Pocket Bebe

The beta number for Wednesday, 2/10, was 468.  That is good news!  Tomorrow will be our last beta and also the day I will become five weeks pregnant.  Many people have been asking about the chance of twins; so far, our beta numbers have been consistent with a singleton pregnancy.  We will find out for sure at the ultrasound on Feb. 23^rd.

This past week, week four, Baby Center told us that the pocket bebe is the size of a poppy seed.  The primitive placenta is made of two layers right now and the amniotic sac (which houses the baby), the amniotic fluid, and the yolk sac (which produces the baby’s red blood cells) are present.  Picture representation below:

When I was down in Miami on bed rest Lucy sent me some research that she had found on what exactly happens after a five day transfer.  This is what we found out.

This is what happens in a 5dt:   (the link also provides info. for a 3 day transfer)

-1dpt ..embryo is growing and developing
0dpt… Embryo is now a blastocyst
1dpt….Blastocyst hatches out of shell on this day
2dpt.. Blastocyst attaches to a site on the uterine lining
3dpt.. Implantation begins,as the blastocyst begins to bury in the lining
4dpt.. Implantation process continues and morula buries deeper in the lining
5dpt.. Morula is completely implanted in the lining and has placenta cells & fetal cells
6dpt…Placenta cells begin to secrete HCG in the blood
7dpt…More HCG is produced as fetus develops
8dpt…More HCG is produced as fetus develops
9dpt…HCG levels are now high enough to be immediately detected on HPT

I can’t find the site now, but something we read about 2dpt was about how the blastocyst and the uterine lining send signals back and forth prior to the blast attaching.  We decided this communication looked similar to the blinking arrows on the tops of our BlackBerry phones; you know BB owners, the two thick, little, yellow arrows going in opposite directions of each other in the top right corner of the phone. 

More information can also be found at: www.advancedfertility.com

In our research we also came across a site titled Sensitivity Comparison of Pregnancy Tests, and that was informative.  We used e.p.t., First Response, and Target brand once we were already pulling good positives.

That friends, is all I have to report today.  The Husband and I are hosting a couples Valentine’s Day cocktail party and dinner tomorrow evening.  Most of the food is being brought in and we rented the community center so we don’t even have to put forth any effort to clean the house or hide the dog.  I have about five dresses lined up that are calling for me to try them on.  I’ve got a 1950’s bright red number straight from my friend SL’s magic closet that I am dying to try out, along with the most precious matching red shoes.  PRECIOUS I tell you.  It better fit as this may be the last few weeks (fourth pregnancy and all) that I can zip myself up into cocktail dress and manage to pull it off.

Oh, and oh my goodness, I found out that Captain Phil from TLC’s Deadliest Catch died from a massive heart attack this week!  Deadliest Catch is one of our favorite TV shows; my husband and I get hooked “on the crab” each and every season.  Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie is and will always be my favorite.  I am truly sad blog world…

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