Had my repeat beta this morning and just got the result - 3,622! They wanted to see it increase 10 times (from 278 -> 2,780), so she said I did well. Progesterone had dropped to 461. I have to wean off the pessaries over the next few days, so hopefully I'll start getting some more sleep. Hello early bedtime!! I feel a bit less nervous about stopping them after the FS said that each pessary only contributes 10 to that level.
We're booked in for our first scan in 2 weeks from today. DH's mother has been asking questions, so hopefully we can work out how to keep her in the dark until then, but to be honest I think she'll guess. If the scan goes well we'll hopefully be able to get a photo (even if it means using the phone to take a photo of the screen) so we can email it to my parents (who just left on a 2 month trip on Tuesday) and show it to DH's parents.
ETA: Does anyone know where to get some non-alcoholic champagne?
Congrats on the Beta! I've just noticed that we have the same due date. I'm booked in for my first scan next week and I really can't wait to hear if everything is going well at this point.
Were you on a natural FET with this cycle? If it's a natural one I think they can stop the progesterone early because your corpus luteum will be producing it. I was on an HRT cycle so my body isn't making any of its own and I'll have to take 400mg 2x day for most of the first trimester.
Ladies, thanks for your encouragement. No bleeding since. One thing it did help with though was to put thinks into perspective for me. I'd been stressing about all these things in my life and the bleed showed me that none of that is as important as what's happening with the bubs. I'm a lot more zen now.
Juniper - that's fantastic news about your numbers! And glad that you're OK about weaning off the pessaries. I was told progesterone over 100 was good, so you'll be fine sweetie. You should get a printout of the ultrasound when you have it, I think most of those machines have that capability. And as for the champagne - I bought some from Woolies, called Edenvale, it tasted sort of like the real stuff too!
S'rose - hope your 3 sleeps fly by! KWYM about the anxiety, I was so nervous until I had mine, had nightmares the night before it.
Paula - how exciting that your feeling lots of movement, she does sound active! Hope time is passing quickly for you, and the weekend flies by.
Brunette - hope you enjoyed your jailbreak today! Did you get to the movies? A GTT is a Glucose Tolerance Test, and they're a bit yuck Its testing for blood sugar abnormalities / diabetes, you have to fast, then drink this super-sweet lemonade, then they test your body's reaction to it over 2 hours. Fun fun fun. I've had a couple before, as I have insulin resistance linked to PCOS. I think every pregnant woman has to have one at some stage, to test for gestational diabetes?
AFM - been struggling with MS the last few days. Have been wearing my acupressure bands, helps a lot. Also had acupuncture today and she targetted my nausea points, boy it makes a difference, you're right, Lise!
Hi and to everyone I've missed, have a great weekend! Or if you're in Sydney like me, hope you stay afloat...
Maggie - sorry, didn't see your post - glad you're feeling more zen, and the bleeding has stopped. GL and enjoy your scan next week, hope time passes quickly for you, too.
Maggie, this was a fresh IVF cycle. We never get many embies, so we have had to keep doing fresh cycles... Are you due 2 Feb too? DH is a little miffed about the EDD because it's his older brother's and younger sister's birthday. His brother's daughter was also born a few days after that, so it's a busy birthday time in his family.
Chrissy, we used to be with Dr Kilvert. He was lovely, but refused to investigate whether I had endo (said it wouldn't alter his treatment protocol and I later found out he could only diagnose endo, not remove it). We switched to Dr Molloy who is a bit of an endo guru and the first thing he did was a lap to diagnose and remove endo in March. This was our first IVF after that lap.
Progesterone had dropped to 461. I have to wean off the pessaries over the next few days, so hopefully I'll start getting some more sleep. Hello early bedtime!! I feel a bit less nervous about stopping them after the FS said that each pessary only contributes 10 to that level.
Its testing for blood sugar abnormalities / diabetes, you have to fast, then drink this super-sweet lemonade, then they test your body's reaction to it over 2 hours. Fun fun fun. I've had a couple before, as I have insulin resistance linked to PCOS. I think every pregnant woman has to have one at some stage, to test for gestational diabetes?
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to everyone I've missed, have a great weekend! Or if you're in Sydney like me, hope you stay afloat...
His brother's daughter was also born a few days after that, so it's a busy birthday time in his family.
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