Hi lovely ladies, apologies in advance because I think this is going to be a long post!

Leabie - I'm sending you positive vibes for today and FX for your BT tomorrow!

Jaki - Hang in there. It's funny how your DH doesn't want you to do HPTs. This morning when I told mine that I'm not doing any until my BT he was amazed. I think he wants to know before me! With your day 6 transfer, do you do the assisted hatching thing, or same as a day 3/5 transfer?

Trubabe - I have seen Dr de Ambrosis in the past for gynaecological reasons. I also saw him about a month ago for a second opinion I just wanted to let you know that he is not only a founder of QFG and IVF but he is one of the very best in Australia. He calls a spade a spade, and some of his comments have me and my partner laughing for weeks afterwards. You are in very good hands.

He recommended the following for me: 5g folic acid daily, multivitamin; berocca daily; Co Q10 daily; good-quality fish oil x 2 daily; 5g prednisone twice daily; 120g aspirin; clexane 20ml daily; 40g zinc daily.

He recommended the following for my fiance: 40g zinc daily; goji berries & pumpkin seeds, 20ml aloe vera juice, vitamin C, Co Q10 and 5g folic acid daily. (I must tell him my partner that your DH is taking aloe vera tablets b/c he hates the taste of the juice!)

My partner has had a reversal and as a result had problems with his sperm count (motility, morphology and volume). This is why we did IVF/ICSI. However, can I recommend someone for your hubby? If you can afford it, please try to see Dr Jason Jackson, a naturopath in Cooparoo. He specialises in natural pregnancies but he also works in with clients doing ART. We saw him about 3-4 months ago and he recommended pushing back this cycle so the vitamins/herbs had time to take effect, because it takes about 3 months for the life of sperm, so to get rid of the old and the new to come through with the benefit of the vitamins. Dr Jackson takes a thorough history of both of you. In our case, we gave him my partner's sperm tests and he recommended a tonic for my partner (again, mixed with liquid; foul-tasting I am told), and various other tablets for him and for me. I was on Elevit and he recommended Bioceuticals's Women's Essentials. He said Elevit focuses too much on folic acid and doesn't have a balance with B vitamins, which is important. He also put me on fish oil tablets. He tweaked things again for us in the lead-up to transfer and I had to take a couple of Chinese herbs which help with blood flow etc.

I really recommend seeing him because about a month ago (so only about 2 months of taking vitamins) my partner had a sperm test and it came back perfectly normal in all counts! My FS was amazed and said that we could fall naturally. If money is an issue (and let's face it, when is it not?) perhaps be upfront with him about it and where you can ask him if you can get generic things like fish oil, folic acid etc. Maybe you will only need to buy from him the tonic for your hubby; it lasts for two months. I get 5g folic acid tablets from the chemist in a tiny bottle and they are cheap as.

Sorry for raving on; I just hope it might be of help to you. Anyway, you are in very good hands with Warren. Good luck!