Chekigal - welcome! I hope you get some good news today regarding the fertilisation.

Trea - What did I do differently this time around? I feel kind of bad saying it, but it was my first cycle. I know that's a success story (especially if the next couple of months are smooth sailing and bub is healthy), but in a way it makes me feel guilty that there are so many strong women on here, all doing the right things (dropping weight if overweight, putting some on if underweight, eating pregnancy diets, cutting out caffeine and sugar (me), giving up smoking) yet the BFP eludes them.
But to answer your question, what I did was: laparoscopy was Oct 09, Fibroid and Endo removed. 2 x Hysteroscopies. I decided that I would go to a fertility acupuncture specialist, and started that about a fortnight before my EPU. He did say that ideally I should have been having acupuncture at least a month or two beforehand. I had acu just before EPU and then a couple of hours after ET, with more acu every week.
I tried to keep up my 3ltrs of water/powerade a day and as much protein as I could (although I got sick of chicken breasts, so drank a lot of sustagen instead). I had lukewarm showers (instead of the scalding hot ones that I love) and did not use any heat packs on my belly for fear that it would raise my temp too high.
After ET the heaviest thing I lifted was a basket of clothes when doing laundry, and the most strenuous task was vacuuming and mopping. My job keeps me on my backside at least 5 hours a day. All I can say is thank god I'm not a cattle farmer!
So I guess I probably didn't do anything different to what everyone else does each cycle. I tried to remain positive as much as I could even though DH and I had some cracking barneys and I was probably a bit too stressed for my liking. I spoke to the little blastie probably every 5 minutes telling it that both Mummy and Daddy was so looking forward to holding it in roughly 8mths, and that the little darling was going to have it's own nursery with everything a baby could ever want (note to self, must put in a lotto to pay for said furnishings!). Reading what others have done, it sounds like we all talk to the embryo and rub our bellies sending our love to it.

What have you been doing for your cycles? Pretty much the same?

Chrissy.