janie - that sounds horrible! we are keeping a close eye on DD at the moment as she has a rash as well, is very unsettled, and some of the rash is a little blistery (so we're worried about CP too!). her temp is the one thing i've been keeping a very close eye on as i have family history of febrile seizures (and epilepsy - GREAT). hope you're all doing ok now

Grub - AF for me wasn't at all heavy. i have heard a lot of women have heavy AF either first or second after giving birth - particularly those that have a VB as opposed to CS. i had CS and a small post partum bleed so maybe that helped. my first AF arrived unexpectedly. had some AF style aches but nothing major. then bam, she was there! next one was the same - unexpectedly arrived. i then had a bleed after only 17 days but no idea what that was about. it was minimal bleeding. i have discarded that as bruising or something from DTD. first "cycle" was 7.5weeks, i've now gone 7 weeks and noticed last night that i have some aches and my cervix is low-ish so think she may be on her way again....

one thing i DID notice - i bled for ages! i know that is probably a pcos thing - i used to bleed for up to six weeks - but 10 days is annoying me! we're playing russian roullette - won't go down the iui/ivf path again due to finances - so we're letting nature run it's course