8w6d

I've been so busy lately! At last I've found time to update.

So yesterday, at 8w5d, WE HEARD THE HEARTBEAT!!! We found it with our doppler. Crazy, huh? Gonna have another go at it today.

Haven't heard back from the doc's office on the u/s. It's driving me nuts.

7w3d - Jumping the gun...just a little

I am a lunatic. I tried to find the fetal heart beat with the doppler today.

Needless to say I was not successful.

7w2d - BLAH!

I have mild to moderate nausea and NOTHING looks good to eat. Certainly nothing that's gluten free.

6w5d - Doctor's Appointment

Dr. Wagoner is on holidays this week, so I saw her replacement today. A strange cat named Dr. Jones. She was nice but....odd. She didn't have my chart (Dr. Wagoner must have it home with her) so I had to tell her all of what had gone on. She felt my belly and I still have that pain on the lower right side. Hopefully it's nothing. She's going to check on the u/s (the office hasn't received an appointment time yet), and she filled out a bloodwork requisition. I think she tested me for every damn thing on there! She wanted me to do a fasting blood glucose too, but I declined. I won't be doing it later in pregnancy either, so I don't need a "baseline" as she called it. I have a return appointment for next week.

Other than the appointment, there's not much to tell really. Still nauseated here and there. Tired. Bloated. Sore boobies. All the usual stuff. Peeing ALL.THE.TIME.

Only 3 weeks til I may be able to find the heart beat on the doppler. If there is one.

Stunned

I had someone come by to draw my bloodwork this morning. My doctor just called with the results. My bHCG is now at 6746. Since last Monday the average doubling time is 49.95 hours. That's just about perfect! Holy crow!!!

Oh, and I bought a couple of Bella Bands on ebay today....I wasn't sure I'd need them, but I had my fingers crossed. I got them for about $50 CAD shipping included. Not too bad. I can't wait to get them!

So....I think this is really happening....

Trouble

That's what I've decided to nickname this pregnancy, or baby....if there actually is one. By LMP, I'll be 6 weeks pregnant tomorrow. By ovulation, I'm probably 2-3 days behind. But I can't be sure since I didn't chart or use OPKs this cycle.

So, why "Trouble" you ask? Well, it seems appropriate. This baby was conceived right around when our basement flooded in early June. We did the deed once. We had too much company (my brother and then mother) staying with us, and were under too much stress with the basement issues and then my flu, to really try. So we both thought the cycle was a lost cause. And then I started spotting. And spotted and spotted and spotted....for several days. I usually only spot for a day or two and then Aunt Flo arrives. But she didn't come. So on June 22nd, I decided to test. A few times.

I know you probably can't see the lines, but they're there.

The next day, June 23rd, I tested some more and got better lines:

Then, on June 24th, I got the confirmation.

I also started bleeding that day. I saw the doc and had a VE and there was active bleeding but my cervix was closed. I was sure my progesterone was in my boots and I would miscarry. My doctor gave me a requisition to get my bHCG done and at 3 PM that day, my result was 28. That wasn't good, but technically OK for where I was, cycle-wise. The bleeding continued the next couple of days. I had my bloodwork repeated on Saturday, June 26th, at 10 am, and it was 78. A doubling time of 29 hours, which was great. On Monday, June 28th, I had another draw at 6 am and it came back at 173. I was still bleeding though, and continued to do so until Wednesday, July 2nd.

I've been occupied and out of town since then, and haven't had a chance to have the beta redone. I'll be having another draw tomorrow morning. I guess we shall see from there if it's still increasing appropriately. I know that it's continued to increase, since my pregnancy tests have continued to get darker. But I'm not sure if it's risen enough. We shall see, I guess.

So that's the story of why I'm calling this, whatever *this* is, "trouble." Hopefully it will become a term of endearment.