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Alright, here are my stats.....

10.5 weeks as of today, due date given is August 14. We have the "heartbeat" ultrasound on Wednesday, which I'm really excited about. (It's our first baby.)

I was sooooo sick the past two weeks, but I'm actually sitting upright today which is a HUGE improvement!!

And I think it was maum who said that she was bit nervous about delivery in the UK. I'm in the same kind of boat.....I'm living in the Philippines, and I have little to no faith in my OB-GYN. I have two uterine fibroids, they are the pedunculated type (not inside the womb, but growing on stalks outside of the womb.) They grew noticeably in the first two months, but they seem to be settling down (like all of the books and websites said that they would.....apparently, once your hormones level off a bit near the 2nd trimester, they stop growing so rapidly). ANYWAY....my OB (as well as two others that we spoke to here) wants to DO SURGERY on me now while I'm pregnant to remove the fibroids. We've talked to two doctors in the US, and they both said that I may as well just go and have an abortion, and that I should flat out refuse the surgery. (Which I have, but the OB is pushing the issue. We'd change, but we're not in Manila....we're in a smaller area and don't have millions of great facilities to choose from. We're going to the hospital that the "rich" people go to.) Oh, and her reasoning for my needing surgery??? Because women with fibroids can't grow babies.....the baby won't have any room to grow. She said that it would be BETTER if they were INSIDE of my uterus (all of the US doctors that I talked to since my 2003 fibroid diagnosis have said, "Oh, at least they're pedunculated....they won't cause you fertility issues or delivery problems like they might if they were inside the uterus....")

So basically, I'm reading all of the books that I can and researching as much as I can on the internet, because I'm over here with no one other than my husband, so we really have to be vigilant about knowing everything, since we can't count on the doctors for much. It can be maddening sometimes....but hell, I guess that's just life in a developing country, right?

Congrats to all of the other expectant mommies, and best wishes to those of you who are trying!!!