Saturday, September 15, 2012

Small Victories

Yesterday was my 3rd beta which came back at 439 (up from 204 2 days prior) and progesterone was 12.9.  While these are great numbers and things seem to be progressing like a normal pregnancy, I can't help but feel like I've been down this road before.  The doubling time has slowed from 37 hours to 43 which makes me feel like it's going to slow to a hault and stop growing because it's in my tube.  My 2nd pregnancy I had doubling betas, but they started really low:

16dpo - 8
18dpo - 20, 36 hour doubling (started bleeding this day)
20dpo - 49, 37 hour doubling
24dpo - 362, 33 hour doubling
30dpo - 875, 113 hour doubling

Now to my current pregnancy:

13dpo - 83
15dpo - 204, 37 hour doubling
17dpo - 439, 43 hour doubling

So somewhere around 400 it stopped doubling normally.  Am I doomed to repeat history?  I realize that my betas are much better for where I am as far as dpo especially compared to pg#2 and also the fact that I haven't had a any bleeding.  I should feel optimistic, but I can't.  My rational mind says that I may not be bleeding because of the progesterone.

Either way, I'm scheduled for an u/s on Wednesday the 19th.  I don't quite know how I'm going to not break down into hysterics when they start the u/s.  I've never had a good u/s.  I've never seen my baby and not have it folowed by the doctor telling me it's over.  Here's hoping this time is different.

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