So I get a call from the OB's office today and they gave me the all important numbers.....18DPO was 1,317 and the 20DPO was 2,405!
Hmmm you may not know the relevence of these numbers...so just visit this site: betabase.com And look at the HCG charts for singleton's, twins and triplets. You will find that my numbers are in the high range for twins and the middle range for singleton's.
Either I have 1 healthy baby or twins or more. So we will be having our U/S on the 27th of this month. I am scared and excited to see how many sweet peas we have growing in there. I feel that there is possibly 2...hopefully NOT more. I have been sick enough for twins though...let's just say I wouldnt be surprised. Well until next time....When I have the count!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
First OB appointment...
So today we had our first OB appointment. Nothing fancy just weight, B/P taken and my PG was confirmed on the OB pregnancy test. So I get my folders of paperwork to look over, the first trimester gift and my B-12 shot for my nausea. I also went to get my labs drawn to check the HCG levels along with my progesterone levels. I will go back in 48 hours to get them rechecked to see how they are progressing.
I got my sono scheduled for 2 weeks away. They want to check the "count" as they say...since I was on fertility meds I have increased risk of multiples. So here we are in another 2WW to see how the baby is doing and how many I have.
Cant wait to post the updates...until Friday I guess-Terra
I got my sono scheduled for 2 weeks away. They want to check the "count" as they say...since I was on fertility meds I have increased risk of multiples. So here we are in another 2WW to see how the baby is doing and how many I have.
Cant wait to post the updates...until Friday I guess-Terra
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Am I still in Limbo?
Well I haven't been a very good blogger these past few months...I guess I was in a funk. The No BFP funk! So where did leave off? What cycle was I on when I dropped off the map and disappeared?
Ok So I went to see my OB who was wonderful and gave me what I wanted in the dose I wanted. She has never given Femara before and was willing to let me try it. So I also woke up that morning with a horrible case of Pink Eye...I thought.
My OB tells me to go to my primary doc ASAP. Turns out I had Keratitus in my eyes and I had 20/400 vision with 2 corneal ulcers in my right eye. I was on 3 types of drops that were all contraindicated for TTC/PG and I had no idea because I couldnt see. So after I could open my eyes in the daylight without sunglasses I read the warnings and realized that I had just taken them through my whole luteal phase. Those drops stopped my implantation of my 4 eggs I had released. So that was another failed cycle.
So then I had to go through crap to get a refill of my Femara and they were late in getting it. So I took all the pills on CD5 and hoped for the best. Also I upped my fertility meds by double on certain days and the low dose on others. I didnt trigger this cycle due to not being monitored properly so I let my body release what it wanted too. I had also started to take baby aspirin..but stopped before ovulation. I instead started taking Medrol a cortisol for my adrenals. Then I used my HCG trigger as a booster along with my progesterone and I started to feel sick about 10DPO. I wanted to wait to test because if it was negative then we were going to stop TTC for a while. So after being sick for days and having high temps on my chart I decided that after being 3 days late I should test. I got my BFP!!!!
I am so excited! But scared in the same breath! I fear more than 1 for this PG and I can barely hold 1 baby to term...so how would it be with 2-3? I have my first OB appointment tomorrow to get my Beta and my shots for nausea. Hopefully they will do a U/S. We will see.
So far this is what the baby looks like...right now...
We are so happy for this BFP....it is a wonderful surprise...filled with funny events. I ovulated on the way to Magic Mountain a theme park I had my hubby take me too so I could ride the rides just in case I got PG. Then while there I had a henna tattoo of 3 baby feet on my lower back. One for my DD, Savannah and the other for my DS, Marcus. The last tiny baby foot was for the "new baby". And the tattoo has lasted the 2 weeks and is just starting to fade right as I find out that I am PG. Cute story...HUH? Also my due date is my DD's birth date. Although I wont have the baby then but still it is too funny how it all ties in with the family.
This is enough posting for now...I will use this as my journal of PG thoughts and happenings as they come. Can't wait to document my journey...the last one through motherhood. -Terra
Ok So I went to see my OB who was wonderful and gave me what I wanted in the dose I wanted. She has never given Femara before and was willing to let me try it. So I also woke up that morning with a horrible case of Pink Eye...I thought.
My OB tells me to go to my primary doc ASAP. Turns out I had Keratitus in my eyes and I had 20/400 vision with 2 corneal ulcers in my right eye. I was on 3 types of drops that were all contraindicated for TTC/PG and I had no idea because I couldnt see. So after I could open my eyes in the daylight without sunglasses I read the warnings and realized that I had just taken them through my whole luteal phase. Those drops stopped my implantation of my 4 eggs I had released. So that was another failed cycle.
So then I had to go through crap to get a refill of my Femara and they were late in getting it. So I took all the pills on CD5 and hoped for the best. Also I upped my fertility meds by double on certain days and the low dose on others. I didnt trigger this cycle due to not being monitored properly so I let my body release what it wanted too. I had also started to take baby aspirin..but stopped before ovulation. I instead started taking Medrol a cortisol for my adrenals. Then I used my HCG trigger as a booster along with my progesterone and I started to feel sick about 10DPO. I wanted to wait to test because if it was negative then we were going to stop TTC for a while. So after being sick for days and having high temps on my chart I decided that after being 3 days late I should test. I got my BFP!!!!
I am so excited! But scared in the same breath! I fear more than 1 for this PG and I can barely hold 1 baby to term...so how would it be with 2-3? I have my first OB appointment tomorrow to get my Beta and my shots for nausea. Hopefully they will do a U/S. We will see.
So far this is what the baby looks like...right now...
We are so happy for this BFP....it is a wonderful surprise...filled with funny events. I ovulated on the way to Magic Mountain a theme park I had my hubby take me too so I could ride the rides just in case I got PG. Then while there I had a henna tattoo of 3 baby feet on my lower back. One for my DD, Savannah and the other for my DS, Marcus. The last tiny baby foot was for the "new baby". And the tattoo has lasted the 2 weeks and is just starting to fade right as I find out that I am PG. Cute story...HUH? Also my due date is my DD's birth date. Although I wont have the baby then but still it is too funny how it all ties in with the family.
This is enough posting for now...I will use this as my journal of PG thoughts and happenings as they come. Can't wait to document my journey...the last one through motherhood. -Terra
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