Chez - oh sweetie, thankyou. I ended up getting a new toilet yesterday. Not quite how I expected to be spending the 1st anniversary of Amelia's EDD. But it's nice to have a properly working loo again. For me, being biologically related is not crucial. I am adopted, and from a child's perspective I have always felt loved and nutured and no different from my brother, who is my parents biological child. In fact I reckon if you ask my brother, I was "treasured" more than he was. I know it can be hard to get your head around the concepts of egg donation, but I agree with you. You are a mother and will be a mother again and you will nuture your child, irrespective of how your child comes into the world. I just loved the way you retold the story of the baby shower. I had a similar experience with my friends baby, holding him for hours and feeling so tired ans sore but so fulfilled afterwards. It really is a feeling to hold on to isn't it? Hope your cycle sorts its self out...

Gi- thankyou! I love the mental picture I have of you drinking in the sweet aroma of your nephew.

Hiya to everyone else. Just a quick one from me today. Take care.