When I first read the word beta on the infertility website blogs I thought it was the name and number assigned to each embryo and I used to wonder how they could pinpoint the embryo when they were only a few weeks old, if that, and their were multiples...some women had 4 betas so I'm thinking they were pregnant with 4 babies...the things you learn after spending hours reading what other have to say...I think I've explained it before, but just as a reminder, the beta is the amount of HCG (hormone baby produces) that is contained in your blood. This number should double every 24 or maybe 48 hours (honestly can't remember and don't feel like looking it up). Well, Beta #1 was 143, Beta #2 was 411 (taken 8/23) and Beta #3 taken today, was 819! Those are great figures and very high...I have a gut feeling that there are twins in my belly...but we will confirm if my "mothers intuition" is correct a week from tomorrow, Thursday September 2 where we will take my first ultrasound. I will be 6 weeks pregnant. Connie said it might still be a little early to hear a heartbeat/s but we will confirm our number :0) I'm so excited for next week...
This week has had it's shares of ups and downs already, the good news, non-baby related, is that I passed my second CPA test, yay! 2 down 2 to go! Tyson got invited into the honors society at college (a huge accomplishment for a guy who had a high school gpa of 1.9 - not from lack of smarts, just because he never cared)...With our brain power combination, our baby/s will be so smart! The bad and ugly part of the week is that we are at war with the car dealership, we were under the impression that we bought a certified used car, now they are saying it isn't certified and our warranty is up, so of course everything starts falling apart...example - we bring it in for a gooey (melting rubber) handle, they call and inform us it is no longer under warranty, the new handle is $500 and btw, your battery is dying and it will be 270 to fix,. My hubby, being the amazing handy man he is, decides he is going to replace the battery himself and save us $150...well, I go to pick up the car, and the battery is now officially dead. Hubby is frustrated with work, I don't want to focus on anything but baby and can't muster up the stamina to go into full blown study mode, and to top it all off, I'm having some issues with a good friend. UGH...
But when I look at all of those things, and I see how blessed we are to be pregnant, I realize that it is all insignificant to the bigger picture. We will have our highs and our lows, but we need to stick together...I always like to say "it's us against the world"...and now our "us" includes very special embies that don't want their mommy to stress about the small things...so I'll listen to my embies (and all those wonderful caring ladies who keep reminding me stress is not good) and let them hibernate in a safe and stress free environment.
Speaking of which, it's an hour past bedtime and I'm exhausted!
This week has had it's shares of ups and downs already, the good news, non-baby related, is that I passed my second CPA test, yay! 2 down 2 to go! Tyson got invited into the honors society at college (a huge accomplishment for a guy who had a high school gpa of 1.9 - not from lack of smarts, just because he never cared)...With our brain power combination, our baby/s will be so smart! The bad and ugly part of the week is that we are at war with the car dealership, we were under the impression that we bought a certified used car, now they are saying it isn't certified and our warranty is up, so of course everything starts falling apart...example - we bring it in for a gooey (melting rubber) handle, they call and inform us it is no longer under warranty, the new handle is $500 and btw, your battery is dying and it will be 270 to fix,. My hubby, being the amazing handy man he is, decides he is going to replace the battery himself and save us $150...well, I go to pick up the car, and the battery is now officially dead. Hubby is frustrated with work, I don't want to focus on anything but baby and can't muster up the stamina to go into full blown study mode, and to top it all off, I'm having some issues with a good friend. UGH...
But when I look at all of those things, and I see how blessed we are to be pregnant, I realize that it is all insignificant to the bigger picture. We will have our highs and our lows, but we need to stick together...I always like to say "it's us against the world"...and now our "us" includes very special embies that don't want their mommy to stress about the small things...so I'll listen to my embies (and all those wonderful caring ladies who keep reminding me stress is not good) and let them hibernate in a safe and stress free environment.
Speaking of which, it's an hour past bedtime and I'm exhausted!
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