Mary Lou, I am so happy that you got good news about your little munchkin.  And apparent good news about your health also - I say a celebraiton is definitely in order.   I want to ask all my friends here to say a little prayer - my best friend Beverly, (she and her husband are the ones we sailed with in Nov.) is expecting her second grandbaby in July.  She went with her DIL last week for an ultrasound. While the dr. was doing the procedure - Bev said she got this strange look on her face and she told them that she recommends a Down&#39;s Syndrome test.  Lauren asked her why she would suggest that and she said that there was a possibilty and that as she was 11 weeks along, they needed a definitive answer while it was still early enough to &quot;do something about it&quot;.  Lauren said that the man who had done her sonogram last time at 20 weeks, to determine the sex, had told her then that they could detect that then if it was present, and she asked the Dr. if that was true.  The dr. said that yes it was, but at that point it would be too late.  Lauren replied that subjecting the baby to that test at this point was not an option as a postive answer would make no difference in how they felt about this baby.  She said they would wait until the sonogram to find out and if it was so, they would deal with it and love the child regardless.  Needless to say, that is true, but they are certainly praying for a healthy baby.  At this point, they still have 8 weeks until the sonogram and even though they are tying to remian positive, taking the attitude that if God sees fit to bless them with a &quot;special child&quot; they know it will bring lots of blessings and joy to their lives, they have asked me to pray for this baby and I know so many of my friends here believe in the power of prayer also, so I wanted to pass this along.  Well, guess I need to get my housework done - I didn&#39;t finish my book yesterday so am hoping to have some time after all my work is done to curl up with it.  Wishing you all a wonderful weekend...