Well, despite my promise, I did take a home pregnancy test last Wednesday (at 11 dpo), and I did allow myself to get excited by a faint line. (I swear it looked darker than the one last month!) And like last month, I started bleeding a few hours later, and thought “Oh well!”
But then my period didn’t progress like usual. (Light flow of super dark blood, not much red, no clots.)
So on Friday, I tested again, and damned if that line wasn’t just a little bit darker.
I got the nurse to order a beta hCG test, and it came back at 89 mIU/mL. Consulted betabase (which I was happy to see came back online since last time we went through this!), and saw that 89 is about right for 13 dpo, but I was still bleeding…
Tested again on Saturday (since I was leaving for a trip to DC on Sunday), and it came back at 131 mIU/mL, which corresponds to a doubling time of about 45 hours. A little high for the doubling time at that beta, but still in the ballpark…
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Still bleeding, and not feeling particularly pregnant, I was very hesitant to believe that this was real. But then my awesome husband reminded me that I bled when I was barely pregnant with little C. Samuel. He was totally right! I bled for six days and was convinced that I was miscarrying. How did I forget about that?
I got back from DC on Tuesday night and went in for another beta first thing Wednesday morning. I figured if the 45 hour doubling time held, my beta should be around 600…
It was 1023. Which means the doubling time sped up to just over 32 hours…
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Is this really happening?
hopingonhope
/ November 12, 2015Yay!!! Fingers and toes crossed. Stick baby stick.
Aislinn
/ November 12, 2015Exciting! I really hope this is like your last successful pregnancy and the bleeding stops. I’ll be thinking of you ❤
journeyformybaby
/ November 12, 2015Awesome!! I hope the bleeding stops and all is well. 🙂
wheresmywave
/ November 12, 2015OMG!!!! So exciting! Sounds very promising, fingers crossed for you guys!
Geochick
/ November 12, 2015Exciting! Hope this one sticks!
lyra211
/ November 12, 2015Sounds like something’s really happening! Congrats and hope things keep going well!
spiritbabycomehome
/ November 12, 2015Oh my goodness! I’m so excited for you! Fingers and other digits crossed for you. Here is hoping 6 is your new lucky number!
Emily
/ November 13, 2015Whaaaat?! I will be crossing my fingers for you and keeping you in my thoughts!
(I don’t typically comment but I love following your blog, and I myself am a–previously? how would you say that?–infertile physicist, so I just always love reading what you write.) I will be so excited for you to update!!
2dognite
/ November 18, 2015Yes, yes! I bled around my betas with both pregnancies. A mindfuck but not a bad sign! Fingers sooooo crossed for you!
Fertility Doll
/ November 20, 2015Logged on to catch up and saw this! So very happy for you 🙂 x
Amy
/ December 28, 2015Congratulations!! Any updates?
Alycia
/ March 11, 2016Praying that you continue to have a healthy pregnancy!
knalani
/ June 1, 2016Thank you! So far so good. I’m 33 weeks along at this point. Due date July 18. 🙂
Meg
/ July 24, 2016Well???
I’ve been following you & curious what happened? Hopefully all good!
🙂
knalani
/ August 14, 2016Thank you for checking in. Sadly, the news is not good. I’ll post shortly.
cheyanne
/ January 12, 2019My test looked just like yours does it mean I’m pregnant I can’t get in to see ob for 2 more weeks