Beta #1: 602 on Sunday 3/25/12!
To me it seemed crazy high, but I guess since I was testing positive 4 days before my beta (with a pretty good solid line) it makes sense. If I would've had the beta done right away, it would have been much lower for the initial one. Beta #2 tomorrow morning!!!!
Crossing our fingers that the number keeps growing, just like that lil bean in there!!!
Beta #2 Update!!!!
I went in for beta #2 this morning. 1,218! Looks great, doubling well! Next appointment will be for the big ultrasound to find the heartbeat!!!! April 9th can't come soon enough!!!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Unofficially offiicial.
Ok, I lied about holding out to test until Saturday. Hell, I tested on an IC when I got home yesterday. LOL. I busted out the big guns this morning before I told hubby. He was cute!! Poor guy, he was so confused at first and then so excited! I woke him up at 5:30, which wasn't very nice of me, but I had to tell him!
Here's a picture of the first digi I've ever taken!!!!
Here is the progression from my test from Monday (trigger "test"), yesterday's test, and this morning 's test (bottom).
I'm still going to be a little cautious; anything can happen and I know the beta will tell us much, much more. Pray for us that this is our sticky bean and our beta is nice and high and this sweet baby inside of me is snuggled in and growing!!!!
Here's a picture of the first digi I've ever taken!!!!
Here is the progression from my test from Monday (trigger "test"), yesterday's test, and this morning 's test (bottom).
I'm still going to be a little cautious; anything can happen and I know the beta will tell us much, much more. Pray for us that this is our sticky bean and our beta is nice and high and this sweet baby inside of me is snuggled in and growing!!!!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Freaking. Out.
O.M.G. I think I might be knocked up!
After having a terrible nightmare that my period started...and my parents announced to me that they were expecting again, I woke up this morning in a cold sweat....and on a mission to POAS!!!!
I know, I know....I said I was going to hold out. and I was. I really was.....until my bizarre-o dream! Now, confession time: this is actually the 2nd time I POAS this cycle. I did on Monday as well. But I had a good, justifiable reason: to see if the trigger shot was out of my system yet. I was 8 DPIUI and I knew it was way too early for a true positive, so any shade of a line would be a good way to gauge the trigger. There was a little bit of a line on Monday, no more than an evap line, really. In fact, it wasn't even there until I came back to it an hour later. I didn't take any pictures, chucked it in the trashcan, and went on with my life (yeah, right...).
So this morning, I pee on a good ole Wondfo cheapie and.....WTF?! 2 lines?!?!?! Well, I noticed a small "nick" where the test line was, so I quickly invalidated the results.....and grabbed another test. I ended up grabbing another brand, and alas, no real line. But wait....wondfo is much more sensitive I tell myself, and I grab a third! ...and there it was..... 2 F'ING PINK LINES OH.MY.GOD. I almost passed out!
The top test in the photo is the first test, the one with the nick in it. The bottom was the 2nd test, a different brand. The middle test was the one I couldn't "debunk". I know it's wayyyyyyy early; I'm only 10 DPIUI right now and now I have to SOMEHOW wait another 4 days before I call the doctor and have a beta done. But I'm seriously SHOCKED right now!!!! These lines, even on the bottom one, are much more evident than the test from Monday.
I didn't tell Heath yet. I don't think I had even believed it myself! I'm going to TRY and hold off testing again until Saturday morning, and then I'm going to bust out the big guns. Yep, that's right, the digis that I've had and NEVER EVER got to use!!! WOOOO-HOOOO! Even if Sunday comes and the lines disappear, I KNOW I AM PREGNANT RIGHT NOW! It means it worked! After 20 months of charting, bleeding, crying, and feeling an indescribable pain, WE DID IT. I pray pray pray this is OUR BABY and it's a sticky bean. More to follow!!!!
After having a terrible nightmare that my period started...and my parents announced to me that they were expecting again, I woke up this morning in a cold sweat....and on a mission to POAS!!!!
