PBStar and Larz - congrats on the fabbo bt results ... gl for your upcoming scans. It's never good to wish time away, but I think 1st tri is one of the times you are completely justified in doing so

Did anyone ever read the book when they were little called "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good Very Bad Day"? Well, despite me being (unfortunately at times) an eternal optimist, I feel like its been Jen and the terrible, horrible no good very bad year..... dh called me about an hour ago to say that he had just been made redundant at work. They are giving him a moderately good redundancy package but he has only been there for just over a year. He works for an ad agency and they have lost a large number of big clients, so dh gets the boot. Just adds to the stress, y'know?

Also found out that my grandfather (aged 87) has prostate cancer. He has been given 5 years, but at his age chemo and surgery aren't good options so we just have to sit with fingers crossed. He is primary carer for my grandmother who is in the early stages of alzheimers - they've been married for 63 years (and still hold hands) and although they've had a wonderful life together it just breaks your heart to see them so frail and uncertain.

And my very good friend from mother's group is pg with her 3rd child - her due date? 18 Feb - my EXACT due date for Peanut.... could not stop crying stupid selfish tears before. Feeling better now but just feel .....picked on by the universe a bit I guess.

Thank you for listening to my whinge! Over it now!

Something positive - my friend is putting me in touch with a naturopath/herbalist lady with a mammoth success rate - something like out of all the women she has treated, 114 out of 120 have had successful pgs following treatment. Can't hurt to try, surely?

Oh, and can't remember who asked, but my real name is Jennifer too, but answer more often to Jen. Some of the most brilliant minds of this century are also called Jen (hey Jen, hehe!). Jenushka (pronounced yenushka) was what my late Russian grandfather used to call me - I think it means "Little Jen" and was his term of endearment. It kind of stuck and even dh calls me "yenush"...

Love, hugs and to all