Rozzie -- sounds great so far. I think it can often be hard to see a heartbeat on those early internal scans, and maybe you had one of the many doctors who sticks his foot in his mouth. It's sometimes hard for them to say things without making us worry, too -- I was at the doctor's just now and they always seem to leave me with more worries than answers. I think and hope that things will be fine.

Helen -- yeah, my DH would be on the not-so-in-touch side. Or maybe he's super in-touch with his emotions but rarely has any! :P I imagine that might have made it tough to deal with the EDD in the way you needed if he is emotionally different. I think I'm going to have to find a way around that when our EDD comes, because I feel I have to do something but think I'll end up getting my feelings hurt if I try to get him to participate fully.

Sue -- same questions as Lan, how does it work, this frostie business?

Katie -- I hope you have a good time at this 30th party. I never responded about it ini the Pregnancy thread, but I remember you getting angry over them wanting to drink and smoke in the car. I completely understood your rant. Especially for me, I come from a very non-drinking background and will never adjust to how Swedes can't have a good time without booze. We've been to lots of weddings this summer and one of my closest friends was in her 9th month of pregnancy at 2 of them, and her husband got pretty sloshed at both of them ("She can't drink anyway, so she can drive!"). I just pointed DH in his direction and was like, "I know he's your best friend, but when that time comes for us, BIG NO NO."

Lan -- I'm so sorry for the heartache you had to go through on your EDD. But I think it will make you stronger. I think that seeing your DH cry like that is very bittersweet and you will always know that he loves and grieves Hamish, too. A lot of us are envious that you have that kind of guy!

Jo -- have you gotten any results yet? Or am I way too early?

I've been to the doctor today, a follow-up after the unsatisfying trip to the emergency room. This one also managed to say "bleeding usually means miscarriage, but I suppose you might be lucky." Last time I wished they'd been more honest with me and less encouraging, but now I'm wishing they'd start lying through their teeth a little. But I guess I also noticed that I don't believe her. I don't believe that my bleeding is a bad omen, and I think things are going to be okay this time, or at least they are okay so far. Otherwise she was good and answered my questions, and talked about what she saw, which most of them don't do. Cervix was good, embryo was the perfect size with a good little ticker (though I ALWAYS have a hard time seeing it, though DH says he saw it loud and clear), she saw some blood but said it looked like such a small amount and was definitely old, she thought things looked great. And actually the bleeding calmed down over the weekend and was totally absent yesterday. They even did a urine test and checked for infections and such. So she was at least thorough.

Now, at this point in my last pregnancy, I'd had one bright red gush of blood and they had plucked out a tiny bit of "pregnancy tissue" that had gotten stuck in my cervix and was keeping it open. Things are different this time!

I'm getting some sort of cold or sinus infection now, so I've made an executive decision -- no work this week. I'm going to rest and rest and rest some more, and hopefully, if it stops raining, take some short walks so that I don't totally turn to jelly.