Saturday 21 May 2011

2nd beta :)

I'm back from our second beta HCG and it's looking good at 2835 :)  This is a doubling time of 41 hours and well within the average figures for 5 weeks. The Dr was happy with this too. She knows me well now and, once all the IVF girls' test results were handed to her by the nurse (they all come back from the lab together), she saw me loitering and quickly passed me my result paper - I guess she knows by now that I know what I'm looking for!

I needed this reassurance today. Most of the week has been fine but, when I woke up this morning with less sore breasts than usual, I did start to have a minor panic. I gave in to Google and it seems that it's common for symptoms to come and go. I am trying my best to stay calm and think positive, but it is still difficult.

The good news is that we get our first scan next week instead of 2 weeks from now, as originally scheduled. This is only because I don't have enough meds left for 2 weeks and I don't think the Doctor could be bothered giving me a new prescription and having me traipse around the hospital for the sake of a couple of boxes of progesterone and estrogen!  Anyway, I am very pleased that we only have 1 more week to wait until we get that extra confirmation that everything is happening as and where it should :)

9 comments:

  1. Yay! Funny that we have the same doubling time! I remember from my first pregnancy that I sometimes was jumping up and down to check if my breast were still hurting, ha. (they don't hurt at all this time around). I hope next week's scan will bring you great and reassuring news.

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  2. Great numbers :)...brilliant!

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  3. Exciting times! Yay! Symptoms keep coming and going here too, can't wait to hear about the first scan!

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  4. Fantastic news... great result :)) So good that you can have your scan earlier... can't wait to hear your results :)) xoxo

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  5. This is such wonderful news! So excited for you!

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  6. YEAH!!! I'm so excited for you. Congratulations on those amazing numbers and on getting your ultrasound bumped up a week. :)

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