My husband is currently visiting Mars

My husband can be very odd at times. Just when I begin to relax and think that he is with me on this, that he gets it, that he has accepted our next course of action, he becomes a total pain in the arse.

It would seem that the husband thought that us going on a NHS waiting list for assisted conception would give us at least another year of trying for a baby the good old fashioned way. Here's how I know (our conversation last Thursday):

Me: Our holiday in November is going to have to be a cheap one (said in my head: because of the need to save for IVF).
Him: It always was only going to be a cheap one. We can't afford to go to the Maldives.
Me: I know we can't afford the Maldives but what I am saying is that we need to get a holiday as cheap as possible.

PAUSE

Me: Anyway, I could be pregnant come November if we do IVF over the next few months.
Him: You could be pregnant in November by conceiving naturally.
Me: Yes, I could be pregnant in November from conceiving naturally (said in my head: but is it really likely? No, because we have been trying it that way for over three years now. You are clearly not with me on this as much as I thought).

So, the husband is still not quite there with the whole being referred to a clinic for assisted conception yet.

When will he accept it? He makes me feel guilty for thinking and talking about assisted conception. I have tried to explain to him that I would love to be surprised by a natural conception but I'm certainly not going to waste another three years of my life, on the off chance that it will happen.

Anyway, the husband is away this week on a male biking holiday (not in Mars), I only hope that he takes this week to think, and get his head around, the whole assisted conception thing.

WFI - I'm not ignoring your questions and concerns over egg sharing but I need a bit more time to read up on the process before I ponder it.