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My pregnancy

I'm going to be putting this on it's own post, and updating it with new blood work and ultrasounds that way people can click a link to see all this information and that way it's not posted all the time. Lately I'm feeling kind of guilty about posting here, and with less people responding to my posts now I kind of get it (and respect that). So here it is! Sure my SIL will be excited :) Love her. This eventually will go down the list and only be seen on a toolbar I'll add soon.

Date	Time	Pregnancy	HCG Levels	Progesterone Levels	Doubling Time
11/22/20010	11 am	3w 4d (11dpo)	38 mIU	20.69	-
11/24/20010	10 am	3w 6d (13dpo)	129 mIU	-	26.65 hours
11/26/20010	10 am	4w 1d (15dpo)	209 mIU	-	68.95 hours
11/29/20010	9 am	4w 4d (18dpo)	482 mIU	17.53	58.90 hours
12/02/2010	11 am	5w 0d (21dpo)	1847 mIU	-	38.18 hours
12/06/2010	2 pm	5w 4d (25dpo)	5856 mIU	-	59.47 hours
12/08/2010	2 pm	5w 6d (27dpo)	10,904 mIU	-	53.52 hours
12/10/2010	10 am	6w 1d (29dpo)	15,978 mIU	-	79.82 hours
12/15/2010	11 am	6w 6d	38,778 mIU	-	94.59 hours
12/22/2010	11 am	7w 6d	91,824 mIU	-	133.35 hours

5w1d ultrasound - gestational sac easuring 5w2d


6w1d ultrasound - fetus measuring 6w2d


7w1d ultrasound - fetus measuring 7w2d-7w3d


8w0d ultrasound - fetus measuring 8w1d perfect 171 heartbeat (for those who don't know, that's a yolk sac below)


9w1d ultrasound - fetus measuring 9w0d-9w1d


Ultrasound 01/07/2011 - I owe a picture!! Cleaned my house and have misplaced some stuff! I STILL cannot find this ultrasound to this day.

12w1d - Heard heart beat on the doppler for the first time @ doctor's office. Around the 160's.

14w4d - Heard the heart beat, around the 150's (doctor kind of guesses on that, she told me it doesn't actually tell the heart rate on her doppler!)

Ultrasound 18w4d March 7th, 2011 - 167 BPM, IT IS A BOY! Best picture was of his foot since he was facing my back!


22w4d April 4th, 2011 - Ultrasound since they couldn't check everything with him facing backward. Still facing back, but we got all the shots we need!! Amniotic fluid borderline, they like it above 10 and it was like 9.8. He measured at 1IB 5OZ already!!


26w4d May 2nd, 2011 - Ultrasound shows amniotic fluid looks good. Baby now weighs (according to them) 2 1/2 pounds! We have a chunky monkey! Appointments now happen every 2 weeks, but no future ultrasounds seen. GD came back normal, iron a little low. On supplements. Harder to get a picture of because he's decided to be head down today!

Updating

Feel free to ignore this post, just updating those who are wondering how my beta's are coming along:

Date	Time	Pregnancy	HCG Levels	Progesterone Levels	Doubling Time
11/22/20010	11 am	3w 4d (11dpo)	38 mIU	20.69	-
11/24/20010	10 am	3w 6d (13dpo)	129 mIU	-	26.65 hours
11/26/20010	10 am	4w 1d (15dpo)	209 mIU	-	68.95 hours
11/29/20010	9 am	4w 4d (18dpo)	482 mIU	17.53	58.90 hours
12/02/2010	11 am	5w 0d (21dpo)	1847 mIU	-	38.18 hours
12/06/2010	2 pm	5w 4d (25dpo)	5856 mIU	-	59.47 hours
12/08/2010	2 pm	5w 6d (27dpo)	10,904 mIU	-	53.52 hours

I was surprised to hear the nurse say "wow" before she gave me the results. I was shocked as well - since they're looking for a doubling time of ~72 hours or slower by this point. I'm feeling better about tomorrow's ultrasound. Everything is going great, so I'm sure this ultrasound will be right where it needs to be.

Bahumbug

I must admit this holiday season I feel a little more like Scrooge. It's 18 days until Christmas and I haven't told my DH what I want for Christmas. Why? I just don't know. I've been going through a "nesting" stage already.. yes, way too soon, but I want to de-clutter! I see no sense in getting more items when we're trying to get rid of items. I'm also feeling blah this season. I know I have no right too, but with me miscarrying at 8 weeks last time I was pregnant I worry I'll do the same again... which mind you, would hit right at Christmas time.

