Hello lovely ladies. I've been browsing but not buying for the last few days, but you've made me sad and laugh-out-lad happy in equal measure. As always doll your experiences are eyewatering. But "are you an alcoholic?" is truly brilliant 
.
Sar I am glad you are feeling better but of course there is no reason it won't work. Interesting on your reflexology hurting. Neither reflexology nor acu has ever made me feel anything out of the ordinary, apart from some questionable poo changes 
, but that fits with not very much being "wrong" in my case.
Joy I hope you managed to have a nice weekend, with enough distractions to stop it all becoming too upsetting. I am still praying for the big miracle for you, you deserve it so much.
Pout your conversation with the neighbour made me laugh! Sorry about the mood swings, just remember the old MN adage - this too shall pass. It's not for long. And then you'll have your baby :)
Boring ovaries would have had me swinging for the doc freedom. Sheesh! However it does sound like something rather more benign was intended. I definitely have sluggish ovaries. It's fecking annoying and sometimes I literally want to punch myself in the stomach to chivvy them into action.
Positive OPK lemon? Hmm there is something in the water just now it seems. Some weird goings on all round.
So, I had my IVF follow up today. It was with the same consultant I saw before my first cycle, who I really liked (night and day compared to the arrogant dickhead I saw at the first clinic, that originally tested my AMH). Essentially he said that the fact that I got to 2 seemingly good quality embryos was really good, he asked if I felt that I had an outcome pretty much as expected, which I did - ie 3 eggs, 2 embryos transferred. We agreed it was as good a result as we could have reasonably hoped for, obviously without the BFP, so that there was no reason to think we should not go again if we want to. MrN asked if by the time we got to embryo stage we had overcome the AMH issue, and he said essentially yes. That there was a small school of thought that it might still have an impact on success, but the general consensus was if you have a good embryo it's mainly irrelevant how you got there.
We have decided not to do the norethisterone this time, which I suspect may have had an issue with my slow start. This is because I spotted for 5 days after I'd normally have expected my period to stop. So I will just start at the beginning of my cycle. As we talked about it, he said "presumably you had the higher dose of FSH for the first couple of days". Eh...no 
. So looks like I missed out on a potential boost that might have helped. He did look surprised at this so is going to recommend it this time. We've decided there is a high chance we'll do Assisted Hatching as well. So I could either start immediately (as in, as soon as my period arrives which will be in about 2 and a half week) or next cycle. Our initial thought is wait one more month as neither of my post IVF cycles have been quite normal; so give nature another couple of chances.
The only thing we "disagreed" on was progesterone. In flare you get an HCG injection 7 days post EC which makes your body produce more progesterone. However I wonder if this is where my problem lies as I do tend to get a real dip in mood about 7DPO each month. I think my progesterone drops too soon, so am wondering how I'd get hold of extra fanny candles 
.
Sorry for lack of catch up followed by long boring me post. I always find it useful to post here though, for the record! I've decided not to do acu as I spent quite a lot and felt no impact. It also added to the stress of trying to get to appointments. I'll cut down my booze but not cut it out completely. I've cut down caffeine though, as I have no spare cash for lattes 
.
Hope tent dwellers, diffed, and those waiting patiently in line are all doing well.