Happy Birthday GIGI! Hope you had a great day and it's great you managed to feel ok on the day. Make sure you do something special for yourself! Thanks also for the fantastic advice. I was truly petrified of what to expect and your calm words certainly helped me at that very difficult point.

To everyone who has given me their messages of support, THANK YOU! It's been a really rough week and whilst I have come to terms with the miscarriage, I'm now facing a whole new battle with questions like "will this happen again", "will I be able to fall pregnant again", "why did this happen", questions I'm sure we are all too familiar with!

To the newbies, welcome and thanks for sharing your stories. I've shed a lot of tears as I've hovered this week. It's a tough spot to be in but the success stories that come out of this thread should keep us all going! Good luck with your ttc journeys and may they be short.

AFM - I'm doing ok. Physically things are FINALLY starting to slow. The bleeding had been pretty heavy and the cramps really painful. I hate going to the loo for the constant reminder and I will feel so much better when things get back to normal. Emotionally I have gone through the motions. Whilst it has been so sad, part of me is selfishly glad it happened so early, after our last experience. I do get worried that I'll never have another baby and hate that the age gap is ever growing but these things are out of our control and the "control freak" in me hates that.

Anyway, just wanted to touch base. I'll probably be MIA for awhile now until things regulate so not sure when we will TTC. Good luck to all and hope to see some happy stories soon!

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