Hcg

So far I am at 654 (from Wednesday afternoon).  That is lower than I thought it would be but higher than last time.  Just to recap, last time I was at 968 at 6 & 1/2 (ish) weeks.  I don't really have any basis for thinking it would be higher, maybe just that my boobs are already sore.  But anyway I am pretty happy with that result.  I forgot to ask what my progesterone was :(

Thanks,
Amanda

Just when you thought it was safe

I have been slowly cutting back on the caffeine and as of yesterday I was down to about 1/4 of a cup of coffee in the mornings and I was doing pretty good.  But this morning I have just the tiniest hint of a headache, yuck.  So I'm not ready to quit completely just yet.  ALMOST!  Maybe by next week I will be able to go all decaf.  Boooo!

I just called the office to check on my lab results, but all the medical assistants were busy with other patients, so I left a message.  I also wanted to make sure the order got faxed over for today, because when I was at PAML on Wednesday they said they didn’t get the second one.  It's a weird feeling waiting for my lab results when there's nothing apparently wrong yet.  It's a little less stressful, but I hate having to wait longer!

I guess I better get used to it.  It's going to be a long 3 weeks until that ultrasound!

More pokes

Well Dr. B's nurse called just now and they are calling in another prescription for me.  I asked what it was and told them that Dr. H already had me on 100mg of progesterone.  She said it was for 200mg -  twice a day, yowsers, that might knock me out for real.  Then they are going to get my HCG quant drawn today and Friday and also test my progesterone today to see where that's at.  AND I am scheduled for an ultrasound in 3 weeks (May 21 @ 1:45pm), "sooner if I have any bleeding."  So I am pretty happy about that.  Normally my doc does not do an U/S until like 20 weeks and I think that would put me over the edge if I had to wait that long.

Action!  I like it.  I like feeling like I am doing something.  It is kinda weird though having two doctors… I feel like I'm cheating on Dr. H or something.  Oh well, it's not about him, it's about me.

Proof

Not that you needed it... But this is partly me pinching myself to make sure I didn't dream this whole thing up.  Also partly I wanted to test posting from my phone with a picture. I know I am such a nerd! I hope I have nerd babies too. ;)


Thanks,
Amanda

4 weeks, 5 days

Wow, I do not remember being this tired so early on last time. I remember being tired after like 6 weeks or so before but MAN am I sleepy. I think the progesterone makes a big difference. I could literally put my head down on my desk right now and take a nap. I may have to start working out on my lunch break just so I can get through the afternoon. Getting a little exercise definitely perks me up a bit so I suppose I could at least go for a walk during the day. If the weather would EVER GET WARMER! Good grief, it is still like winter in the mornings, it sucks so much!

I spilled the beans to my boss this morning. I just didn't want there to be any confusion about me running out the door in a panic if something goes wrong… again. But I am feeling REALLY good about this one! A combination of things makes me feel like this is going to be okay… my thyroid medicine for one, which I didn't start taking until after I already had been told the bad news on the last one. Then there was the pg test, which was positive on day 31, that is pretty early for me. Plus my cycles really shortened up/evened out the past few months. I don't have any scientific reason why I think that is so great, but in my bones it just feels right. I suspect the thyroid medicine has helped with that. I am a little less stressed out this time, too. Work is going good, I feel like I'm not so overwhelmed. School is winding down and I will be done even before my 3rd trimester. The timing is perfect, I will be finishing up all the hard stuff during the 2nd trimester so I will hopefully even have more energy than I do now. The stars could not be lined up any better! Oh, AND I am about 15 pounds lighter than I was before, too. Just in time to gain it all back, happily :)

By the way, my due date according to americanpregnancy.org is January 1st. My 1st OB appt is June 1st. I called Dr. B's office this morning and left a message for the nursing staff to call me back. How long before I should start demanding to have an ultrasound I wonder???

The day after...

Well, so far, so good. I am feeling pretty calm about this. Not too excited, and not too horribly terrified either. I have been trying to keep myself pretty busy and distracted, just so I'm not constantly evaluating whether or not I have cramps or running to the bathroom every 5 minutes to make sure I'm not bleeding. It's a really weird feeling that this has never ended well for me, but since we still have not found anything wrong, there's no reason to give up hope. I'm not even trying to keep it a secret this time. Pretty much everyone I've come in contact with over the last 36 hours knows my big news. I don't know that I'll be blabbing about it much at work right away but really, this blog isn't private so the cat is pretty much out of the bag for anyone who happens across it.

A couple of random observations...this is at least the second time that I've been kind of sick when I found out. I've been battling a sore throat and a cold all week and I definitely remember one previous pregnancy where I was sick and took some Nyquil before I knew. This time I have just taken ibuprofen, and a couple of days I took an allergy pill that had pseudoephedrine, which is a category "C". So I switched to one that only had the antihistamine in it and I haven't noticed the difference really. Loratadine is a category B which means it hasn't caused any problems in pregnant animals, but they don't have any human studies to back it up.

Also, I have been cleaning like crazy, which I think has happened all 4 times now. Normally I am pretty oblivious to my messy house. But lately I have been compulsively cleaning out closets and throwing stuff away and organizing papers and CDs/DVDs, vacuuming constantly, etc. And I wipe things down, which is weird (for me). I guess I just notice dirty stuff more these days.

Also this is pretty funny, but both Natalie and Eric said in hindsight that I was acting really weird this week and they thought I might be pregnant but didn't want to say anything. Eric said he "couldn't get a read on me" - whereas usually he said he can tell when I am about to get my period. And Natalie said I was being weird too - not bitchy, just weird.

This is all so amazing to me considering that I am only about 4 weeks. I suppose some of it could be all in my head, but I don't care.

My eggo is Preggo!

I am pregnant again.

That's all I got for now...