Showing posts with label betas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label betas. Show all posts

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Beta is in.....


And I'm pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!!

Level was 66.5. Need to go in again Tuesday for a 2nd beta.
I did cheat though and took a test yesterday morning
after feeling lots of cramps on Friday. So I suspected as much. But I was still nervous. And I'm still nervous. I suppose that will happen until I have a live baby kicking and screaming in my arms.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Still Pregnant.

As of right now.  My betas are still doubling.  I can see two lines on the HPTs I bought.  But the beta numbers are too low for any kind of comfort.  My RE eluded to the fact that this pregnancy is not viable.  This morning I go in for a 4th and final beta.  I don't know what they are hoping for.  The numbers haven't jumped off the page yet so why bother testing one more time.

The fact of the matter is that I've already moved on.  My husband is surprised at how well I'm taking it.  I think my positive attitude stems from two things.  1.  I was able to get pregnant.  My uterus is not the barren wasteland it once was.  This embryo just isn't the one.  It just isn't strong enough.  But..... 2.  We have 7 frozen embryos.  7 waiting to be given the chance to become our children.  Those embryos made it to a day 6 freeze so we know they are strong.  If they can survive the thaw process then we are good to go.  And we are going to have 3 put in.  So as long as I can start the FET right away I have no worries.  I've been doing this for too long to get upset over this.  My body is ready.  My embies are waiting.  It will be o.k.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Feeling Positive Today

Thanks to everyone who made me feel better about my low betas.  Especially militarywife who I got to meet last night for the first time.  Your positive vibes have done wonders for my psyche.  I don't know what I would do without this great community of women.  Thank you thank you thank you.

I went to a couple of different websites and they all show that my betas are adequate even though on the lower side.  So I am feeling much better about this pregnancy.  In fact as I write this I'm all crampy (which I hear is a good symptom) so I feel like that is a good sign that the baby is growing.  So  I think we'll be fine on Wednesday.  Everyone here feels good about the baby too.   We hadn't planned on announcing anything since we weren't sure.  But my Mother in law guessed that I was pregnant since I wasn't having any coffee (which is usually a staple for me).  We were sitting around chatting at the kitchen table and she was working on a sudoku puzzle.  She said "Betsy I just have to ask you something but I'm gonna write it down o.k."  So I was like what is this 9th grade.  When she scribbled  are you pregnant I was shocked.  I really didn't know how she could of guessed.  I answered maybe and explained why I wasn't too excited.  I was practically in tears but of course she was ecstatic.  She said the same thing you all said.  As long as it doubled that is good enough for her to think we are o.k.  I told her that she wasn't allowed to say anything to anyone else in the family.  But then the following day, my sister in law asked me if I was pregnant because she noticed I hadn't been drinking.  We have 3-4 types of wine on Christmas and usually I love to partake.  So I guess it was kind of obvious to anyone who paid any attention.  So we ended up telling her and my father in law.  It is killing me not to tell the grandparents though.  It would be wonderful to tell them in person.  But you guys know how it is.    Anyway I'm a little sad that we couldn't do something cute to tell them.  But there is still my parents.  They knew every last detail of the IVF stuff and are just waiting to hear from me.  I know they must be anxious.  So I will think of some cute way to tell them.  They live overseas so we have to tell them via skype.  

Today is our last full day in Denver and we are going to hit the malls to see if we can get some other deals.  We are also going to my Brother in laws house to spend some quality time with our newborn nephew.  The next time we see him he'll look completely different so we wanna take in all the sweet new babyness now.  How exciting that he'll have a cousin so close in age.