Teh interwebz ate my post! I posted this morning, but I don't see it here now. Hrumph. And there isn't even a draft of it. Phooey. I'll recap what I had written.
Beta came in at 96.5. That is pregnant, and not terrible, but not great. With RoBet it was 233 at this same point (14 DPO). 233 was very high for a singleton though, so 100 isn't bad for just one bun in the oven. What bugs me is that I got such an early BFP, that my levels should be higher now. Some of you may want to tune out now - it's about to get technical. The sensitivity of the tests that I used (Clearblue Easy Digital and Wondfos (also known as Amazon cheapies) is 25 (units aren't really important for this discussion). Beta levels are supposed to double every two days. So, if we assume that my level of hcG was 25 on Thursday, it can be assumed that a double was 50 on Saturday and 100 on Monday. Since my level was slightly under 100, it HAD to be at 25 on Thursday for everything to be OK and doubling appropriately. But what are the chances of it being exactly that and being picked up on the test? Wouldn't it make more sense that it was 35 or 50? If so, I am clearly not doubling my levels every 48 hours. *sigh* End result? I absolutely hate this part of the process. My levels did not double with RoBet (for reasons I can speculate on at another time), and it caused me no end of fear and stress. If my level that they draw tomorrow (I'll get the results back Thursday) doesn't double, I'm going to ask that they just not do any more betas for a few days at least, hopefully for a week. I just don't want to keep doing this every 2 - 3 days for two weeks like last time. I don't want to over analyze each number and what it could mean. I don't want to expect to miscarry - if it happens, there is nothing that will stop it, even if I know it's coming. So, let it just happen then if that is what is going to be. I don't want to worry that it might be coming for weeks on end. Let me just be happy being pregnant, and if it happens, so be it. For now though, I can still be optimistic, because I'm having symptoms! Yay for feeling like shit! Yesterday I was so exhausted that I took a nap during the day and went to bed early. That is unusual for me - I prefer to be awake and doing things for as much time as possible. I try to get 7 -8 hours of sleep a night, but that's usually enough. Not yesterday! And then, RoBet woke me up crying again last night (she's teething again) and I had to cut my time that I sat and rocked her short, because man I had to puke! And I did. Lots. At midnight. So, exhaustion and morning sickness are here. Last time they waited until about 8 weeks to set in, so this is a bit on the early side! But, hopefully they won't last as long this time, assuming the pregnancy is viable. OK, that's the short version of my earlier post. Off to bed for me!
3 comments:
It is kinda humerous that us ladies struggling with IF would look forward to being sick and tired and everything else that comes with pregnancy. YOu have to love it! Keeping you in my thoughts.
I found this article:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/i-v-f-without-the-risk-of-multiple-births/#more-27591
Toni - for real! Haha! Because we know we have to feel like crap in order to achieve the desired end result. =)
AC - Very interesting article! I am very happy right now that I listened to hubby, because we really wanted a singleton pregnancy, and now we have it! The doubt just really creeps in there that the one might not stick.
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