Ooh, just checked out my ticker....nooooooo. That means more injections. I've been holding onto the 16 weeks and not calling it 4 months, but at 17 weeks and 1 day tomorrow, I guess I have to face the big 4 months.

Haha, at least my sister can lay off me about..."OMG she's not even 4 months and you are feeding her solids...and it's not even Farex" well puree actually, it's hardly solids and I'm not really feeding her much other than BM, but I've tried some safe stuff and honestly, it depends who you talk to, there is so much conflicting advice out there about the 4 month v 6 month debate and hold off on certain foods or don't I just use plain old common sense, which is not all that common these days. I guess I just do what feels natural but I think you tread carefully and find what works.

Kelly, hearing you tell Smithy you got goosies reading her story, I remember reading that you gave up your city lifestyle and downsized to move to rural Vic and afford IVF. That's such a lovely story and such a fairytale ending (or beginning) that you deserve. We downsized to move up north and be closer to Andrew's field work sites, but can't claim it was in order to afford IVF. IVF was for other people (desperate people), not us, we only did it after a long time of denying we needed it (oh, those god awful foul herbs...and for nought!!! I was a bit slow to realise that 15 years with no contraception and no pgs kinda put us in the desperate category a long time before we knew about it

Can you even believe that we are all here in this thread??? I still can't. I am just so in love and so never thought I would enjoy all the baby days but I don't wish away time at all. I was asked about my plans to return to work and study today,but I just answered that I have a 4 month old baby and that's all I know or care about right now. I will pick up the study again but not for a while and I have to be full-time carer for Jazz as well as Mum anyway so I couldn't work even if I wanted to (and I don't). Full credit to you Mums that have gone back to work and study. It must be so hard for you.

Jazz had her first therapy session and it was a fun experience so I am starting to have a bit more faith in persevering with her hearing aids until she has her surgery. See how good I was, I didn't even refer to them as those god-damn annoying whistling things that do my head in!! That would be too much like complaining Scary and exciting news, the implants may be done by the time she is 6 1/2 months...check the ticker...not long. We have to have her anaesthetised for her cat scans and MRIs before then to assess her suitability so that's a bit full-on but we just have to do it and not let fear hold us back.

Oh dear, canyou tell, I'm all alone at home with my DH in America? Haha, Murphy's Law, everything has gone wrong with the house in his absense of course and I'm sat in the dark cos my solar ran too low, the batteries have shat in all this rain, my water pump stopped as a consequence, so more ironic that an Alanis Morissette song, it's been raining cats and dogs for days,I could raft down my creek and I have no water to my house and my toilet is smelling like a bleedin thunderbox crapper cos I can't flush it. Im in the daintree in the wet season drinking Frantelle bottled water from my cyclone kit...so not cool. oh and just incidentally, how many times do you think one person of fairly average intelligence can go to turn on a tap, or flush a loo without realising , no water. Well, it's lots. Oh great, gotta go use the thunder box. Just needed to share. Oh and did i mention, the generator won't turn on..yeeeeeehaaahh. kangaroo Island, here I come!!!!!!!!!