Ok I promised I would be back and here I am.....I have a killer headache (on day 3 now) so bear with me

megsmum - Sorry you've been unwell with the flu. Glad to hear you are on the mend now though and that everything is going well.

Tam - Will be thinking of you on Wednesday. I can't believe your boy will be here in just a couple of days - it seems like only yesterday you got your BFP. But I suppose, pg'cy seems to fly by for everyone but the person whose actually pregnant...lol. Don't be too concerned about bubs' weight. As long as he is healthy and the placenta is functioning.

Easha - Congrats on finding your new home. I hope the moving. Goodluck with the move.

Meredith - I'm glad to see that upsy is active and staying put.

chappas - Glad your midwife appointment went well. I hope bub doesn't get too big.

WTH - Glad your appointment went well last friday. I had to giggle at DDs practical response. So cute! Sorry about the sciatica, I hope the massage helps.

Greenslw - Wow you have lots to celebrate atm. Happy anniversary for last week and congrats on reaching 12 weeks. DH and I also decided against screening for Downs since there's no reason to think it would come back high risk, but even if we were, we wouldn't do any further testing anyway.

Karen - You're getting the "you must be due any day now" already? I'd love to see the embarrassed look on their faces when you tell them you 'only' have 10 weeks to go.

Hi to anyone I've missed.

AFM - Had my MIL stay with us last week. I have to say it was a relief when she went home. She was telling me to hassle DH about getting the house organised. She's known him for 30 years yet it took me just a few months to work out that hassling him just makes him dig his heels in. Things may not be done in my time, but I've learnt to be patient because they do get done. Besides, we're not really making any 'plans' (Karen I like your words "contingencies and structures") until after the morphology scan, which is this Saturday. Yay! I'm really looking forward to finally seeing bubs. We did get to hear a healthy HB of 160bpm at my 16 week appointment and bubs was moving around a lot then too. It was such sweet relief to hear that sound.

I did have a slight scare last week though. Well, not really a scare, more of a concern. I had a bit of cramping friday. It was on and off most of the day but got worse that night. It wasn't very painful and there was no bleeding but it was very uncomfortable. I think I just overdid it last week because I worked a little more than usual and I did have family staying as well. But its the first real concern I've had with this pregnancy. I had a veg-out day on saturday to relax and haven't had any problems since. I know its a bit early, but do you think fatigue and stress could bring on braxton-hicks?

Sorry for the mini-essay, but I guess it has been a while.