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Warning: This is still all about TTC and being pregnant. Feel free to skip. <3
The beta test came back positive - at 169! Translation: when you do any sort of infertility stuff like IUI or IVF, the doctor likes to do a blood draw to see how much HCG (the pregnancy hormone) is in your system. Some doctors do this test 14 days after the procedure no matter what a home test says; mine wanted me to get a positive home test first. It's called a beta test because technically it's measuring beta-HCG, and the TTC community refers to it as such.
THAT SAID, 169 is a good number for that day. The "average" number is 133 - higher doesn't mean much unless it's a LOT higher, then it means twins. So, a) it's a solid number and b) no twins! The important thing is that the number doubles every 48-72 hours, so I have another blood draw today. Doubling means much lower chance of a miscarriage at this point.
Whew. All the fun things that come with infertility!
The doctor himself called with the news and I kept thinking that once it was medically confirmed, I'd start to believe it, but honestly this is all so, so surreal.
I've been kind of liberal with letting people know, even though it's super early. Part of it is because I'm hoping my friends can help me believe it, and part of it is that if I do miscarry, I want some shoulders to cry on. So that means that all of my (local) friends know, but my family doesn't.
Which is funny because my mom mentioned this weekend that I must be "devastated about not going to France" and it took me a moment to remember all the way back to last Tuesday. It's so hard not to tell her, but she's not good at secrets, so the whole family would know, and then if something happened that would be super awkward, so we're waiting until end of March.
My brother's wife also gave birth the day of my beta test, which was the most coincidental timing ever. I am so glad I can finally be fully happy for them. I am now an aunt for the third time! So many nieces. o.o
Anyway, most of my updates will stay over on the wordpress blog. I'll try to keep it from turning into the Kai is Pregnant 24-Hour No-Variety Show over here, because I am doing so much more than just being pregnant (god that's so weird to write) and I don't want that to subsume my identity.
The beta test came back positive - at 169! Translation: when you do any sort of infertility stuff like IUI or IVF, the doctor likes to do a blood draw to see how much HCG (the pregnancy hormone) is in your system. Some doctors do this test 14 days after the procedure no matter what a home test says; mine wanted me to get a positive home test first. It's called a beta test because technically it's measuring beta-HCG, and the TTC community refers to it as such.
THAT SAID, 169 is a good number for that day. The "average" number is 133 - higher doesn't mean much unless it's a LOT higher, then it means twins. So, a) it's a solid number and b) no twins! The important thing is that the number doubles every 48-72 hours, so I have another blood draw today. Doubling means much lower chance of a miscarriage at this point.
Whew. All the fun things that come with infertility!
The doctor himself called with the news and I kept thinking that once it was medically confirmed, I'd start to believe it, but honestly this is all so, so surreal.
I've been kind of liberal with letting people know, even though it's super early. Part of it is because I'm hoping my friends can help me believe it, and part of it is that if I do miscarry, I want some shoulders to cry on. So that means that all of my (local) friends know, but my family doesn't.
Which is funny because my mom mentioned this weekend that I must be "devastated about not going to France" and it took me a moment to remember all the way back to last Tuesday. It's so hard not to tell her, but she's not good at secrets, so the whole family would know, and then if something happened that would be super awkward, so we're waiting until end of March.
My brother's wife also gave birth the day of my beta test, which was the most coincidental timing ever. I am so glad I can finally be fully happy for them. I am now an aunt for the third time! So many nieces. o.o
Anyway, most of my updates will stay over on the wordpress blog. I'll try to keep it from turning into the Kai is Pregnant 24-Hour No-Variety Show over here, because I am doing so much more than just being pregnant (god that's so weird to write) and I don't want that to subsume my identity.