I know I shouldn't feel this way, but I cannot overcome that feeling. This pregnancy is leaving me on edge, which so far is going just fine. I just cannot shake the worry of doom. My mom said I was being too negative and I know that I am... I just haven't known anything but miscarriages the past two years.

Perhaps it's time to get the tree decorated and hang up some lights. Maybe that will help me work my way out of a funk. As for knowing what to ask DH for Christmas? Ah, heck, I still don't know. We've been married nearly 9 years, I was bound to stop having stuff I wanted sometime!

Yesterday's blood draw

Just updating my friend's who want to know how things are going with my blood work, technically posting this later then it says however wanted to show it before the other blog so others could kind of steer clear of it. Right now I'm just talking to myself lately, I think.

Date	Time	Pregnancy	HCG Levels	Progesterone Levels	Doubling Time
11/22/20010	11 am	3w 4d (11dpo)	38 mIU	20.69	-
11/24/20010	10 am	3w 6d (13dpo)	129 mIU	-	26.65 hours
11/26/20010	10 am	4w 1d (15dpo)	209 mIU	-	68.95 hours
11/29/20010	9 am	4w 4d (18dpo)	482 mIU	17.53	58.90 hours
12/02/2010	11 am	5w 0d (21dpo)	1847 mIU	-	38.18 hours
12/06/2010	2 pm	5w 4d (25dpo)	5856 mIU	-	59.47 hours

I asked the nurse if the doubling time was just fine, since I wrote down roughly what the doubling time would be if it was at certain #'s. She says they're very happy about it and that it should be doubling every 72 hours so it was good to hear. Although I know I'll be on edge until I hit 9 weeks I'm so glad to see the #'s doing what they need to do - with the May loss I never hit that high of a number!! Isn't that sad?

Always busy, never complaining...

I must admit even though I'm a stay at home to my one (almost 5 year old) son, I find myself rather busy all the time. It doesn't help I'm trying to also do a little business on the side, which isn't that successful. Right now it's just fun for me, but it does keep me busy. That along with every thing else - dishes, laundry, vacuuming, etc it's amazing how you can fill up the day doing all that! Some of my friends are surprised that most of the time my plans include cleaning some each day. Isn't that always how it goes? It just means we have too much junk!! Which we do, and oddly enough even though every few months I donate we still seem to have more to donate the next time around.

So how about you? Do you find yourself overwhelmed with chores, or are you more laid back? Do you have a plan of attack? Oddly enough chores remind me of TTC, some chose to plan out what they'll do months in advance and some will take it day by day and see where it takes them.

Anyway, if you honestly have some good tips I could use them! I feel like my house is taking over my life!

5 weeks today

I promise I will be making posts *not* related to pregnancy in the next week. I do want to not lose a lot of followers/friends, although I understand if this becomes one of those blogs that gets looked at less and less. I do want this not to be just about pregnancy, so I will be figuring out ways to make it interesting for every one. Probably include my photography, or perhaps I'll stop being lazy and work on my crafts!! I think I'd shock every one if I did - seeing as my crafts have been untouched for at least a half year. *blush*

However this one is about the pregnancy, sorry! Just an update on the betas. I was getting nervous when it went from a 26 hour beta time to a 68 hour beta time, since it felt like deja vu of my other pregnancies. In May when I was pregnant it was really off. The first two were 40 hour doubling times, jumped to an 100 hour doubling time then 63 hour doubling time... after that all chaos broke lose. Could you imagine at 7 weeks I only had a 3586 mIU HCG level? And yet they tried to play it as just fine! I'm proud to say my last beta doubled in 38 hours. I'm not out of the wood works yet, but I'm feeling better. Tomorrow I have a doctor appointment with Dr. Q - they're not sure what she'll do. Possible ultrasound, probably not.. but she did say we'd be doing one at 6 weeks so here's hoping things look great when we do!

Date	Time	Pregnancy	HCG Levels	Progesterone Levels	Doubling Time
11/22/20010	11 am	3w 4d (11dpo)	38 mIU	20.69	-
11/24/20010	10 am	3w 6d (13dpo)	129 mIU	-	26.65 hours
11/26/20010	10 am	4w 1d (15dpo)	209 mIU	-	68.95 hours
11/29/20010	9 am	4w 4d (18dpo)	482 mIU	17.53	58.90 hours
12/02//20010	11 am	5w 0d (21dpo)	1847 mIU	-	38.18 hours