Sorry I haven't posted in here for a while but saw your thread & thought I could offer help. So annoyed I had a whole long post done and whenI hit submit I lost the lot! Bl**dy Have to try & remember it all now.

Tammara, The costs vary clinic to clinic. Mine were similar to Frustrated's but we were in health fund so we claimed some but with an extra $1800 as hubby had sperm morphology & antibody issues and ended up having to get his sperm sample surgically. If you are willing to travel it might be cheaper, my bestie goes to a clinic in Sydney & pays a fair bit less than us, & I have another IVF friend who travels from the Gold Coast to Sydney for all her procedures & reckons she saves a stack. Most IVF clinic websites have a price list so you just have find out from your FS exactly what you need done & compare. There is also a Costs Involved With IVF thread on here, you should find it under the forums index. Good luck and I hope it works for you.

Frustrated, you don't have to leave this site cause you pg, but there are plenty of pg threads on here to join. The direct follow on from this one is Pregnancy After LTTTC (in the Long Term TTC section) or off the main forums index there is Belly Buddies, where you can join a thread for your trimester or also in there is threads for girls due in the same month/fortnight as you. I find them really helpful to chat to ppl who have been & are going thru exact same things as you, many who already have kids & can give you great advice. Sorry to here of your people probs, just remember everyone acts out for a reason, maybe something is going on in there life that you don't know about? My Sis-In-Law was a total psycho when I was pg with DD1. Later after we made up we found out she had ben suffering Depression. I hope you can find a peaceful solution so you can get on & relax & enjoy your time pg. Good luck and I wish you a h&h pg.

Sending to the rest of you still waiting for your miracle hopefully Santa brings us all the special present we want for chrissy.