[Viv]

Hellooo!!!

Sorry - it was a looong weekend, and I had a friend visiting from Poland (surprise visit! Her bo still lives here). Thus the long-ish silence!

Miss Salome, welcome! I guess you already realised everyone here will pich in where they can to help!! Good luck on your search!!

Ona, stop being silly about the way you look - you'd better start being more lenient on yourself - your body image WILL change radically once you're pregnant - trust me, it's not easy: I was 48 kg (106 pounds??) before I started the treatment and now I'm 60 kg (132 pounds). You have to take a deep breath and still feel worthwhile despite all the changes, and just tell yourself you can eventually get back to your old self (or close), but it will have to wait for now.

Deej, same goes for you - and as for the boobs hurting, the vomiting, the fattening (look above), just don't feel too bad - been there, done that, including the spotting, and trust me, all of it goes away - in 1 month or less if you're really lucky, you'll feel better (though you won't get slimmer, but even your weight will settle better - either that or you just get used to it! ) )

Thanks all for the + thoughts on the baby girl - I am starting to come around and seeing the positive points - I'll get there! Mindi, I guess it's the Jewish genes that may make the boy connection more attractive... I really don't know, just a theory...

As for the "hot topic" of circumncision, I really don't know where I stand...in Brazil (I'm 1/2 Brazilian - the bigger 1/2) it's common procedure nowadays to circumncise unless otherwise requested by the parents, but as you probably have heard, Brazilian surgeons are good with the scalpel, though normally in the context of nose/face/boob/you-guess-what jobs but, heck i have not heard of any major problems.

On the other hand I don't believe leaving things as they are as kathryn intends to do (very soon) is bad either.

I have to run now, but will be back later on.

Cheers to all,

Viv