Thanks for taking the time to respond, ladies! I appreciate it.

I have been considering doing accupuncture to support IVF, but as IVF is so expensive I wasn't sure if I should be adding extra cost/stress. We wanted to try one more cycle without changing too much (I had a FT in Jan and this was my second Fresh Cycle) as we fell on the second cycle with DD#1 (my dr said I can get pregnant and carry the pregnancy to term, so that's a positive start). From here I'm not sure where to go/which things to try/what questions to ask. My gut is that accupuncture would be a good way to go. I would also consider ICSI, I wanted to do it this cycle, but DH is very worried about it. He feels that it's 'interferring a bit too much', that there's a 'higher power', a reason that one sperm made it into the egg and not another, and who are we to 'alter' that. He (an engineer) also feels that the technology is relatively new (15 years, isn't it?) and therefore it's still a bit risky. He told me once that he was worried that our second child could be considered an 'experiment'. I can see some of his points, but I have so many friends who have conceived using ICSI, and I feel like I'm not getting anywhere at the moment. And while I don't like to pull the 'this is what I'm doing vs this is what you're doing' card, I AM the one having the surgeries and injections and hormones, and I don't feel like I'm heading in the right direction with it.

Our clinic tries to get most women (depending on their situation) to blastocyst, and my very first cycle I had a 3d (I think) transfer but it didn't survive. I have an appointment with my dr on Friday, but I think the things to focus on are egg quality and increase the number of eggs being fertilized (our first cycle this year was 60% - 6 out of 10 eggs, which I thought was ok, and my dr agreed but he wanted to see more (2 made it to early blastocyst but didn't survive, had one transferred), and this one was 0% - 0 out of 4 eggs - my worst rate ever). I also want to talk to him about having another lap to clean out Endo - which I know is back (he collected more than 4 eggs at monday's EPU but the others (not sure how many) had endo). I mentioned this before starting this cycle and he didn't think it was the biggest problem, but said he'd do it if I wanted it. I think this time he'll suggest it. More money. More delays. But worth it for a BFP!!

I will definitely look into ICSI and accupuncture more, and try to do a little more research before my appointment on Friday. I had also wondered about talking with a naturopath (when we were TTC#1 I talked to one - just one who works in our local chemist - and she put DH onto antioxidant vitamins, and that's what he was using when we fell with DD). She could possibly have some lifestyle/vitamin advice, altho' I am taking elevit and DH has used the same vitamins since TTC DD.

All the best with your cycles too, and thanks again for your support. This is such a difficult journey to navigate sometimes - so many highs, lows and various emotions in the middle.