Are due today. I want to at least follow the betas if I'm not going to get a super early ultrasound. I know the betas don't tell me everything, but if they keep rising as quickly as they started, I'll at least feel a LOT more comforted in the following 13 days. I'm not going to go every second day, but I might go three more times. That'll give me a much more clear vision of what to expect.
Since so many people have asked... Ultrasound is November 17th at 1:00 pm! Time will be upon me before I know it. Yeah, right! It's worse than waiting for Christmas when I was seven.
I am still having extremely vivid dreams every night. Detailed and 'real'. No flying or strange things happening, but real life situations with real people.
I spoke to my doctor yesterday about the pain I've been experiencing. I had spoken to my clinic before but the nurse said they could be cramps or irritation from the progesterone? LOL! Really? My *clinic* nurse said that? Ugh. They are great at their jobs but honestly I think I know more about medication and fertility than some of them. Progesterone will not cause cramps, and as I've been on it for nearly two years I doubt that I have sudden 'irritation'. I did a ton of research and what I am getting totally sounds like RPL. So, as I said, I talked to my amazing GP and he agreed, it really does sound like RPL. Although he was shocked that I was having it this early. He said he hoped it was a good sign.
It's not quite as bad as it was before, but it's still persistent enough to keep me cautious. Other than that, the mild bitchiness and sore breasts, I don't really feel much of anything. The pregnancy seems far away and happening to someone else because I keep myself totally distracted except for when I am blogging or answering forum posts on the subject. When I do think about it, I think only as far as the next step. The next beta, the ultrasound, the twelve week mark. December 21st will mark the start of my second semester. Nice timing!
So anyhow, I got another beta done yesterday and won't get the results until this morning. If the hcg is doubling the beta should be around 2000. It seems odd that it could be that high and I'm not having m/s. However, I had pretty good m/s with the last two and nothing at all to show for it. Every pregnancy is different and so is every woman.
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- Sonya
- Fort St John, BC, Canada
- My husband, David, and I had been trying to have a baby since November of 2007. After 'letting things happen', we got the amazing news that we were pregnant in June of 2008. Sadly, that pregnancy ended at 9 weeks with a natural miscarriage. After two more chemical pregnancies, we turned to fertility treatments in 2009. That decision was a disaster, with lousy medical care and poor monitoring. In December of 2009, we made the huge decision to move onto IVF. Things fell into place like magic and we began treatment on January 15, 2010. After a blighted ovum in March, we did a successful FET in June, only to endure another blighted ovum in July. We kept up and underwent another IVF in September/October of 2010 with the arrival of our son, Brogan in July of 2011! After our lovely success (finally) we decided to undertake yet another IVF treatment and hope for a sibling for our little red headed boy. Well... so far it's worked. Our story continues below!
sonya...a little bit of encouragement for you.... i had m/s with ALL 3 of my living children...and for this ivf baby- due tomorrow- not ONE BIT!!! felt the best in this pregnancy, too! so don't get too hung up on symptoms. stick with the great beta rises you've been getting and we're all fx'ing for you!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Sonya, I also had almost no nausea with my second pregnancy until 7 weeks, and I had pretty high betas. Hope things go well today.
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