Sue -- I know it's super tough to see spotting, believe me, but I don't want you to lose hope. First, it turned from pink one day into brown next day. This is a good thing. Plus, at your stage, they say spotting is so normal, with the placenta implanting and everything. I may not be able to take that kind of advice seriously when they give it to me, but I must believe it 100% deep down for other people, because I really think things will be okay for you. Call your doctor and explain, then you'll know that s/he knows and s/he can decide what to do. It's funny, but I really want my current pregnancy to suceed not just for me but so I can lurk around here afterwards and say "I had 3 huge, bright red bleeds in the first trimester and it was still just fine!"

Paula -- I've been hypothyroid since I was about 12, and before that I was hyPERthyroid for 4 years. So I've been taking meds for over 20 years for it. Like Sue I'm also on 100 micrograms. They test me quite often this time, since I had a late loss last time, and they're explaining every result to me. After the first test she said the hormone levels were perfect, but the TSH (hormone stimulator produced by me, not the medicine) is low, suggesting that my meds might be too high. However, she won't change them yet, as it's the hormone level that the baby needs and the TSH is not important for the baby, so no fiddling now. When they test me now it's just a blood test, but when I was 8 the ver first tests involved iodine and several hours of pumping stuff in and out of me, so as I understand it a simple blood test won't always uncover the problem. Thyroid levels are SO important for our bubs -- I've been told that if I weren't medicated I would have been infertile, but with medication I got knocked up ini 2 months, so it seems like it's at least as important as they say.

Lan -- it's great to hear that you're starting off everything with counseling and health checks etc. As soon as we decided to start TTC I called around trying to get some sort of pre-conception counseling from the doctors and such here; I took it for granted that such a thing was "normal". I was just repeatedly told "Oh, we don't do that" and "call us when you're pregnant or if you've gone 2 years of trying without getting pregnant." So please, take every opportunity you have to have a whole team around you preparing you for this most important of events!

Helen -- nope, I have never had a cycle when I dipped down and then up again and then gotten AF, because my last cycle was EXACTLY like that (with the spotting at the same time as well) and ended up with a BFP!

My shoulders and back are killing me, as we're trying to take care of our neglected garden before going to Spain tomorrow. Have you ever tried to use a hand mower to cut grass that's gotten to be about 15 cm long? We spent the whole weekend on it and the weeds are only half picked. Here's the sad part -- I think our garden is 150 square meters total.

My scan is today, 3 pm. You'll all probably be in bed when I get home, but I'll drop a post about how it went. I won't be home to see how Rozzie's went, and we won't have a computer with us because I think we need to get away from that, but I'm sending all possible positive vibes her way for Wednesday!