Restoring my replacement iPhone4

Hi,
I just recieved a replacement iPhone 4 from Apple and plugged it into my itunes to restore the back up I had made from my old phone.
When I initially plugged the phone it it gave me the option to restore from the back I had made a few days ago, however it said the software on the phone was older than the back up and advised me to set the phone up as a new phone to update the software and then restore the back up.
I followed the instructions and set the phone up as a new phone and did the software update.
The problem I have now is when I select restore it does not come up with the option to restore the back up I made a few days ago. The only option it offers is to restore the phone to the factory settings.
Have I somehow lost all the data from the back up of my old phone? If not, how do I get the back up I did to restore onto my replacement phone?
Please help because the thought of losing everything from my old phone is enough to make me feel sick!!
Thanks

Oh my god, thank you soooooo much!!
It came up with the back up I wanted.
You are a life saver. Thank you again!!

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