Hi all - Hammi....here I am! I have been in Sydney since Wed and got back last night. I am reading though all the post in here and the preg thread trying to catch up.

Okay where to start...

Rozzie - that is the most understated BFP announcement I have seen - but I do understand your reluctance. Maybe when you test again you can do a bigger announcement. I wait until AF was about 4 or so days late before I tested and the first one was negative and then the next couple were very faint. It only got darker a whole week later and with one particular brand - Onestep Discover. I think it just has to be taken that a line is a line. I hope this baby sticks and that you are able to start a new journey forward.

Hammi - I just looked at your chart - so does FF never give you a coverline or O? Your temps look ok but it is hard to know without the coverline to see what your average is.

Tildy and everyone else charting (Sryan etc) - my last successful cycle (and please excuse if I am repeating myself) showed my O day on FF as CD11 - now I am normally clockwork and I have used Natural Family Planning to avoid pregnancy so I was aware of my fertility pattern and CM - so I decided this was wrong and kept trying and lo and behold they changed the O day to CD14 just as I had predicted. I think it is really important to use FF but also your own intuition and mucous checks. If I had stopped trying when FF said I O'ed I would not be pregnant with this little one. I know it is easier in my case as my cycle did return to some form of normalcy after Nathaniel - but I also had my naturopath saying my temps were sluggish so I was starting to worry I wasn't O'ing etc. Just listen to yourself and use FF as a tool to help. Temping IS addictive - I even had dreams where I had taken my temp and they were so vivid that when I woke I had to think about whether I had already done it or not....crazy stuff. Good luck with the TTCing and I hope you all get your BFPs soon.

Jo - I was so worried about you before I left for Syd that I had even called my husband to say that he might need to check BB for me. I am glad to hear that the ultrasound set some mistakes right - like the heartbeat and the cord vessels. I hope all goes well today with your Ob. I have heard of low lying placentas but did not think they were a cause for concern other than affecting the chance of a natural delivery. Please try to focus on the good points they have told you and yes go in armed with a hundred questions as this will give you some peace of mind. I am praying like mad for your baby!

As for me, I am well. I spent the last few days in Syd with my family as we went to World Youth Day. We had VIP passes to the big events so it meant I got to sit down. It was an amazing event but exhausting. I have also found that I am thinking about Nathaniel a lot of late - I think there is a variety of reason - Mel's baby Joshua has reminded me how much it hurts to lose your child, I fell pregnant with Nathaniel in July last year, and being with my family etc made me realise how much I miss him and always will. I am getting used to tears coming but they only last for a little while.

I have been getting great movement this past week which has been a great relief for me. My family couldn't believe how big my belly has gotten - they all live in Melb and Bris so haven't seen me recently. I think when people ask when I am due they get a suprise when I say I am 24 weeks! I am starting to wonder how huge this belly will be by the end...the strange thing is I have hardly put on any weight maybe just a kilo. I am starting to get impatient for the next few weeks to fly by. I am looking forward to entering the 3rd tri as this will be a big milestone for me.

Hugs to everyone and I hope you are all going well.