Rooey - I hope you are ok. What a horrible situation to be in. Dh and I were fighting quite a bit a few weeks ago and if I had family nearby, I probably would have left for a while. It's good that he can see he needs to get som help. It's really easy to get caught up in moment.

Rach - oh no that's terrible about your dog. How old is it? Our dog is driving me crazy. He chews up Angus's toys and pushes him over and jumps up on everyone. He will be one next month, so I'm hoping things will settle down. We also take him to obedience training and the dog park to help socialise him with other dogs/people. I forget where you live, but a friend of mine uses a service called Bark Busters. It's expensive up front, but then you can call them back anytime free of charge. My friends dog was showing aggression to other dogs, and whatever they told her, she was quite happy with them.

Teresa - The veins and stuff do sound like you might be pg. when I was tcc and on progesterone pessaris, it made that happen too, even before our embryo was transferred, so you could just have high progesterone too. I didn't have nausea straight away - my first sign this time was having a numb feeling in my legs and arms, like pins and needles. I think all the blood was going to my abdomen. I hope it turns out well whatever happens. Is it possible for you to have the baby in Canberra somehow? A friend from play group had a prem baby last time and now she is in some special program at the Canberra hospital. Of coarse if you went into labour they wouldn't have time to transfer you, but they might have some reciprocal arrangement? I'll find out the program my friend is in - Wagga hospital might have one too?

AFM - we just got back from a week in NZ, which was really great. Angus got to feed chickens, sheep, horses and pat day old calves. We also went on buses, planes, ferries and saw helicopters and steam trains. Angus met lots of his family over there and got spoiled. Then today I had my glucose test and midwife appointment. Hopefully all is good with the clucose test, because I had been eating so much sugar. I was 5kg heavier before getting pregnant this tim than last, but I am almost the same weight I was when I had Angus at 15 days over! I'm 26 weeks today and have put on around 12 kgs...