Juniper, I'm sorry that you haven't been able to access support from your Mum - and it's sad that you've been made to feel bad for turning to AC to get there. I know that for all my Mum's annoying and upsetting things she says, she is fundamentally supportive of what we're doing and that I can cry on her shoulder if I need to, so I'm lucky for that.

And my MIL is also pretty good - my BIL and SIL went through many years of TTC and IVF, so MIL knows the drill, and knows to be supportive but in a 'hands-off' sort of way. It probably helps that DH only speaks to her now and again - whereas my Mum rings me at least once a week to find out how things are going. I have three siblings, and she doesn't call the others as often, probably because they're not expected to give her grandchildren any time soon!

GL, and well done for coping so well with it all.

Seph