Thanks for the hugs, all. I did wake up for a bit in the middle of the night, but I'm feeling reasonably rested. If all goes well, I may be able to get enough done today that the sense of immediate pressure is lifted somewhat.

I just wish I had the wherewithal to work more than 10 hours a day for a few days in a row.

I hope today brings a sense of accomplishment for you, Anne. I'm sorry you are going through this. Yes, I know these feelings well. Positive loving thoughts sent your way.

What Laura said, Anne.

Calli, sounds like a tough, and possibly beautiful trip.

I hope today brings a sense of accomplishment for you, Anne. I'm sorry you are going through this. Yes, I know these feelings well. Positive loving thoughts sent your way.

What Laura said, Anne.

Perzactly. I don't think you should have to work killer hours just to get feel ok about your job.

Congrats to Glamcookie on baby-boy-scan!

I just wish I had the wherewithal to work more than 10 hours a day for a few days in a row.

What WindSparrow said. Anyone would be psychically depleted from this.

Yay Glambaby! FWIW, my amnio was easy and positive (and was conducted in German rather than Greek, so I could understand what was going on). It was just the drama surrounding it that was hellish, but I'm hoping you aren't relying on a Dr. Dobson disciple who believes amnios are tantamount to abortion for a ride to and from the hospital.

Also, do take it easy afterwards - remodeling the kitchen can wait a day!

Whenever you work more than normal --it hurts your body aa wellas your mental state. Dh routinely works 9-10 nhour days This week -- closer to 15 ( dinner meetings ) . He is dead.

DH & I routinely work 12-14 hour days, sometimes worse. It sucks for our health, our children, etc. That is much of the reason that I go to the mountains for the summer. I still work the crazy hours, but while I don't have the school year responsibilities I can work in the relaxed setting.

I'm trying this summer to spend some of those hours improving my productivity. I've been training my assistant to do many of my tasks and we are writing documentation at the same time so stuff is not just in my head. Also working on getting the To Do lists under control. Just this week I have trimmed my main email inbox from 2300+ messages to just over 800. Mostly hitting delete, some filing. By weekend it will all be clear.

I do work for myself so I am the asshole boss that makes me work so hard, but working on getting it under control.

{{Anne}} I hope today is good to you.

GC! Baby Glamboy! Woo-hoo!

I am Burrell w/r/t the amnio - it was really helpful for me to get those results back and let those worries go. My high-risk doctor who did the procedure was fabulous, so it was an all around good experience. (Except for my DH, who felt faint and had to put his head between his knees. I was surprised he made it through my c-section, especially when he announced that he'd seen my insides.)

I remembered to bring everything to work today except for the thumb drive that has the actual things I've been working on. Oops.

FWIW, my amnio was easy and positive (and was conducted in German rather than Greek, so I could understand what was going on). It was just the drama surrounding it that was hellish, but I'm hoping you aren't relying on a Dr. Dobson disciple who believes amnios are tantamount to abortion for a ride to and from the hospital.

It was totally my decision to hold off. We went in prepared to do the amnio, but as the dr. was checking and double-checking everything during the u/s and saying perfect, perfect, perfect, I just felt like it wasn't the right time. We're doing another screen to see what the numbers say. I was surprisingly way more emotional about it all than I thought I would be - it just didn't feel right to me. The dr. supported my decision (and DW agreed as well). If the next numbers come back low again, we'll do the amnio, but dr. said he'll be shocked if they do. All three of us felt like there was a perfectly healthy little dude in there.

Also, {{{Anne}}}