Sorry I haven't posted in ages, but I have been keeping up with all the news!
Nemo Hurrah for a successful scan and a boy 
Shame on (D)H not coming along to the scan with you though 
that's really not on after everything you've been through! Sorry to hear about ms being back, hope it goes away soon. I found ginger nut biscuits a great help for ms, if not for my waistline, when pg. And those travel sickness bands too. Hope the meeting with the accountant went OK. I'm also self-employed and totally empathise with being hit with a massive tax bill. It happened to me a couple of years ago and I'm still paying back my mum the money she loaned me 
Frazzle Lovely to have you back my dear, so sorry to hear about the crap year you've had. It sounds as though you're definitely better off without Spam, but it will probably take a while to get him out of your system. Love the plans for wreaking revenge 
How was Cars 2? Very impressed with all the running and your dedication, well done you. Totally agree that exercise is the best form of anti-depressant too.
GoMurray Good luck for Tuesday, can well imagine you have mixed feelings about it. Will be thinking of you.
Marbles Keeping fingers crossed for you and hope you get some answers from tests and GP. Milk DH's helpfulness for all it's worth and rest up
Turkelton Yay on deciding to ttc again Hope having the implant thing removed wasn't too painful. Best of luck, hoping for some good news very soon!
Buddha How is ttc going? Keeping fingers crossed for you too!
Moomin Really sorry to hear about how things are with your DH 
Hope you're OK.
Mummylimited Hope you're OK and just busy with your two lovely boys
All OK here although had a horrid week last week. E had an ear infection at the beginning of the week so we were stuck indoors for 3 days, I was climbing the walls by the end of it! She's also being really difficult at the moment, everything is a constant battle of wills and to be honest I'm getting tired of it. I know some of it is down to her being tired after being ill and being on ABs for the infection, but it really is wearing me down Please tell me it's just a phase!
I'd also like to ask you lovely ladies for advice about a situation with my mum which is also getting me down. Basically she just seems to be too busy to be involved with E, at least that's how I perceive it She's always been involved in organisations/committees etc. ever since I was a child. When my dad was alive they were heavily into rowing, to the point where they were training several nights a week and every weekend. No problem with that, we still saw them regularly Then when my dad died she threw herself into her various activities (she's an alternative therapist and took on the management of a holistic centre), which again was totally understandable, she wanted to keep herself busy. However, when I had E I (selfishly perhaps) imagined she might want to be involved with her grand-daughter, especially as we live in the same town, she's 10 minutes away. Neither of my grand-mothers lived close to us when I was little, one was in France and the other was 2 hours away, although I did have a good relationship with them, especially my French granny, even though I only saw her 3 or 4 times a year. But seeing as my mum lives so near I had hoped that she and E would see a lot of each other. They have done, to a certain extent, in that my mum comes round several times a week, but I feel as though she's fitting us in around her other commitments most of the time and she'll stay for an hour maximum. Also, if E is tired and not in a great mood (which to be fair happens towards the end of the day when my mum comes round, especially since she dropped her afternoon nap) then she'll start looking at her watch and makes her excuses to go. Fair enough, she has things to do. But since E was born my mum knows how I've struggled at times with lack of sleep and trying to work and she's not ever really offered to help. She's had E to sleep at hers two or three times since she was born. E adores her and would love to stay over more often, but mum is always too busy with one thing and another. She also never takes her anywhere on her own unless I'm away on a training course of working for example. She won't ever offer to take her off my hands for an afternoon say so that I can have a break. I have never asked my mum to help with childcare figuring that E is my child and my responsibility, but when I look around at friends whose mums are very hands on I just feel so . Perhaps it's a case of she had her own children and now enjoys her freedom too much? We almost have to make an appointment to see her at times and she seems to be taking on more and more commitments. For example last week, when E was ill and we were stuck at home all week she managed to make time to see us for an hour on Wednesday afternoon and that was it. The previous week she came to watch E swim but didn't stay to actually see her once she'd got out of the pool 
Poor E was distraught when I had to tell her my mum had gone. To make matters worse, she looks after my sister's dog every few months and, strangely, manages to clear her diary when she's got him in order to take him for 2-hour walks every day 
E and I get even less of a look-in when the dog is around! Odd that she can make time for a dog but not her grand-daughter As I said, E adores her and is always asking when we can see my mum and I'm fed up with having to explain to her that she's busy. Re-reading this I sound like a petulant child, but I'm just sad and disappointed that my mum isn't really involved in E's life. RL friends have suggested that it's my mum that is missing out, which is true, but I wondered if any of you lovely ladies had any words of wisdom and how I could perhaps gently broach the subject with my mum. Trouble is I can feel myself getting angry and upset typing this so I'm not sure I could have a rational discussion with mum. Perhaps write to her? Or am I over-reacting? Help! Sorry for the long post, it's probably not what Frazzle had in mind when she asked us to entertain her 