Hello all!

just checking in as I have been very slack lately......no excuse really apart from being pregnant and having family issues...more on that later...

Murph- Glad Jasmine is finally in your arms! Really feel for you with the traumatic birth...trying to find the words to explain what I mean so I hope it doesn't come out all upside down and wrong but it was especially such a bugger for you because I know you had had to do some emotional prep to come round to the idea of a c-section and then they go and make it somewhat near what would have been your worst case scenario. I hope that made sense I haven't been there yet but I guess what the other ladies who have had traumatic births are saying must be of some comfort and that the most important thing is she is here!!!!

Airline- Welcome! As for HCG results I don't know much about them and I see that you had a problem with it last time. Over here in the UK they don't seem to do BTs after transfer and you just get scanned to see a heartbeat etc. So I never knew my HCG and it seems in hindsight that was good because it does seem very stressful that the doctors seem to make a big deal of what figures are correct etc. Everyone is different and as long as it is going up surely that is the most important thing? He is probably just wanting to see high numbers as that would leave him in no doubt that what happened last time won't happen again. But I believe they do too much analysing of figures and statistics. Sticky vibes and I hope to see you in this forum for a long time yet!

Greenslw - What a dilemma! I would leave your decision for a while. If they want you now they are likely to want you later as well. You have no idea how you will feel once your baby is here and perhaps three hours will seem like a lovely 'me' time or perhaps feel like the worst possible torture! I have been advised that it takes a few weeks to get back to 'earth' after a baby is born and a week afterwards seems to soon for me. However I must confess I have no idea about the way you cope with change and stress etc. My friend who now has a 6 week old baby after LTTC advised me not to try and make any decisions or think about future plans for ages as she said she has only just now started to feel 'human' again! However that could just be her! In my own case I have left my career but we have taken some pretty drastic financial knocks as a consequence! I also was never happy in my career. I plan to get back onto a new career about a year after the baby is born. But then again I have no idea if that will still suit me once bubs is here. Another friend of mine who was very career minded and ambitious said her attitude changed when she had her first baby and she said she described her new attitude as going from 'career progression to career maintenance'
Once again though we are all different but those are just some examples that I have that might help your decision. It is a humdinger though! Good luck with whatever you decide!

Everyone else I am slack, hopeless and a terrible contributor to this forum and I am sorry! However please know I love reading your updates and send all the best sticky vibes!