Diane, Wow, it's a small world. I lived in San Diego for a year a couple years ago. What a great place to get treatment. If you're going to Balboa Park, you might want to try the Prado restaurant. We loved going there. It has lovely view of the park and a great mint mohito...might have to settle for watching someone drink it!! I live in Los Angeles, just a couple hour drive from San Diego. If you driving to Solvang or such and would like to meet for lunch or dinner, please let me know! It would be great fun to meet a real person from cyber-world.
My husband also takes it very hard. It is so dear to me to see how meaningful it is to him. He couldn't spoil me more during the process. He was quite shaken with my ruptured ectopic last Sept and hasn't entirely recovered from that yet. I must say I think this whole process has really brought us closer. And we've always been close.
I'm trying not to get caught up with the research aspect too much. My dh has had to limit my computer time ever since my first mc 3 yrs ago. I can get enveloped and lose track of time. Hours will pass and I won't have moved!! Amazing how you can focus when something means so much to you! I'm a physician and so need to read medical lit. for work (I seem to be reading much to much in infertility and not my own specialty lately...) I really try to stay the patient and stop myself from trying to figure out my own treatment. Adds a wierd kind of stress to the process, but also alot of benefits - I'm not afraid of needles or really any of the procedures as I've seen most of them done in med school. (But, boy did that hystersalpingogram hurt!) What do you do in Australia? And how's work with your time off?
Tracii - I hope India is wonderful. Thank you so much for your prayers for us at the temple. It means alot. Hopefully you'll be fully defrosted before returning to Germany's winter wonderland! I aslo do visual imagery during the cycle. It's actually shown great benefits for many treaments in medicine. Our minds are so powerful!
Pauline - My acupuntruist did acu points very close to hcg trigger shot and ideally does points morning before transfer and then again as soon after bed rest is done. I so know the feeling when your emotions take over! My hormones are always a mess after a mc because they are all crashing and I find myself incredibly sensitive and easily cry at the drop of a hat. Your naughty dh might need a little more info on what's going on. I sat with mine and explained how stress can impact success and how stressfull having supercharged hormones can be. So I taught him (very sternly!) that he has to be on 200% good behavior for both of us. I really emphasized how important his role is. Sometimes the men feel so out of the loop, out of control and have great difficulty (must be the Y gene) expressing this feeling of helplessness and inadequacy. (Not exaclty "manly" emotions). Really emphasize the power of his support and presence for both of you in the process. I hope he shapes up. This process is too hard to do alone!
Allison - congratulations on such a beautiful gift!
Jen - I had to laugh with the image of Starbucks in Scotland! All I know about Scotland is what Hollywood taught me and the illustrious royals' bios I've read. (yes us americans, despite best intentions, cont to be enthocentric) I went to school in Seattle back when Starbucks was a local coffee store! I hear it call my name regularly. It's like some luring siren! And it doesn't help that it is literally located on every block now. I'm trying to stick to the green tea too. Not quite the same! Congrats on the weight loss.
MLG - Welcome aboard. Wonderful news!!!
Jodi - All I can say about hysterosalpingogram is ibuprofen and more ibuprofen. You'll do fine, but it can certainly feel crampy. It's one more step closer to getting BFP right? Good luck!
Welcome Stacy - I've asked this same question and have heard fairly clearly that waiting to down reg after one normal period is fine. REs used to think maybe waiting 2 natural cycles was better, but studies show no improvement with added months wait. I hear you about getting on with things. I like to work towards this goal as fast as healthily possible.
Kate - Glad to hear your mood is back up. This is such a roller coaster ride! The good news, is now my dh is virtually immune to pms after all this! What a way to toughen them up.
Huge hello to eveyone else. Many cycles are starting. Lets get those follie fairies and babydust out of the closet!
It's good that you now know what to do next, though. Good luck with IVF. 
Wish you best of luck. You'll get lots of support here.
