Merk fingers and toes are all crossed for you, maybe this is your cycle!
Peanut can't blame you for getting overwhelmed at work; must be hard enough during your midwife gig, but to have a front-row seat for pg stuff at your 2nd job sounds just too much to take. We all crack sometimes; even if your coworkers don't understand, we do. Hell I got teary at Nando's the other night, just bc a pg lady had the nerve to sit at the next booth 
so you're a much tougher cookie than I am.
Frog anyone who thinks being a stepmother is the same as being a mother needs a reality check, but sadly they probably won't ever get one. It's so aggravating. I love my SKs but it gets hard sometimes being an afterthought to them, when their well-being is always at (or near) the top of my list.
Poppy welcome, and sorry to hear about your MC 
this TTC stuff is really not as straightforward as we were all led to believe, is it? i hope you're getting lots of support from your DH & family.
Thanks all for the encouragement re: the waiting game. I truly get the impression the GP is basically trying to get me past the 1yr mark, heading towards the 2yr mark, bc 'statistics show that 95% of couples get pregnant within 2 years'. Well F that, statistics aren't going to help me if something v simple is wrong that nobody bothered to investigate til 2 bloody years go by. So I'll be doing as suggested, handle the neuro stuff (which ought to be simple as there isn't a problem to 'fix,' just needs annual monitoring) and call GP back immediately after and request the NHS referral, or a private referral if NHS wait is too long. I was upset yesterday bc it just felt like I was being pawned off, when all I was doing was requesting what was available per NHS guidelines. I might to put on my pushy American hat next time; this time, my sweet Southern belle bonnet was on, and at this point Scarlett is kind of pissed, so I'll be politely pushy next time 