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OP here, thanks!
Help me, I feel like a moron! The only one I could figure out was SAHM, and possible DH...
If you want the pro's answer, here it is (you know, Tim Gunn from Project Runway and Tim Gunn's Guide to Style)?
• Basic black dress
• Trench coat
• Classic dress pants
• Classic white shirt
• Skirt
• Blazer
• Day dress
• Cashmere sweater
• Jeans
• A comfortable alternative to a sweatsuit (usually some sort of casual dress)

http://www.thebudgetbabe.com/archives/220-Tim-Gunns-10-Essentials.html
One thing that I would say will take you a loooonnnnggg way on those bad days...just know that it's a roller coaster. There are good and bad days, and it's supposed to be like that, but there is always light at the end of that tunnel. I mean, inhabiting the same house and bed with one person for the rest of your life? There's bound to be strife, just like love and joy. But if you admit that the bad days are just bad days, you will stress out a lot less, and everything just gets a lot better from there. If you don't worry that every fight or disagreement is the end of the world and don't think that it means the person you married must be crazy (instead of just *gasp* having a different take on things), that's a great start to mutual respect and love. That took me 5 years of therapy to work out!
Sorry, me again in the above post on Dr. Sachs....to finish my thoughts "Despite my issues....the real problem ended up being my husband, not me."
I am currently working with Dr. Sachs right now. Just got implanted for the first time today, but I originally went for the same reason you did. Was off the pill and wasn't getting my period, or would get them but would never be positive for ovulation. He sat with me for on hour consult (can you imagine that much time with a doctor), and in successive consults did the same. He also suggested that I have my husband checked out and referred us to his colleague, Dr. Sherins downstairs to have my husband tested as well (you didn't say if you're trying for kids now or not). But, he had several tests done on me, and it ended up that despite my issues (which he deemed minor, and that I had the physiology of a 'high responder' to fertility drugs - essentially, it was something like (forgive me, it's been over a year now) the fact that I was totally healthy, but enough of a certain drug wasn't being self-produced to make my lining shed every month. When I was young, before I went on the pill, I had very heavy periods, and apparently this is a very common two-sides-of-the-same-coin type of problem.)

Now, if you're not going for fertility reasons, I don't know what he'll do, but he is specifically a reproductive endocrinologist. Unlike the poster above, I have never had a problem with waits or them not knowing me. They always greet us by name, and he's constantly asking me about my job, next travels etc.

I hope that helps.
Thanks everyone! Just transferred today (I'm under 35, BTW, problem is with DH) - just one. We have two more in the chiller...we'll probably try two next time if this one doesn't take! The doc said that the other two looked good (at day 5, blastocyst), and the one implanted looked 'very good'. So keep your fingers crossed for me!
they guarantee 24 hour delivery always and free return! They're awesome!
Ok, this is obviously a very private and individual decision, but I am wondering how people decided whether to implant one or two (or more) embryos if they had them. Yes, doctor recommendation is important, as is how the embryos look I gather. But I did some research on PubMed (National Institutes of Health log) and see a lot of studies (European) that suggest that putting one in followed by a frozen try if that's not successful is just as effective. Spoke to the doc about it (after he was suggesting two or all of the three we have because freezing one wasn't 'cost effective'), and partly, I just can't shake the feeling that there is a bias towards more than one because of success rates etc. for the doctors out there. Not to say that I think he is bad or unethical, but I partly wonder too how up to date doctors in the field are with current research. And I'm trying not to be the annoying 'well, I looked it up on the web' person, but I did use the best source possible, not just random places. So, given very imperfect information, how do others decide whether to put one or two in? This is our very first try, we're not covered by insurance at all, and we really don't want twins (my biggest worry after having none). Thoughts???
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