Each test indicated a progression in the right direction. The last couple of tests showed the indicator line as darker than the control line -- wooHOO! What a great feeling to "watch" this pregnancy progress. Every morning, K received a pic with each additional test progression.
Our beta blood test was this morning! Although we kinda already knew the results, I was a little bit nervous to hear the actual number... Was it too low? Too high? Were all my pee tests faulty??
I am a very impatient person. My lab appointment was at 8am and they told me that the IVF clinic will have my results by 11am. Around noon, I texted K to see if she had heard anything. Nope. At 2pm I got a phone call from the clinic. I picked up the phone thinking, "this is it!" To my surprise, the nurse simply was calling to see if I had even gone to my lab appointment because they hadn't received the results yet. I assured her that I did and she then asked that I follow up with my monitoring clinic and ask them to fax it over. So I did.
At around 4pm, I received the phone call from the IVF clinic that I had been waiting for all day; the results are in...
A good strong number! A little high for my liking, but still a good strong number. (As a comparison and the reason for my worry, Charlie's first beta, who's pregnancy began as twins, was 151...) But! There's no need to fear things now.
We. Are. Pregnant! Woot, woot!!!!
Follow-up beta is Friday morning.
It's amazing how there is always some glitch with labs and testing. Congratulations to you on your great news! And what a cute picture of the 6 pregnancy tests all lined up together. I am happy you got a good strong number that you like. Hope you have a happy and healthy journey with surrogacy.
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