Morning all
hairy have said it on the other thread but it's worth repeating, congratulations!!! 
. That's fantastic news, keeping everything crossed for you xx
jolls I am keeping my suspenders on for you, I do think that sounds hugely promising...my first "bfp" this time was pathetic, poas'd at 11dpo and only got a faint shadow of a line visible only in direct sunlight after about an hour. I kept the stick and look at it now and there's nothing there!!! But for some reason it did prompt me to try a cb digi which was a lot clearer - might be worth a go and fx you'll get the same result? V v excited for you...
ladybee I'm sorry she got you but am glad she arrived before the flight - hopefully your body's getting back to normal and preparing for a sticky bfp once you've got to NZ. Hope the move goes smoothly (severe 
) x
yrmotb the days are ticking away into weeks, how're you feeling? Any symptoms?
mouse your work is just rubbish 
definitely speak to the union. I'm another one who chose to take a back seat careerwise after ds - I went down to 14.5 hours per week which for a solicitor is unheard of and pretty much amounts to career suicide. So I get paid proportionately less than my counterparts and there's no chance of promotion. But that was my choice and not something that should be forced on you. I'm happy with my decision but realise it's not for everyone and if you want to carry on you should stand your ground. Surely they can't effectively demote you for legitimate time off sick?! Anyway, whatever you want to do, I agree that you shouldn't make any hasty decisions. If you haven't already, start to keep a log of every meeting/everything that's said to you, go back and record everything you can remember that's happened or been said so far and tell the union everything. Best of luck x
aandr hurray for a sympathetic gp and for a partly-helpful naturopath but I have to say, the magic cow lady...WTF?! That does sound slightly insane . Let's hope the real vitamins do their job and you don't need to resort to the telepathic kind 
battery yay for good scan!! I'll still keep my fx for twins for you!
All ok here (afaik!) although I had an argument with my mw on Thursday - I rang for booking in blood results and was talking about failure to get consultant appt/scan at my 16 week hurdle and she told me that the mws don't listen in 16 weeks anymore! I pointed out that this was the only way I found out my baby had died last time (no outward symptoms of mc) and did she really think I would have been better going for a 20 week scan to be told baby died 6 weeks ago? She basically said, oh that wouldn't happen, you would have started bleeding by then - but I'm not sure this is right. I was 17 weeks by the erpc and still no symptoms or spotting. Anyway, surely it's better to know sooner if you have the opportunity?!
I asked why the policy had changed and was basically told it was because they could find the hb at 16 weeks but anything could go wrong the next day. Now surely you could say the same about any check or scan and it must be better to have a snapshot of how things are doing rather than nothing?!
Anyway it was a rather heated debate because I do feel strongly about this for obvious reasons. I spent all Thursday and Friday feeling about it, then I went for acupuncture and the acu said things felt fine but I seemed tired and reminded me that confrontation was very tiring. So I decided it's ridiculous getting worked up about it, luckily we're not completely skint (yet!) so I can pay for the scans I feel I need (as things stand my first nhs one will be 20 weeks) and I've bought my own Doppler. I know it might sound crazy, but if I can't get the reassurance I need from the mw/hospital it's far better I sort it out myself than spend the next six weeks going slowly crazy!!
So I know that was a long mememe post (again - sorry!) but I promise no more ranting, I will simply take charge of things myself.