Goodbye Pee Sticks

Time for me to let go of the pee sticks (and clean off my desk).

4 Weeks, 6 Days Pregnant – Pregnancy Symptoms Disappearing

All my early pregnancy symptoms have completely disappeared – fatigue, nausea, hunger. I think I may still have frequent urination left and it’s the only thing giving me hope right now. (Wow! That’s a weird sentence.)

I know I have to stay positive but it’s so difficult – I just can’t go through another miscarriage.

On the bright side, I POAS again and in addition to a dark test line, the control line is very light. I looked up what that meant and found:

The reason the control line is so light is because your HCG levels are so high that it actually ‘pulls’ color from the control line.

Friday can’t come soon enough! I’m tempted to call my doctor’s office to see if I could move my appointment to today or tomorrow!

Progression Pics

4 Weeks, 4 Days Pregnant

Last night I dreamt that the nurse looked at my chart and it said that the doctor was trying to induce a miscarriage. I protested and said I was not going to miscarry and thought to myself that I should change doctors.

It’s so difficult to relax but I know I should. Even though I tell myself that I’m keeping this baby no matter what, I think in the back of my mind, I’m still worried about losing it. I lurk on the pregnancy boards as much as I can searching for hope.

I took another pregnancy test in the middle of the night and the “pregnant” line showed up before the control line. It confused me so much that I had to look again which line was supposed to be which.

13 DPO – Beta #2 – UPDATED

The lines on the First Response and Dollar Tree tests are both darker today… but one little brown spot on my underwear has dampened my excitement about this pregnancy. It’s one little brown spot, but now I’m terrified.

I’m about to leave to test my HCG levels again. If there are any internet strangers reading this, we need all the prayers we can get.

UPDATE: HCG levels were at 119 and progesterone levels were at 34.9!!! I’m officially pregnant!!!

12 DPO

Today is greeted with darker lines on both the First Response and the Dollar Tree tests along with more nausea.

I’m particularly happy to see the much darker line on the Dollar Tree test since it is less sensitive. I hope my HCG levels double by tomorrow!

11 DPO – I’m… Pregnant?

My HCG levels are at 27 mlU today (11 DPO). I’m either pregnant or the HCG trigger is still in my system. I won’t know for sure until my second blood test on Wednesday. On a positive note, the last time I was pregnant, I had 27 mlU at 14 DPO.

BFP?

Even with this bad photo, I think you can see the second line.

BFP?

I held my pee for 3 1/2 hours before I tested at 4:30 a.m. on my First Response. A nice pink line came up immediately (no squinting or angling needed!) but I am still unsure if it’s picking up whatever is left from the HCG shot. A Dollar Tree test with the same urine yielded another light second line.

After the test, I almost threw up.

Pictures to come (of my First Response not the throw up).

14 DPO – Lab Update

I’m pregnant!!! My HCG levels are at 27 mlU but I have low progesterone (11). I’m going to start taking a progesterone supplement. And also, I’m not anemic!!!