Thanks everyone ... I suppose the worry never goes away ... we worry when we're TTC, then we worry when we're pregnant and no doubt we'll worry over them for the rest of our lives!!!

Marcellus - It's got it's good points and it's bad ... unfortunately I have to pack an overnight bag with me just incase the first u/s goes pearshaped and they have to admit me ... it's not like I can go back in a hurry for surgery!!! Doesn't help to instill an air of calm though ... but such is the mysteries of life ... can't WAIT to hear a heartbeat and get told that everything's fine ...

Mako - Glad your OB appointment went well ... and as for pain relief ... I can't say anything about an epidrual, but when I dislocated my elbow they gave me gas and that stuff's FABULOUS!!! Felt a bit foggy, but still totally in control and aware, no pain, and just a wonderful gooey feeling all over ... soooooo going to go down the gas path for our labour ... I was sooo peeved when they'd fixed my elbow and took the gas away from me ....

Monnie - Lovely to hear you're still feeling serene about it all ... I hope I'm as patient as you when the time comes ... right now I'm eager to get the first 12/14 weeks over and done with ... and if I'm this ancy now, LORD only knows how far up the walls I'll be climbing when we near our due date! ... it's been wonderful to lurk around and read you story ... nice to see that sometimes, just sometimes, the light at the end of the tunnel isn't an oncoming train with a flamethrower .... I wish you all the blessings and good fortune in the world ...

Llt Panda ... our next cab off the rank if memory serves me (and since becoming pregnant it doesn't serve me at all!) ... How are you trucking along??? I hope everything is going well.

ALR ... we never got to IVF!!! We were "supposed" to do IVF, 'cause 7 rounds of clomid and a lap and dye surgery found chronic tubal damage and failure to ovulate and I've got the medical reports here saying that we had 0% chance of conceiving naturally ... but we proved everyone wrong when an u/s at our first IVF appointment found me 6w1d preggers!!!