Hi Ladies

Firstly DD: glad the party went well. Was thinking of you and you can feel relieved that you have overcome another milestone on the road to recovering from such a sad loss. Well done!

Sue: yay for bubs moving and I'm so excited now to find out the sex. it will help us all visualise your little one making his/her safe arrival into this world.

Helen: try not to worry too much re the movement. I never felt Ethan or Charlie until after 16 weeks and even then it was so slight that I wasn't really sure. I think from memory it was closer to 18 or 19 weeks when I felt really confident about movement with Ethan. With Charlie I had a couple of definite sessions with her wriggling around before she passed so that would have been around the same time. In short at 16 weeks 'don't be silly girlfriend', you have nothing to stress about!!

Rozzie: its so good to hear that your boss is being considerate of your situation and you have every right to put yourself first. Its not just you but bub as well so you deserve to have it a little easier than you might normally.

As for Lan, Sue and Rozzie and your Q's re the detox. I think the way they work is that they put this thing on your arm which sends negative (or positive I can't remember) ions into your body that attract the toxins. Then as your feet are so porous they have another thing in a foot bath which draws the ions out with the toxins attached. It takes 30 minutes and the water goes from clear to freakishly gross! As the toxins are released they react with the air and change shape, color etc so the therapist can tell you what your body is releasing. The first time I had a bit of everything, but this time it was mostly in relation to my reproductive system which of course I found very interesting.

You are not supposed to do it when pregnant so I thought I might do one more just before AF is due this month and then that's it before ttc. They suggest having it done about every 2 weeks to eliminate the continuous onslaught of toxins our body accumulates. I'm not sure if I would do that ongoing but the first few sessions are supposed to get most of the crap out and then its just maintenance.

Lan: re the romantic evening. We didn't end up going but had a bottle of wine (whoops about the detoxing) and a lovely dinner. Then I had a fight with my Mum and it kind of killed any frisky vibes we had going. DH was loving my Mum right about then!!