A new week - official second week wait

I had a lovely weekend - Saturday spent having a lovely lunch with friends ( I must admit - I sneaked one glass of champagne) and Sunday was spent "herding" with my dear partner.

Well folks this herding lark is more than I thought it would be. They have this technique whereby they place red dye under the male sheep (ram) so that when he hops on top of the female (ewe) to "do the business" he leaves a red mark and my partner then knows which sheep have had a good "seeing to". And apparently it only takes once to make sure that the female sheep is "up the duff" or preggers! Oh to be a sheep!

Also the ram does not go back for seconds - once he has had one - he moves swiftly onto the next bit of meat! Sounds like a lot of men I once knew!

As for me, I'm feeling pretty tired at the moment - my AF is due next week and I start the Birth control pill (BCP) then. Back to another cycle. I was just really enjoying this "break". But who knows, maybe by next Wednesday we'll have a BFP naturally. You have to have hope!
But I must say, you don't feel as tense about the month end as when you've paid 5k for a cycle or 1300 for an IUI cycle. You almost feel because you've paid out that money - that you HAVE to get a positive test. I physically and mentally hate to POAS (pee on a stick) as I really really wish our clinics would just do the blood test and take the tension off you. There was a really good programme on last week on radio about how unregulated fertility clinics are in Ireland - whereas in the US, they have a lot of standards to adhere to and the competition is fierce. Oh to have the money to do a cycle in the US. Perhaps if I win the Lotto. Another article in the paper stated that if IVF does not work after 3 goes, then it will never work. However I disagree, I see women finally achieve it after 7 cycles and I firmly believe that it is a woman's choice. Me personally I think I'd capped it at 3 goes and hopefully 3 FET cycles. Then I'll throw in the towel and embrace the au natural method until I'm the grand old age of 45. That's my plan anyhow.

Talk to you tomorrow. Must work. Cherrygo xx