Welcome Back BW - sounds like your christmas was a bit of a rollercoaster ride emotionally. So happy you were able to spend time with your friends and their new baby. i have a friend who gave birth the week before Christmas - have spoken to her DH and kids, but haven't been able to bring myself to go and visit her and bubs just yet - it's just too hard! we have 4 friends who've had babies in the past month, and 5 more due in january - i'm ecstatic for all of them, but have issues going to see them, especially as none of them know of our struggle TTC. Hopefully i'll be over this cold soon enough so i can go visit the new bub and get myself on the right page emotionally to deal with all these births!

Well done on the sneaking around at your parents place too! it's a big effort to get away with something like that - and feeling young and rebellious like that can be great fun!

as for me, having a bad day today. cold is driving me nuts - so much i want to do and just can't be bothered - went to lie down earlier for a few minutes, DH woke me an hour later, and i still don't feel like i've rested. have been having ongoing crampy pain around my right ovary for probably two weeks now, which is driving me nuts. i've never been someone to get pain when AF is on her way, so not sure what this is - just wish my body would sort itself out properly!