Brunette, I've done the hcg booster shots before (with different timing) and my understanding is that our bodies metabolise the hcg into progesterone, so it's additional luteal support. I don't think that's the whole story, but I was happy to go along with it because it's not that uncommon. The only time I've gotten to the beta without any sign of AF was when I did 3 crinone/day plus 3 hcg booster shots. The normal 2 crinone/day doesn't do enough for me... They sound like a great pair of blasts! I have my FX for them.

Trubabe, I'm glad you were able to give your mum such a pleasant surprise. Did you tell us how your lap went? I'll have to read back and check if I missed it. It took me about a week to feel back to normal, so you're doing pretty well with 5 days recovery.

Tantee, I'm doing okay thanks. We go back to see our doc on 20/04 to discuss another IVF, so we've still got 2 weeks to decide what we want to do. I've finally made an appointment to start back at acupuncture and am curious to see if she alters the treatment now that I've been diagnosed with endo. (Btw, I was swept away by your huge list of persies. I can never keep up that well!)

Good luck to all of our cyclers and 2ww'ers.

Afm, as I said above, DH & I are trying to work out what to do next. I see 3 options:
1. Do IVF#5. Pros: should be high probability of success (hopefully!); some degree of control; knowledge of how cycle is progressing. Cons: I keep watching that number creep up and now we're halfway to 10; cost; not sure if egg quality would have recovered sufficiently following removal of endo yet (given 120 day growth time).
2. Do FET#2. Pros: lower cost than IVF; stop paying for embryo storage; can also do TI if we do a natural FET (therefore, not a wasted cycle if no transfer). Cons: only 1 embryo frozen; I don't honestly believe the embryo will make it to tranfer (either won't survive thaw or won't get to blast).
3. TTC on our own for 3 months. Pros: I'd love to actually conceive on our own and never have to do another IVF; if we did IVF#5 after this 3 month period we'd have eggs that were less likely to be affected by the endo that was on my ovaries. Cons: lower probability of success than IVF; risk of wasting time (would we be pg earlier if we did IVF instead?).
I just don't know yet which is the right option...