have done where i split the fertalisation between IVF & ICSI. so will be good to find out how the IVF ones faired. i had 11 eggs collected (massive haul for me, highest previously was 6), 5 out of 5 fertalised with ICSI, and 2 out of 6 fertalised with IVF. so i guess it may be a sperm & egg issue for me? who knows.

hope you have all had a lovely day. thanks again for making me feel welcome, hope this post hasn't been too long. i will try and keep it short & sweet next time...!