HM, the good thing about 5 year olds is that you've got nearly 6 years to be ready for one. You build up to them slowly and don't have to jump in at that point straight away. I'm personally finding the toddler stage more scary, and am very relieved that I don't have to jump straight in at the energetic 2-3 year old stage! My freak out moment was similar - except it was more along the lines of "I'm pregnant... there's going to be an actual REAL baby at the end of this - HELP!" I'd been at it so long that I was focussed so much on "getting pregnant" and forgot that the end result was "having a baby". Oh, and AFM is "as for me".

on tra_k - welcome. What happens next depends on your clinic. Most will organise a scan somewhere between 6-8 weeks, some will have blood tests before that point. Some will only do more blood tests if your levels warrant it. It happens with my clinic if levels are under 100 at the first test. Mine were so far over 100 that they wouldn't even tell me my numbers, just that I was DEFINITELY pregnant and I didn't need to stress. I hope DH learns to take more meaningful messages next time he's the one to talk to the clinic!

Having a rough time lately - work is hell and I'm just SO tired! I want to start my maternity leave now... but if I can work the next 5 weeks I get the school holidays on my full regular pay level before my maternity leave kicks in at the start of the 2009 school year, so there's a huge financial incentive to keep going... I'll just keep plodding along...

BW