Ren - glad to see you're back again. Hope Ava continues to improve and you can put the problems of the past few weeks behind you.

Bon - I've been told that the MCHN usually contacts us about MG in the first 8 weeks. I haven't heard anything either yet, but at my last appointment she said if I still hadn't heard anything by the next appt (at 2 months) then I shoudl let them know. So I'm not worried yet.

Mel - Stay safe! My folks live in the bush about an hour from Melb. Although they have been lucky and not too close to any of the existing fires (the Bunyip and Gembrook ones were relatively close, but the wind was blowing away from them luckily), they will be in real danger if anything starts up near them. They are absolutely surrounded by trees. I think we've convinced Dad not to stay and fight after what happened to all those poor people on Black Saturday.

As for me, I think I've got a slight bout of mastitis. Max was acting very weird yesterday, sleeping lots and not really interested in playing, so I had the thermometer out to take his temperature (it was fine ). My friend was over and I had said how I felt terrible, so she suggested taking my temp - what do you know, 38+. My right breast was really sore, skin sore all over (like when I've had the flu) and thumping headache. Anyway, saw the doc and got some antibiotics and taking panadol, which seems to help. Downside to the antibiotics is the doc said they make bub's bowel movements a lot looser. I don't know how Max's could possible get any looser, and they're already watery