Hi ladies.... I have just had a very stressful morning..which has turned out to be good!

When I woke I noticed when I went to the loo I had some brown spotting. Naturally, given our existing concerns over HCG leves I freaked right out and thought that this was it- I really was going to have a miscarriage. I really had a meltdown to be honest ..called out to DH and started sobbing and shaking ... anyway, I rang my IVF nurse (she has been my main support person through IVF as our FS, EPU etc is all three hours away and my private OB is away today)- she was wonderful and actually arranged for a sonographer to come in straight away this morning (their ultrasound rooms are usually closed today) to do a scan for me....

When DH and I went in there i was soo nervous and terrified there would be no heartbeat, but of course hoping there would be.... and there was!!!! a beautiful beautiful heartbeat....now up from 106BPM to 146BPM, right where it should be... by my IVF dates I am 7 weeks, 5 days, and we measured at 7 weeks, 2 days, so pretty close to the mark and things looked fine..

They could see some blood, which they think is old implantation blood only just coming away now.

I cannot express enough my relief and joy at seeing that our little baby Flicker was still flickering. I love this baby so much already.

Tiggerlinda- it seems mine is keeping me on my toes too, but is indeed a fighter.

My nurse did another BT, mainly to check my progesterone levels haven't dropped too low (they were lower last test than before, but still at a decent amount)....if they are even a bit low, she said I could use pessaries for a while as extra support. I almost didn't want another blood test because if the HCG levels still aren't text book I'd rather not know!

Phew......I can breathe again now.

DH says I now need to relax...it's so hard to, but I know he's right.

Hope you are all doing well.