Thanks for the panic attack....

Okay, so this isn't a travel-related post, but it is pregnancy-related.

Was just in the ladies room at work and ran into the office manager for job#1. She was inquiring about the pregnancy, how's it going, blah, blah. I told her it's been rough - with the morning sickness all through the first trimester plus the migraines i've been suffering the past couple of weeks. She looked at me with sympathy and said, "ohmigod - my sister went through the same thing." "Really?" I asked, thinking this was the part that she reassured me everything would be ok. "Yes, and she ended up going into Full Eclampsyia (WTF is that?) and giving birth at 6 mos. Her baby only weighed a pound. She almost died from loss of blood. The baby was in the NICU for months...." and on and on. She must have seen my face, because then she said "Oh, well - those were likely complications because my sister was older when she gave birth." "How old was she?" I asked. "34." Hmmm. "How old are you?" she asked me. "I'll be 37 when the baby is born." Thud. Quiet. "Oh." Then she asks me when my next dr. appt is - and it's in one week. But as she's talking i'm wondering if i should be calling the hospital and booking an OR. I began to feel a tension headache sprout right there in the ladies room. "All I can tell you is ask TONS of questions when you next go to the Dr.," she said. "Better to be safe than sorry." Um hum. Yeah. "Thanks for that great advice!" I beamed, and promptly turned and ran to my desk to look up all my symptoms on the computer.