Hi Fatima, welcome back. I'm not sure if I was around on the thread you were on, though your name is familiar? I think I remember you posting about that nurse too, but I think it was just as I was joining, so we never got to talk. Good luck with the egg sharing and your first cycle!
Karbea I wouldn't be worried about your flow really, I feel that the "normal" tampons are called normal because it's what most people need. I might be completely wrong, and I don't want to call the heavy flow people abnormal. But, something like the kind they sell most of, or through research it's the kind most people use.
I had the dildo-cam done on my first consultant appointment, back before I'd had any investigations at all done. I think I was around mid/late cycle, because they could see the 'bruise' on my ovary which indicated I'd ovulated. I did however find the experience a little disconcerting, as the male doctor was standing such that his crotch was against my knee while doing the exam? I'm slightly worried about going back to the same doctor, but I'm sure it was just an accident and me being overly sensitive.
Lemon - my stats are history of cancer led me to get a consultant appointment after only having come off the pill 3 months before. Now a year later I've got another appointment with the same guy in Jan, and have had my CD3/21 tests, and have the SA pot for DH. No results at all yet though.
mrsden - I prefer to use pads too, as have always found tampons uncomfortable. However, I'm 'allergic' to pads (get bad rash/itchy/broken and bleeding skin) if I use them for more than a couple of days, so have to alternate - hence being interested in the mooncup. I can't imagine having to change them so regularly though!
eggs - I think you should try and see another doctor. I've had terrible trouble with some doctors being pig-headed, and I always turned out to be right in the end. Sometimes you know your body better than the doctor, and you just need to find one who's willing to get off their high horse and listen. I also find it helps when meeting a new doctor to establish your relationship anew - i.e. be confident and forward about what you want, don't act shy or ask for advice on whether they think you need a referral.
joycep - I can't believe that email! I really hope it doesn't cause an irreparable family rift. We have one of those (between my mother and her parents/sisters) and it makes all sorts of things awkward. We had grandparents some years, and not others, which as a child is a little hard to understand. It's also just really sad, families are important. However, that behaviour needs explanation and an apology, and soon!
euro - I think I might invest in a mooncup. Hopefully I won't need it though! At least not for another 9 months. They're not that expensive, and worth a try I think.