I'm Pregnant!!!

Today's Beta - 272.

I was pretty nervous.  Okay.  So nervous I wasn't even talking about it.  I was pretending to not be nervous.  I was hopeful, because of all the symptoms (and about $100 bucks worth of ever darkening pregnancy tests), but I was still nervous.  The clinic was not enthused with Friday's results, and wanted to see at least 150 for a beta today.  David and I went out to our favorite pub for lunch, and I had planned on calling the clinic around 3 p.m.  I kept checking my iPhone for the time,which seemed to be going backwards.  When the phone rang at a little after 1:30, it was as if my stomach dropped out of me.  I could hear the nurse's smile when she said my beta was 272.  I literally cried with relief.  David was just smiling his patient, slow smile. 

The nurse said it was a fantastic number, great climb from Friday and she was going to book my first ultrasound for my seventh week.

A good hcg count (the hormone from being pregnant) will double every 48 hours.  Our count is doubling every 30.7 hours.  It's awesome to finally have something solid to go on.  There is still the big ultrasound in about two and a half weeks, but I'm pretty confident that there'll be a baby at the end of all this.