I am feeling *so* much better after the acupuncture appointment! My acupuncturist is just so wonderful!

short story... the varicocele repair is still going to be worthwhile doing, and she thinks the IVF+ICSI for now is the way to go. If we can get the repair done soon enough, it means that the IVF clinic is able to inject healthier sperm into my eggs, which has to be a good sign. The acupuncturist also said that we've been through enough stuffing around for the last 12 months and getting nowhere, that even though the whole IVF thing looks scarily big, it at least has us moving somewhere, and quickly. Once I am pregnant, she can see us both being a whole lot less stressed, and as I am planning to continue the lifestyle and diet changes needed now not only through pregnancy but through my entire life (those insulin results are way too scary - I can see now that I must do this!), that the chances are that with a repaired varicocele, a healthier BW, a few years down the track me and DH might actually be able to get somewhere with natural conception rather than having to do IVF+ICSI every time we want to have a child. I'm also under instruction to try to hassle DH into having some acupuncture and getting himself more healthy (he's actually slightly overweight)... The only place the acupuncturist is disagreeing with the specialist is on the varicocele repair, but it looks like DH is happy to have it done anyway. Of course, this is all just speculation! DH was only with me for the first part of the appointment - he stopped in on his way to visit a client for work... I could get a completely different story when he gets home!

But for now, I'm relaxed and smiling!

BW