Test Day
For the last few days, I’ve been feeling similar to what I have been since the transfer—a little cramping, bloating, etc. I’ve been EXHAUSTED the last few days, regardless of how much sleep I got. On Tuesday, when wiping, I had some light pink spotting. I’ve never had this before. So I look it up…and of course, it can either be an early pregnancy symptom OR a side effect of the progesterone shots. So I have really given up on figuring out what I’m feeling. Lol! I’ve also had some throbbing of my uterus area and general discomfort if there’s a lot of bending in that area. So I try to sit or lay so my lower abdomen is somewhat flat. My butt is permanently bruised from the shots, but they aren’t painful anymore. The bruises on my belly and my arms (from blood work) are healed and back to looking normal.
After getting my blood drawn, we got to talk with some of the nurses and Angie, our person before IVF. We call her Dr Angie. That was fun. We LOVE our nurses! Austin still hasn’t met Dr Craig! After that, we went to Jimmys Egg. Normally, I have a sweet tooth that cannot be satisfied. I usually get the cinnamon roll pancakes. When we came after egg retrieval, I did not want sweet. I haven’t craved sweet since before the retrieval. This trip, I had a normal adult breakfast. It was so out of character, that I took a picture! We were finally heading home. All of a sudden, a few miles before an exit, I felt sick. I felt like I was about to throw up. I was able to make it to the exit & gas station. I went number 2 and felt a little better. The toilets were gross, so I decided if I had to puke, it would be outside in the grass. So I went outside and hung out in the grass. Finally, I puked. All of my yummy breakfast. My nose bled too. At first, it was hard to tell where the blood was coming from! I cleaned up and then we got back on the road. We were 20/30 minutes from home. If I puked and am not pregnant, I’m gunna be pissed!
We knew we wouldn’t get the call until after 1. They run all of their lab work in the afternoon, and they take lunch 12-1. So we patiently waited. We got the GoPro ready to record the call and our reaction. Austin got me set up with crackers and Powerade. And we waited….
The call FINALLY came…
PREGNANT!!!!! We could not believe it!! All of the nurses got on the call to tell us. It was so sweet! I love them so much!! My HCG was 337, and they want to see at least 150. My progesterone was 15, which is the lowest number they want to see. Because of this, they increased our dose of progesterone shots from 1 mil to 1.5 mil. I will go in for bloodwork again on Monday. My HCG should quadruple and be above 1300 and my progesterone should increase above 15.
We still could not believe it! Austin wanted to have something tangible, so he went to buy some pregnancy tests! The pack he got had the digital one and the line one. We did both. The line one showed positive in less than 30 seconds. CRAZY!!!! We’ve never had a positive before. Then Austin took some pictures, because he’s awesome! While he was at the store, he called his stepdad. We FaceTimed my mom and recorded it, of course! I think we had her convinced it was negative before we showed her the tests. My dad is deployed, so we had to call him. We recorded that too. We ended up talking to him for over an hour. It was so great to finally get to share GOOD news! After talking to my dad, Austin called his sister.
After that, we went back to normal…lounging and watching TV. I think Austin posted on social media at some point. Still unbelievable.
The Days After…
In the days after test day, because I suck at blogging, I really have been feeling it. Nausea, exhaustion, all of it. Friday I was back at work, which felt so weird. Then it was the weekend. We still just were in shock! Then set in the fear…I was terrified about the bloodwork on Monday. Would our numbers be enough? Did we hype for nothing?! I even had some nightmares over the weekend. I was so glad when Monday finally came.
They drew my blood quickly, and then the wait. Again, I knew it would be after 1. I couldn’t think about anything else. As 1 became 2, and 2 was almost 3, I began to think that they were waiting to call because it was bad news. I was about to call them, blaming my impatience on my hour long drive coming soon, when they called. My HCG was 1651 and my progesterone was 23.90!!! My numbers looked great, the nurse said. WHEW! I texted Austin, and he also felt relieved. So we are officially pregnant. My body knows it, but my brain can’t comprehend it! We will have our first ultrasound on June 1st at 6 weeks 6 days! I feel like that will be emotional and probably when it will hit us.
And now…I’m pretty much always nauseous and exhausted. No amount of sleep helps. I’ve been having ridiculous gas at night. I’m moody. My boobs hurt and my areolas are dry as shit! My leggings already hurt, so I’ve been wearing maxi dresses this week. Austin had to help me dress, and when we got the dress over my boobs, it HURT. And its compressing them. My bras are already too small. And pregnancy brain….it already bad. I’m thankful for these things, because otherwise, I would be worried and anxious that something was wrong.
So, we are 4 weeks 6 days today. Sorry for the slow update. My brain has not been able to blog in a while. I don’t even know where to begin with pictures and videos, so that may come later…
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