LOL Saffy I don't know what's wrong with me I just saw small furry animal and instinct was to pick it up. What an idiot! I'm going to docs today just to make sure I don't need antibiotics or anything 'cause everyone I told yesterday looked at me with horror like I had the bubonic plague! Anyway, it was a bush rat which is much smaller than the ones you get in the city, and really not THAT much bigger than a mouse. Still next time I will leave it well alone! I had the same conversation with a counselor many years ago and also found it confronting. It is less so as time moves on and I feel we have done all that we can. I do believe I will have a family so it's just a matter of investigating how that could happen. I am really encouraged about fostering after hearing quite a few positive stories so I think that is the path we will go down if our frostie doesn't make it. We have other things going on so I have to wait until May next year to try again then we can get things in motion. I really want to see some positive news here before I have a break - you ladies deserve it so much, I'd like to just have one place to visit you all in the PAML thread so please make my life easier and move on over there soon! Thanks for your kind words too - means a lot to me. xx

And thats FANTASTIC news about the fertilisation rates - will be cheering for you all the way!!