Hi Lynn

I also like the fact that the doners used by the sims have proven fertility. We are about one and a half to two hours from the sims but tt is still easy to reach via M50 giving my navagiation skills this is a plus. I know that once husbands 2nd bloods are taken its about 2 to 3 months to transfer. I hadnot realized before hand that they do not stimulate you until the embroys(frozen at day 2) come back to Ireland therefore you do not have to be synorised to doners cycle and therefore more flexible. I have read on fertility friends website that this as sims state is considered to be same as a fresh cycle My issue is egg quality age related I am 42 this week but still 41 at present I tell myself ,after over response during iui had poor response to ivf and only one blastocyte for transfer I am happy with egg donation and we had thought of it early in our journey after reading article while in waiting area in sims I agree that sims are good and always get a response to any phone call. we hope to be ready to choose doner early april and though a wee bit of me thinks we should look at spain etc I most likely will use sims as We have been happy with our treatment to date Good luck with the book search the D C network is also a very good  source of information. We joined them and recieved a phone call from a woman who had had a child by egg donation. They also supply you with a list of people who have went down the doner route who are happy to be contacted by phone or e mail.There site has excellant articles and a review of books related to doner issues. They are www. DC network.uk (i hope I have got that right ) Wishing you all the best and remember you are not alone.

Meave

Hi Lyn

We have also done the bus plus luas route very handy but found that sometimes we were spending hours hanging around waiting for bus home and tried to shedual appointments to keep this to a minimum but there were times when appointments over ran and I found the sprint to bus araus a bit to much so for now i will stick with the M50 and like you our car knows the way and I have become very famailar with Drumdrum shopping center. I don't know if its just me but I get a bit of comfort sitting in the waiting area at sims knowing the all the other couples there are on the same journey than us and we are not alone. I realize rationally that infertility effects 1 in 6 couples but they don't seem to live my "neigbourhood" which is surrounded by fertile friends and family. I have never joined a message board before and my only regret is that I didnot do it sooner. Infertility is so unexpected most of us grow up expecting that we will eventually become parents you imagine you will meet the right person fall in love get married and have babies if only it was that simple. Egg donation has opened a door for us that only a generation ago would have been firmly clised and for this I will always be grateful.