8dp3dt: 24.8
10dp3dt: 123.7
Doubling time (though it may not mean anything this early) was 19.94 hours.
I spent all last night laying on the couch trying to use the powers of my mind to will my embryo/s into staying alive—using the parts of my mind that weren’t busy watching Burn Notice and wondering whether I would make a good spy, anyway.
We were hoping this morning’s number would be at least 75. To say I am relieved would be a massive understatement. I am suppressing my urge to gambol around the office kissing people and whooping, but only just barely.
I was instructed to continue to eschew sex, hot baths, and horseback riding and to schedule an ultrasound for seven weeks. When I called to make the appointment, Rose, the receptionist I have seen and spoken to many, many times in the last two years, was so excited for me that I nearly cried. My ultrasound will be Thursday, September 27th (in the afternoon, so that I needn’t return to work if things go badly). I will (hopefully) be six weeks, five days pregnant by then.
September 27th is an interminable twenty days away. Until then I will have no further information about this pregnancy. I am still spotting and cramping, but it hasn’t gotten any worse, thank heavens. Of course it doesn’t help that my longest pregnancy was a missed miscarriage, with no reason to think anything was wrong until I went to my ultrasound at seven weeks and saw no heartbeat.
But for now, I am pregnant, and until I know otherwise, I am going to do my best to assume this pregnancy is continuing. Today is gastrulation, a big day for Science Baby/ies, what with the formation of the endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm layers. They must be exhausted.
483 hours and 25 minutes until the ultrasound. I think I need a hobby.
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Fantastic news…many congratulations!
I am elated.
To repeat myself (and others) from other comments posted along the way, I am so unbelievably happy for you even though you have no idea who I am.
You are so incredibly brave to share all of your thoughts, experiences, etc with us. When I went through my infertility treatments, I didn’t want to share any info and opted for curling up by myself hoping for the best. Your blog really helped me along though.
I want to run through the aisles of my office screaming you’re pregnant!
When I finally got pregnant, I got ultrasounds every week to check the progress when they ultimately saw a heartbeat at 7 weeks. Maybe you can ask for something in the interim? Just a thought because I would have a hard time waiting that long without data.
Here’s to you and the little embryo that can!!!
Positive vibes are going out to you from NYC.
Great news! It is so hard not to yell out to the world “I’m Pregnant!!”
Sending you all the positives vibes I can!!
Awesome Beta number! I am just so thrilled for you and a little teary eyed.
Great beta. Wishing you the best and hope the wait for the u/s goes by quickly!
A lurker who has been waiting for this news all day! Many congratulations! I’m thrilled to hear this!
HOOOOOORRRRAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh it’s almost too much to think about. Congratulations a million times over. ENJOY!!!
How’s Scott feeling?
Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay!
Those are some great numbers!!
Congratulations once more – I’m so happy things are going well. Many good thoughts/vibes/prayers coming your way!
Congrats!! That’s got to be a load off, right?
This is fantastic news! Yes, after all that work, it seems indescribably cruel that you would be expected to for three weeks with nothing. Absolutely nothing, other than hope. Here’s hoping that scan brings more good news.
HOORAY! Many congratulations! Hang in there until the U/S… all my best wishes!
Amazing! MUCH MUCH MUCH rejoicing!! :)
WHooo hoooooo! All my best to you and Science Baby/ies.
I’m giddy for you and the Science Baby(ies)!
WOOOOOOOOO! So thrilled for you! And a 3ww for next ultrasound, well, that’s just cruel. Any possibility of training Scott as an ultrasound tech? Aw, hell, I’m sure you could wield the wand at this point. Maybe Tom Cruise would lend you his US machine.
oh YIPpppppeeeeeeeee, I am as giddy as a school girl!! So happy for you Alexa
I love the Science Babies moniker. And I LOVE that you are pregnant. With child. Knocked up! Yay!
I’m so happy for you!
Oh, what lovely news & numbers! Many good thoughts sent your way, and hope that time before the 27th moves at warp speed!
Great beta! Woo hoo!
Look at you all pregnant and what not. I guess our insides aren’t too bad after all.
