Hello ladies. I'm really sorry to hear about the arrival of various wicked witches. The monotony of menstruation.

Well, I went to the docs this morning and did a blood test (having had another (and was supposed to be last) positive poas this morning. They rang me just now and said it was good news and bad news which is never very reassuring... my beta level is lower than they would like and there may be three causes: a) my IUI implantation was later than they thought it was b) testing a day early means it's too low (and possibly both a and b together) or c) it's just not a very good pregnancy. (or I suppose all three). And I thought it would just be a yes or a no!

They said it was an ok 'score' and I should continue to be hopeful and excited, which obviously meant that I waited until I put the phone down and cried my eyes out. I rang DH and he said, well you just went too soon didn't you.... it's easy to see who is the pragmatic one in our relationship and which one the emotional!

So I have another blood test on Saturday. This is all probably too much information and/or you've been through it and know about this already but I think if I've been guilty of anything in this process its never learning that there are a lot more things that can go wrong than I thought. A year and a half ago, I thought you came off the pill, soft lighting, bottle of wine, bobs your uncle, up the duff. If only!