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Risa,

Lovely to hear from you and thank you so much for your kind words.

Whenever I meet someone who's going down this same path it's almost like a book opening or something because suddenly you know there's another person who understands every hope and heartbreak that you have felt.

I don't have a date scheduled for the transfer yet as it depends on how well my body decides to cooperate. I have a blood test and scan this Thursday. If the results of these are good then the transfer will happen about 4 days later. So I'm thinking maybe the 27th of October.

As for how many embryos to transfer the done thing here for someone my age with healthy embryos is to transfer two. If I was older or the embryos were not so good they would suggest more. Having said this though I am going to talk to my Doctor about the possibility of transferring three to up my chances of success. I'll see what he says about that on Thursday.

How have you found the Clomid? Do you have to use it again this next cycle? We went through all that before moving to IVF and I had a really tough time with the Clomid. I actually blame it for setting of the IBS as that's when it really began. Before the Clomid I was OK and then the first month I took it all the IBS symptoms arrived and have been with me ever since. I don't know whether it is a coincidence or maybe the Clomid was "an insult to the gut" as Heather says can happen.

The cost of IVF can be outrageous and we're lucky that our insurance covers a good chunk of it. It's still a strain though and frustrating at times. I try not to think about the new car, holidays etc we could have had out of the money spent so far. We are actually about to refinance our home to access some more money for further attempts. At this point I'm willing to sell the shirt off my back if it will give me that precious bundle!

Anyway,

I will add you to my prayers also and please know you have an ear here anytime you need it. Support of others is what keeps me going through all this. If you want to you can email me at bkgarlick@gil.com.au anytime. It really helps to talk to someone else going through it sometimes.

Kerrie

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