I know, I know....I said I was going to hold out. and I was. I really was.....until my bizarre-o dream! Now, confession time: this is actually the 2nd time I POAS this cycle. I did on Monday as well. But I had a good, justifiable reason: to see if the trigger shot was out of my system yet. I was 8 DPIUI and I knew it was way too early for a true positive, so any shade of a line would be a good way to gauge the trigger. There was a little bit of a line on Monday, no more than an evap line, really. In fact, it wasn't even there until I came back to it an hour later. I didn't take any pictures, chucked it in the trashcan, and went on with my life (yeah, right...).
So this morning, I pee on a good ole Wondfo cheapie and.....WTF?! 2 lines?!?!?! Well, I noticed a small "nick" where the test line was, so I quickly invalidated the results.....and grabbed another test. I ended up grabbing another brand, and alas, no real line. But wait....wondfo is much more sensitive I tell myself, and I grab a third! ...and there it was..... 2 F'ING PINK LINES OH.MY.GOD. I almost passed out!
The top test in the photo is the first test, the one with the nick in it. The bottom was the 2nd test, a different brand. The middle test was the one I couldn't "debunk". I know it's wayyyyyyy early; I'm only 10 DPIUI right now and now I have to SOMEHOW wait another 4 days before I call the doctor and have a beta done. But I'm seriously SHOCKED right now!!!! These lines, even on the bottom one, are much more evident than the test from Monday.
I didn't tell Heath yet. I don't think I had even believed it myself! I'm going to TRY and hold off testing again until Saturday morning, and then I'm going to bust out the big guns. Yep, that's right, the digis that I've had and NEVER EVER got to use!!! WOOOO-HOOOO! Even if Sunday comes and the lines disappear, I KNOW I AM PREGNANT RIGHT NOW! It means it worked! After 20 months of charting, bleeding, crying, and feeling an indescribable pain, WE DID IT. I pray pray pray this is OUR BABY and it's a sticky bean. More to follow!!!!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Pregnancy vs. Progesterone vs. Cold?
Today is 6 DPIUI. Now, in the past, that would mean I would start spotting tomorrow or Monday and AF would follow the next day. I'm praying that the prometrium does it's job and holds AF off. I will be devastated if it doesn't. This week started out pretty uneventful and I was doing a pretty good job keeping my mind off of things...that is, until I came down with this cold/flu of the year.
So now the big question is......pregnancy vs. progesterone vs. cold? What am I suffering from? 1, 2, or 3 of these?!? I guess time will tell, but it's pretty annoying not knowing the source of my misery! :) I mean, if it's from pregnancy I will gladly take feeling like death warmed over!
Let me walk you through my week.
1-2 DPIUI: Monday & Tuesday-I continued to have fleeting twinges and cramps and some bloating, but nothing new for me. I tend to have what I describe as ovulation pains for several days after O, so nothing too surprising about this.
3 DPIUI: Wednesday-Began prometrium in the morning. "Twingy" cramps continue, but I also experience a "heaviness" or "fullness" in my uterus, along with bloating. That's definitely a new one for me. That afternoon I started sneezing and coughing, but I chalked it up to possible allergies, as we're having an early spring. (Oh and believe me...I'm not complaining about 80 degree weather in March in Nebraska! No way! Bring it!)
4-5 DPIUI: Thursday & Friday-I felt pretty good all day Thursday until about 2'o clock...then BAM. I started noticing my boobs were sore along the sides, I was starving, but nothing sounded good, and I was exhausted. I had officially hit a wall-I figured being 36 hours into the progesterone was the reason for these symptoms, but my "allergies" had turned into body aches, freezing cold (and it's 80 outside), dull headache, tightness in my chest, runny nose...I ended up leaving work a little early just so I could go home and lay on my couch. I slept like crap Thursday night and had to get up with the dog (which pissed me off, I don't know why...I do every night and it doesn't usually bug me). So Friday I woke up with the sore throat/cough thing. By late morning I was feeling ok, but by 3:00 I was done for. I went home and took my place on the couch once again. I slept like crap again last night, even though I made the poor pup sleep in her kennel so I wouldn't have to get up and let her out (poor Lola!). I was awake every few hours with my stuffy nose and drainage down my throat (gross, sorry).
So....is the cold just a cold? Is the cold a pregnancy symptom? Is it just progesterone symptoms topped off with a cold? Is it all three??!? UGH. All I know is this week was the slowest week ever....what's next week going to be like?!
one week down, one to go.
