Beta #2 Results...

After a very productive morning, I called in to get the results of my beta.

Beta - 193
Progesterone - 18.6

Cindy, the nurse practitioner, was very perky with her congratulations and instructions. I think I was in a daze when she was telling me the numbers because she said "Hello" a few times before I answered. She said that the beta more than doubled so that was great and the progesterone looked great for 4 weeks. I told her briefly about my freaking out on Sunday about my progesterone levels and thanked her for reassuring me that they were ok. We scheduled my first visit and ultrasound for April 2nd which will put me at a little over 7 weeks. I can't believe that I have to wait until April but then again I can't believe that April is a little over 2 weeks away. It will be great to see the baby and a heartbeat. We will be going down to see our folks that weekend so maybe we will have a nice (surprise) gift to give them.


I entered my betas into babymed.com's hcg calculator to see what doubling level looked like and where I stood with my betas. It makes me feel better that I'm more average or slightly higher than average than I thought.

Soo Cute...

Now that it is medically confirmed. Torin is ridiculously happy and excited. He went from wanting to tell no one to wanting to sing it from the rooftops. I compromised with him and told him family after the first ultrasound and friends after the first trimester. It's so cute how excited he is that it makes me even happier. Torin's going to be a great father (a worried one), but a great one nonetheless.

Blood Test aka Beta #1 Results...

70.


The nurse said it was good for 14 dpo. Not bad. Not excellent. But in the range they like to see them between 60 and 100. I know that each woman is different, each pregnancy is different, but I still worry and wonder if that 70 is good enough. I go back in tomorrow for my next draw tomorrow morning and will not get the results until Monday.

Hopefully the beta results will have doubled.

So this is what it's supposed to look like...

So I woke up decided to test. I'm not sure what I really expected but this is what I was greeted with (sorry in advance for the crappy pic)...



Umm...(squint)

Wait...(rub eyes)

Is that a positive? STFU!?!...I must be fucking delusional right now. I have somehow wished a positive pregnancy test into existence and now I don't know what reality is. Is it really positive? Let's go ask the hubs.

(Walking calmly to bed to wake up Torin)

Me: Take a look at this. (hands pregnancy test handle first)
Torin: Umm...I don't know what it's supposed to look like...
Me: (I point at side of test)
Torin: Wait I thought you were going to wait until your test date or you were late? It looks like a faint plus sign. What does this mean?
Me: (So I didn't imagine it...) Today is my test day and I'm taking another test.
Torin: What? You just took one.
Me: (Running off to bathroom for the EPT we bought to use up his medical reimbursement.)

So I dipped the test in the urine I so cleverly saved and picked it up and got in bed with Torin while the test developed. We looked over at two minutes and it looked a little something like this...



So this is what a positive pregnancy test is supposed to look like.

Well Torin is not convinced, he told me to call my doc to get an appointment ASAP. So being the good wife I called the advice line and talked to the nurse. It was pretty awkward to call them but they said to call them whenever I turn up pregnant. Pregnant. (sigh) Anyhow, they ordered a blood test stat and I plan to stop by the lab before work. I should have the results tomorrow.

Hostile Working Conditions....

I think the whole office is ready to sue the building management all over the temperature in the building. It's freaking ridiculous how warm it is in our office. All of the thermostats are set at 62 but I swear that it is more like 80 in here. We had a visitor to our office and she said that it was actually humid in our office. HUMID...inside...really...I would say that's not good then. The heat has made everyone lethargic at best. I'm getting hot flashes, I'm super tired (as in if I put my head down I would be sleep right now) and it's making the little bouts of nausea I have worse. I think the bouts of nausea is from the stomach flu Torin and I had a few weekends ago. This probably won't get fixed any time soon so I'll just have to remember Layers are my friend when I get dressed in the morning.

I've come a long way...

...since this post.

I won't say when this decision was made but we have made the decision to start trying to have a baby.

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body. - Elizabeth Stone