About Me

Having been raised by a single mother, it's been my dream to have a "normal" family with a father, a mother, and children since I was a kid. I got married to a wonderful husband Mike eight years ago. I love my job - I am an oncology nurse taking care of people undergoing bone marrow transplant. Mike got his Master's in Clinical Social Work last year. He recently started his career as Substance Abuse Specialist. We thought it was time to expand our family. One year later, I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve at age of 32 with an elevated FSH level. My doctor thinks I need "aggressive" interventions right away. I am going to have my first IVF in September 2010.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

My magic number

After the long sleepless day (due to anxiety), my husband got home from work. We finally listened to the voicemail left by my nurse together. According to her, I am "definitely pregnant" (!) My beta hCG was 241 which is pretty high at this stage of pregnancy. I hope it means good. I don't know too much about hCG levels but I know it needs to double every few days. That means when I go back to my doctor's office for more blood draw tomorrow, the level has to go up to 400s. I hope it will. I just can't believe that I am actually pregnant. PREGNANT. Now, I know the risk of miscarriage is higher in IVF babies, so I need to be "cautiously optimistic..." well as much as I can. But for now, I am enjoying this moment. I am actually going to take a home pregnancy test. I know it's not necessary, but I have seen too many negative results during the past 14 months since we started trying. I want to see the beautiful two lines on the test. Finally.

This is the info about hCG if you are curious:
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/duringpregnancy/hcglevels.html
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  1. KateOctober 5, 2010 at 7:23 PM

    AYA!!!!! I am so stinkin happy for you guys! What a fabulous number! We definitely need to catch up! Let me know when a good time to call you. Hugs!

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