So now the big question is......pregnancy vs. progesterone vs. cold? What am I suffering from? 1, 2, or 3 of these?!? I guess time will tell, but it's pretty annoying not knowing the source of my misery! :) I mean, if it's from pregnancy I will gladly take feeling like death warmed over!
Let me walk you through my week.
1-2 DPIUI: Monday & Tuesday-I continued to have fleeting twinges and cramps and some bloating, but nothing new for me. I tend to have what I describe as ovulation pains for several days after O, so nothing too surprising about this.
3 DPIUI: Wednesday-Began prometrium in the morning. "Twingy" cramps continue, but I also experience a "heaviness" or "fullness" in my uterus, along with bloating. That's definitely a new one for me. That afternoon I started sneezing and coughing, but I chalked it up to possible allergies, as we're having an early spring. (Oh and believe me...I'm not complaining about 80 degree weather in March in Nebraska! No way! Bring it!)
4-5 DPIUI: Thursday & Friday-I felt pretty good all day Thursday until about 2'o clock...then BAM. I started noticing my boobs were sore along the sides, I was starving, but nothing sounded good, and I was exhausted. I had officially hit a wall-I figured being 36 hours into the progesterone was the reason for these symptoms, but my "allergies" had turned into body aches, freezing cold (and it's 80 outside), dull headache, tightness in my chest, runny nose...I ended up leaving work a little early just so I could go home and lay on my couch. I slept like crap Thursday night and had to get up with the dog (which pissed me off, I don't know why...I do every night and it doesn't usually bug me). So Friday I woke up with the sore throat/cough thing. By late morning I was feeling ok, but by 3:00 I was done for. I went home and took my place on the couch once again. I slept like crap again last night, even though I made the poor pup sleep in her kennel so I wouldn't have to get up and let her out (poor Lola!). I was awake every few hours with my stuffy nose and drainage down my throat (gross, sorry).
So....is the cold just a cold? Is the cold a pregnancy symptom? Is it just progesterone symptoms topped off with a cold? Is it all three??!? UGH. All I know is this week was the slowest week ever....what's next week going to be like?!
one week down, one to go.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Did we just make a baby?!
Wait-what?! I'm excited (and somewhat shocked) to announce that we had the IUI procedure this morning. Now, I know that just because we did IUI doesn't mean we're knocked up, but actually being able to follow through with the procedure feels like a HUGE moral victory.
We went last Thursday for our scheduled blood work and ultrasound. They determined I had 1 follicle at 17mm, 1 at 14mm, and 1 at 13mm. My lining looked good, as did all my hormone levels. She wanted to push me one more day with meds to get that 17mm a little more mature, but that also meant it pushed the other 2 smaller ones. She estimated 2 mature follicles by the time of IUI. I'm sort of freaking out about the potential of having twins, but of course I would be all for it! DH confessed in the car on the way home he hopes we catch both eggies! It's still a little crazy to me if we even get one, so I'm not going to let myself get too carried away daydreaming about multiples. :)
I start progesterone on Wednesday, continue with it until my test date-March 25th. Oh my gosh....I've never actually had a 2WW, usually AF is here by 8 DPO! I'm vowing not to test early and I'm not testing out my trigger...we'll see how that goes. If I make it past 8 DPO...those last 6 days are going to a bear!
We went last Thursday for our scheduled blood work and ultrasound. They determined I had 1 follicle at 17mm, 1 at 14mm, and 1 at 13mm. My lining looked good, as did all my hormone levels. She wanted to push me one more day with meds to get that 17mm a little more mature, but that also meant it pushed the other 2 smaller ones. She estimated 2 mature follicles by the time of IUI. I'm sort of freaking out about the potential of having twins, but of course I would be all for it! DH confessed in the car on the way home he hopes we catch both eggies! It's still a little crazy to me if we even get one, so I'm not going to let myself get too carried away daydreaming about multiples. :)
I start progesterone on Wednesday, continue with it until my test date-March 25th. Oh my gosh....I've never actually had a 2WW, usually AF is here by 8 DPO! I'm vowing not to test early and I'm not testing out my trigger...we'll see how that goes. If I make it past 8 DPO...those last 6 days are going to a bear!
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