2nd Beta!
My beta today was 5,434. Yes, five THOUSAND four-hundred and thirty four. Woohoo! Since I’m not really sick or anything it is hard to “feel” pregnant so this verification that all is well was much needed. Our first ultrasound is scheduled for next Tuesday! I can’t wait to see a heart beat. Here is how my beta increased compared to others. You can see I’m on the high side for singleton (one baby) but HCG values can never diagnose multiples so we just have to wait it out. As my dad said, one is enough for us (even if more would be a blessing). DH...
Read MoreMisconceptions about IVF
Someone asked me yesterday “did you get to pick the hair and eye color?” It is like they think IVF is a lifestyle choice. Who started this crap about “designer babies?” It is so far from the truth it is amazing. This seems to be what the average person thinks about assisted reproductive technologies. Or you hear “did you do that to have twins?” What??? That’s like asking a cancer patient if they “did that to be bald.” How do we change public opinion that IVF is treatment for a disease (or diseases) and it is grueling not t
Read More512!!!!
My beta was 512! 512. 512. 512. I can’t believe it. We are so blessed! I don’t know what else to say now…more later. …later. Sorry for the brief post. I was literally so happy I couldn’t speak. Beta tests measure HCG in your blood (whereas HPT’s measure it in your urine). The numbers are very variable but we were hoping for something around 100 at 15dp3dt (15 days past 3 day transfer). 150 Would have been wonderful. Over 200 hundred would have had me over the moon. 512? Never even entered my collective conscious! The nurse...
Read MoreMorning Sickness?
Symptoms so far: sore breasts light, intermittent cramping frequent urination (esp. at night) pimples! (wonderful =/ ) constant heartburn nausea (see below) EXHAUSTED! More than I knew was possible. HUNGRY! I can’t go more than 3 hours without eating something or I feel faint. So Friday when I first felt nausea I wondered if it was psychosomatic (i.e. I was wanting to feel it). I was hungry at the time and kind of broke out in a cold sweat during a staff meeting. Since then it has happened every day usually when I need to eat something. The other day I woke up at 4AM...
Read MoreMy First Pregger Purchase
Tonight I purchased a “maternity sleep bra.” My ta-tas hurt so bad that it wakes me up when I move at night and since every bra I own has underwires I needed something more comfortable to sleep in. Apparently I’m not alone since they actually manufacture something called a “maternity sleep bra.” It is also a nursing bra so it may come in handy. Best yet it was only 14.99! My normal bras are more than that. Maybe there is something to this no underwire thing. W went to Babies R Us and almost parked in “Expectant Mother’s” parking but...
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