Better...

People have backed off and given apologies, and I have also come up for air long enough to lose a little of the edge of hysteria...  Thanks to the people who talked me down, gave me hugs, and offered their services as hired thugs!  Teeheehee...  While I can, logically, understand that people were just trying to be silly, logic does not necessarily calm a frightened pregnant woman when she is being teased from every freakin' angle...  What I need right now is for people to help me through rough patches -- not to create new ones!  After the ultrasound on July 1st, I will know whether or not to freak out -- and I am sure y'all will hear about it one way or another on this blog...  So far, though, my beta hCG levels have "risen appropriately," and I am just holding on to that good news...  One day at a time...  (just like an alcoholic)...  Later days...