Pregnancy take 3

I got the phone call! I knew it was good news when the blood draw nurse called me with the results and not my RE or her nurse.


The beta went from 104 to 1105.

Progesterone went from 24.8 to 45.29



Thank God! I'm so excited!

My beta had a doubling time of 35.2 hours over the course of 5 days.
Beta numbers should double every 48-72 hours. You can have a perfectly healthy pregnancy that doubles closer to 72 hours. My first pregnancy had a doubling time of only 66.7 hours. It's reassuring to see mine double quickly this time.

When the blood draws are over 48 hours you can use one of these two doubling calculators:
Betabase Calculator or Just mommies' Calculator



We have an u/s scheduled on 3/10 so I'm praying we get a strong heartbeat. I'll be 6 weeks and 6 days at that time. We may actually get an October baby out of this! :)

Pregnancy Take 3, It's official.

My beta doubled. I'm pregnant.

Thank God. This is truly a miracle after the crazy cycle that I had.

The beta started at 53 on Monday. A little under 48 hours later it was 104. So it's good. I of course, wanted a perfect 106 or better. But I'll take what I get. It's a start. And it's darn good considering the horrible bleeding I had a few days ago.

My estrogen went up to 231. So the estrogen patches are working. Hopefully it's making a cozy spot for the baby to grow.

The next beta blood draw is on Monday. We'll schedule an u/s after that.

I'm breathing, a little shakey, but I'm breathing.

Sit Down For This

I thought I started my period but then it slowed down. Finally after the the bleeding slowed down so much on Saturday, I couldn't take it any more. I tested.
It was a pretty faint line on the home pregnancy test but definitely a second pink line.

I admit that I emailed 2 of my close friends that I knew could still be up 11 pm and cussed up a storm about having another failed pregnancy. They were super supportive as always. Then I phoned the on call doctor who told me I should start the progesterone supplements to stop the bleeding. I go on Monday for a blood draw to check my beta hcg levels.

I'm not one to share "weird feelings" unless I have some proof. At this point, I hope to have some hcg still left in my system for the blood draw on Monday. From my past experience, I'm not really thinking this pregnancy is going to make it.

I almost didn't share it with my pregnancy loss prayer group. But then I decided that it was a lack of faith NOT to ask for prayers. Miracles do happen after all. I just usually don't expect them for me.

I'm okay with it. Kind of numb I suppose. I've had two miscarriages, I can get through a third. I just want to know for sure what's going on. Things definitely aren't looking good.

There's no way in hell I'm announcing anything other than two a few friends that will understand.