Willow, I have a weird form of arthritis which nobody can identify just yet. All that we do know is that it is some form of auto-immune condition. It could be a case of having done too much reading and freaking myself out, but there does seem to be a link between auto-immune conditions and difficulty sustaining a pregnancy. This on top of my PCOS and inability to actually ovulate and conceive and the increased risk of miscarriage that PCOS brings, I'm terrified any baby I do manage to conceive I will lose. I know Dr S is the immunology expert, and I'm hoping he may have some ideas for me.

I feel ever so slightly crazy for thinking this way when I've never been pregnant, let alone lost a baby! But with the experiences I've had contact with through friends and family, I've seen too much of how pregnancy may go wrong to be able to ignore this.

Huge thanks to Michelle for making me feel normal again with last night's email.

and an exciting thought for the morning... second last day of school today! When I arrive at school the hands drawn on the whiteboard for the countdown (they started out as mutant hands with an extra digit each to count from 12) will be down to one finger! And the FS appointment is one week from today! Woooo!

BW