Hi ladies,

Well my news is that I was very surprised to see that AF showed up tonight. Not expected till next Wednesday, so a few days early. I guess my body is still re-adjusting after giving birth in March. My first AF was 15 April, and I normally have a longer than average cycle. So, here I am expecting to be late and hopefully UTD, and AF shows up early - assuming it is her. I have 2 children, aged 7 and 9, and with them and my latest pregnancy, I never experienced implantation bleeding. So, although I wish this is what it is, I'm not sure, but I don't think it is!! It's quite 'red' - and I understand implantation bleeding is more brownish, and not a heavy flow - any knowledge on this would be appreciated.

Ah, the journey to conceive is fraught with unexpected twists and turns...........

Satya - hang in there, you still have hope!! On Thursday I was having cramps (not painful, but enough for me to notice them) - and I was convinced these could be implantation - as I was 8 DPO. I'm now 11 DPO, so that's pretty early for AF would you think?

I'll let you know how the flow goes tomorrow!!

I got through Mothers Day - my 2 kids kept me wonderfully diverted from thinking too much about my baby boy who died in March. I only knew him for 18 hours, in a way, I wonder was he really here at all, taken before I even got to know him. I hate living in the land of "what ifs" - it's such a painful place to exist. I love my baby boy, but he's not here with me in the flesh. I love him, and have some lovely memories of him, and also some terribly painful and tragic memories too. I know I must keep looking forward to the future - and thats what we all must do - keep looking ahead and having HOPE that we will be rewarded with the thing we most desire.

And we do have HOPE, for sure.

Blessings to you all.

Lee xoxo