Good Thing

Good thing I'm almost out of pee sticks! I just love seeing the progression :)

The Waiting Game

I had my second beta drawn this morning and have to wait until tomorrow for results. It's going to be a very long wait...and I'm already freaking out and second-guessing everything. I'm hoping for any number over 300. I keep reminding myself that I am still having symptoms, so that has to be a good sign. Stretching feelings in uterus (off and on...sometimes nothing, which of course, freaks me out), sore boobs (sometimes more than others, which also freaks me out), peeing a LOT. At least every hour. And falling asleep around 8pm every night and sleeping until 6am (with 1-2 pee breaks, of course). I tested again last night and the line was significantly darker, even with dilutred urine. But I guess it's still not enough to calm my fears. I'm scared that even test results tomorrow won't help me relax.

Beta #1

...was yesterday at 15dpo. The receptionist wasn't going to tell me because the doctor hadn't seen them yet, but she went and got the nurse and a few minutes, the nurse got on to tell me the number.

158.

I'm totally happy with that based on average. Now the next two days are going to be torture waiting to see if the number doubles!

I'm still so excited, anxious, nervous, overwhelmed, that I'm still shaking!

Digital Test Experiment

Since I still have digitals left, I figured might as well use them right?
And might as well tear them apart to obsess over the lines and see what they really do when hcg goes up.

Seems that the lines do get darker...which is so comforting to me.

I am supposed to get the results for my first beta back today and I'm so nervous. OB said they would call me, but I have a feeling I'm going to have to call them. Wonder if I should give them a chance to call and wait until the afternoon or call early? Ugh. I know the second number is more important than the first, but I feel like the first number will give me a pretty decent idea.

I will post as soon as I get the results!

4 Weeks

The last few days have been an emotional roller coaster. I can go from happiness to worry at the drop of a hat! I don't think it helps that I am still peeing on leftover sticks. The only upside is that they are still progressing quite nicely!

Here is my progression from 9dpo to 13dpo:

And here is this morning's (14dpo) tests (digi appeared much faster than a couple days ago...about 40 seconds):

I'm kind of addict, aren't I? I keep saying I will stop testing after I have my betas next week!

In addition to all the testing, I'm using my Crinone (progesterone supposities), but I'm on my last sample tomorrow. I was supposed to get more samples at my appt on Friday, but I forgot, so now I have to call the nurse first thing Monday morning. In addition to that, the cash price for Crinone is $400 for 2 weeks...so $1,600 for me to get enough to last until 12 weeks, which is totally crazy! I'm waiting on a pre-authorization from my OB for my insurance to even say if they will cover it; which is stupid. My OB prescribed the Crinone, so why does he have to "authorize" it again?! Dr. T said if they don't cover it he will try and come up with an alternative. Anyone know of any?

The Crinone wasn't bad at first. It isn't exactly pleasant having chunks that look like cottage cheese trickling out every day, but that isn't the suckiest part. It causes cramping right after I put it in. The first couple days it wasn't bad. But last night, they started up right after I put it in and lasted about 10 minutes, then stopped completely. Then they woke me up again around 1am, lasted 10 minutes, then stopped again. Dr. T already told me that would happen and says it's normal. I've looked it up on Dr. google too and it seems it's just an irritant to the cervix, which can cause cramping as well as spotting. No spotting at all for me yet...hope it stays that way!

Other than that, my boobs are very sore (mostly on the sides and under my arms) and heavy-feeling, which is a new feeling for me. I've always been pretty small up top, so it's going to be weird when they start growing more. I also go back and forth between hunger and no appetite at all. Sometimes even though I know I need food but am not feeling it, I started eating anyway...and most of the time, this fuels the fire and I get hungrier. I've been eating 4-5 small-medium meals a day. I've picked up my water drinking as well, but still not as much as I should. I've always been bad about drinking water, but I know it's important, so I made DH buy me a Camelbak waterbottle :)

So now, I anxiously await my betas on Monday and Wednesday. Dr. T told me they'd call on Tuesday and Thursday, which I took as "I will need to call them." My experience last time was that I had to do the jumping through hoops! Either way, it's going to be a long week next week!

Testing Maniac

I had to nudge DH to let me buy the $18 5-pack of CB digitals! I told him it was for the baby :) Then when I got home, I got nervous. I knew I was pregnant, but I was just scared it would say "not pregnant" for some reason. So I started googling pictures with FRERs and digis to see how my line from this morning compared.

I was going to wait until tomorrow morning, but since there's 5 tests, I figured why not. I dipped a Wondfo first since I have a bajillion of those left. The line started appearing about a minute into it. So I decided to dip the digi, then hopped in the shower. I hopped out a couple times around 30 seconds and again after a minute. Then I got back in and started counting seconds! 30 more seconds later, I jumped out...and it said "Pregnant." Yay!

My OB appt tomorrow is at 3pm, so I'm excited to leave work around 2pm...go home, meet my mom, and hopefully get a beta done!

Can't Stop!

I guess it makes me feel better to see the line progressing :) This is the first pic I haven't tweaked!
I told DH that I still want to get a digital :)