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Thank you for the links! It is nice to hear that one follicle is normal! My doctor seemed a little less than impressed when he saw the one follie- he didn't say so out loud, but I think he was hoping for more than one to mature. Before the u/s he did say that having more than one would be best for us because of DH's sperm. I guess it is just that, after all this time, I really want this to work. Not to mention our lack of having a lot of expendable money set aside just for treatments. It would be awesome to be able to do one more IUI and have it work. I am going to read through those links now!

Thank you for making me feel better about the one follicle! I just know that he made a bit of a disappointed face- I think he was hoping for 2-3. Just judging from past conversations with him. As far as the multiples, we have discussed this at length with our doctor- and we personally are completely open to twins, triplets, even quads. We have a great support system, and my children are older so they are more helpful. I guess I am saying that the thought of multiples does not scare us- we are in the boat of whatever god gives, we will accept wholeheartedly. I did not know that about Jon and Kate- though I have not really followed their story- something about her really irks me. haha.

@sweetooth... thank you so much for the success stories! We just sent in our application for the First Steps program and are crossing our crossables for a good discount. With no insurance coverage for infertility, plus all of our savings having been depleted because my dad fell ill (we are his caretakers right now), we just don't have a lot of extra money for our cycles right now We are going to attempt one more IUI with clomid this cycle... Still waiting for AF to show up now. If this clomid/ovidrel/IUI is a bust, we will move on up to the Follistim pen if we are offered a discount from First Steps. If no discount, we will discuss with our RE and decide on the most affordable med that will still work for us.

I LOVE these message boards! I do a lot more reading than posting, but decided to get the Gold membership, since I can definitely see myself getting a lot of support here from people in similar situations. I have been a message board "lurker" for a long time, and just never set up an account. Once I found Hellobee though, I knew this could be a good home for me while going through IF and hopefully, someday, pregnancy. I don't see the mommy judgement that I see so often on other boards (which shall remain nameless, ha) and there is just a nice, comfy supportive vibe here. I am looking forward to getting to know you all a little bit better. Only thing I wish there was here would be signatures- so I can keep up with names and stories!