Pocket Bebe

Lucy and Ricky are going to have a baby!  I am pregnant with their baby!

Home pregnancy testing began on Tuesday, Feb. 2^nd which was 6dp5dt (6 days post 5 day transfer, it was a 5 day transfer because the blastocyst had developed for five days after fertilization prior to being frozen).  Anyway, home test #1 was done at 7:20 am and I had to cover the results window so Lucy and I could see the results at the same time over Skype.  When we were able to meet up on the computer later that morning I was holding my breath as I began to look.  It took a special kind of eagle vision to read but I saw the line oh so barely there.  We were EXCITED!  We immediately went into the bathroom (Lucy via computer) and I did another test.  The line showed up darker the second time.  Two faint positives on day six, we were happy. I couldn’t concentrate on a single thing all day, I was so jacked up on adrenaline.  I’m sure both Lucy and I alternated between extreme excitement and worry that whatever blasts were attempting to make a home might at some point decide to change their minds. 

7dp5pt Positive home pregnancy test and the lines were darker than the previous day.  The levels of hCG in my blood were becoming more concentrated. Yay! The blasts hadn’t decided to get out of Dodge and for that we were glad.  We decided to do a “for fun” blood draw to get a count of the hCG present (also called a beta).  I went to the lab but of course I went to one who told me after they drew blood that they couldn’t do the results STAT (quick) and that the number wouldn’t be available until the next day.  That sucked!!  The next morning Lucy got the results and the beta number was 45 from that draw (Lucy’s had been 41 on that day with Little Ricky). Yippee!

8dp5dt Positive home pregnancy test.  Lines turning faster and getting darker.

9dp5dt Positive.  “For fun” beta draw and this time I went to the hospital lab so we could get STAT results.  The beta was 117.

10dp5dt Positive.

11dp5dt Positive.

12dp5dt TODAY!!  Beta levels 252.

I will have two more draws, one on Wednesday, Feb. 10^th and Friday, Feb. 12^th.

The beta levels have continued to rise over the days and we feel confident at this point to declare that the transfer was a success! 

I am considered 4 weeks and 3 days pregnant and we will have a due date of either October 15^th or October 16^th.

Our first vaginal ultrasound will be on Feb. 23^rd where we will hopefully see bebe-to-be and hear the heartbeat.

We both feel so incredibly blessed as this was the one shot (without starting a whole new fresh cycle) Lucy and Ricky had for creating a sibling for Little Ricky. God willing we will see this through to the middle of October.  We are happy, happy, happy!!!! 

I’m singing Celebration by Kool & The Gang in my head right now.  I’d be doing a little Irish jig if I weren’t warming my bum for my nightly injection.  Bring on the Progesterone; we’ve got a baby to grow!

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