A simple comment can possibly convey how happy I am for you. I want to run around my office and spread the good news. You know, if I was at my office and not at home. Oh, and if I was upfront about my blogging. And…if anyone I worked with knew who you were. But otherwise, I so want to run around my office shouting the good news.
Congratulations, dearest Innard Twin.
Awesome! I just knew it was going to be great news! Don’t you hate all these stupid long waits we have to endure!!
Awesome! I am so happy for you. Not to scare you or anything, but my 10dpo beta was a bit lower than yours (121 or so) and I have the twins to prove it. So prepare yourself for the possibility of double trouble! Hang in there, I remember all too well how hard it was to wait til 7 weeks to get an u/s. I also remember talking to my tummy and promising the babies (at that point I thought there was only one) that I would eat lots of good junk food to keep them happy in there and I did. And they stuck around! So load up on all the goodies you don’t usually allow yourself, put your feet up, rent a bunch of good movies, get some good books and try to keep busy until it’s u/s day. BTW most of my twin mommy friends had spotting in the early days. I had brown spotting once, right after my 7 week u/s, so that might happen too.
Coming out of lurkdom to say congratulations! That is totally awesome news. I’ve been on the edge of my seat reading on your IVF posts. Yippee!
Yippee! NBHHY.
Such good news! I remember waiting for numbers to show that our pregnancy was “viable” and calling my voicemail at home to check ever fifteen minutes for a message.
Good luck with the wait…relax, kick back, enjoy the quiet. Believe me, one is a lot of work…and you may well be in for two!
Great news!! Congrats! Try to make it through the next 483 hours ;)
I’m de-lurking to add my congratulations! That’s fantastic news.
I had spotting (in fact a decent quantity of bright red blood–to be graphic) in my early pregnancy and…my twins just finished their first week of grade 1.
Sending positive thoughts your way.
Oh, so happy for you! Congratulations, preggo-girl! =>
Great news! And don’t worry about the spotting, some people spot the whole time. Congratulations!
Oh, just a little bit teary-eyed over here, don’t mind me. Wonderful news!
Fantastic. :)
I understand the information vacuum worry, I counted down the seconds between betas and scans too.
WOW!!!! You ARE pregnant! You get to be on the good side of the stats…….about time, huh?
Congrats Momma….love the blog….keep ‘em comin’!
Amazing news! I am so happy for you!
Keep thinking pregnant thoughts and good luck!
Yahoo!!!! Congratulations!!!
Dear Alexa, I am so very glad and relieved to hear this. May the next three weeks just fly by for you…
I just started reading your blog today and seriously let out an audible, “YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!” while reading your beta results. You have an awesome sense of humor and great taste in food, and may both of them carry you gracefuly through the next few weeks. Congrats!
fantastic news alexa, that’s one impressive doubling time. Very very very good news.
All right! That is such wonderfully fabulous news–I am jumping out of my chair with excitement for you! FWIW, I don’t think a simple hobby is going to do it for the next few weeks. Unless the hobby is going for ultrasounds.
Holy pregnant! Where have I been?!? Bloglines wasn’t telling me you were updating. So I finally gave up and came over the old fashioned way (you know, by following the link on the blogroll from my blog) to see what in the sam hill was going on.
WAHOO!!!!!!!! I had to stop typing for a minute so I could do the Snoopy Dance all around my office. Those are some awfully strong beta numbers, my friend. If I were a betting person (and I am), my money is on twins. :-)
YAAAAAYY!!!! I’m so happy for you!
I am so very happy for you. Keeping everything crossed!!!!!
Oh, Alexa those numbers are phenomenal! Congratulations!!!!
April (formerly of Underwater Clown Conspiracy)
Great numbers! Congrats
OH CONGRATS!!! I’m so thrilled for you. I fully don’t understand the numbers, but everyone seems to think they are good, so I’ll go with that. Yeah! How about knitting for a hobby?
I think you’re going to have to get a PO box so all of us rooting for you in the blogosphere can knit booties and what not and send them for your babe(s).
Fantastic! I’m so happy to read this.
I love to catch up to such wonderful news!
Excellent news!
Oh my, making you wait three weeks is just not fair. Don’t worry, counting the minutes is a fine hobby!
Carla
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