BETA #2 results!!

I got my blood work done yesterday morning and they called me last night and said my beta's went from 98 to 290!! woo hoo!! They almost tripled! We we're very happy and excited and are still praying they keep doubling because we know we're not in the clear just because we're pregnant. On the downside, on Saturday night I woke up in the middle of the night crying from pain in my wrist. Sunday we went to urgent care and found out it's a ganglion cyst. Since I already took the pregnancy tests and it said positive I turned down any type of pain meds and have just been sucking it up and crying it out ever since. Mike has been having to clean, cook and drive me everywhere this week. Which I told him was God's plan so I can take it easy during implantation. hee hee. Well I saw the Orthopedic surgeon yesterday and he said because I am pregnant there is NOTHING he can do without harming the baby. I have to continue to ice my hand and try to massage it and hope it goes down within 2 weeks. I can barely move my wrist so massaging it is the worst pain ever. So while it is very sucky to be going through pain, it is all worth it if it means keeping this baby safe. I will go through the next 9 months with this pain if needed. here is a picture of my hand.
LEFT HAND

RIGHT HAND with cyst. :(

losing weight?

So I didn't think there was a need to take a picture of my scale last week but it was at 176.something. Then when I got the BFP Monday I weighed myself and it was (sorry for dirty scale)

Today, 4 days later I weigh myself and it's (YAY I cleaned my scale)

That's 4 lbs in a week and I haven't even been able to lose that doing exercise. I'm eating 3 meals a day, veggies, whole wheat stuff and fruits. Not exercising at all and I don't get it. As much as I shouldn't be complaining it worries me more than anything. I can't wait for my betas tomorrow to see if they're at least doubling or not. I want to pull my hair out.

1st Beta results are in!

So I had my blood drawn this morning for my beta #'s and my progesterone level. I'm 13dpo and my beta results were 98. The RE said that's pretty low so we'll just hope they double on Friday. Thank GOD for TMP because I would've been freaking out with that # if it wasn't for them. A few of them had lower beta results at the same DPO and their pregnancy was or still is successful! That gives me hope. I haven't had any blood or horrible cramps so I'm praying with all of my heart that this little baby sticks. My progesterone level was at 34.1 and they like anything over 15 so she said that's awesome! I just need to take it easy and rest for now and try to not stress. I'll update you guys on Friday! Please keep your fingers crossed.
Update: One of the girls on TMP showed me this website. It says my numbers are at a range that can lead to a viable pregnancy. It was nice to see the statistics of it. http://www.betabase.info/showDailyData.php?type=basic&multiples=Single&dpo=13

Pregnant with caution

yup that's right! Finally got that gorgeous BFP!! I'm still on shock and am too scared to react. lol. I don't think I'll feel at ease until we see a heartbeat honestly. For those of you who have FB PLEASE don't write anything!! Not everyone knows about our blog nor about our TTC journey. We will not make that same mistake as to tell everyone and it result in a miscarriage so just you lucky one's who know about our blog get to know. :) So now we just wait and pray this little bean sticks!

To believe or not to believe...

So I tested this morning a little past midnight (10dpo) and got the faintest BFP. Here's the catch. I don't know if the pregnancy test strip I took showing the trigger shot was out at 7dpo was a bust, or if this is real. I peed on the same internet cheapie strip this morning that I peed the trigger shot out at 7dpo and it too had a second faint line. DH is being a realist and saying not to get my hopes up because it's so light. He's not even considering it to be real. He wants confirmed blood work. I don't know what to think. As hopeful as I was his 'realist point of view' definitely got a hold of me because I don't want to believe it now either, until it's confirmed with either a FRER on Tuesday (12dpo) or BW. I don't want to get excited over a false positive, but I'm definitely still praying my little heart out that it is positive. Please pray for us and if you're not religious, cross everything ya got! My temp went up this morning from 97.28 yesterday to 97.82 today. I didn't sleep well because I sprained my wrist so I'm not sure if that threw off my temp. This month marks 2 1/2 years TTC and I find it so hard to believe we are pregnant after our first IUI. The doctor said we had a 4%-10% chance. That's so small. Plus I have no symptoms accept acne which is the total opposite of my first pregnancy. I think I'll pee on a FRER tomorrow. That will be 11 dpo and 13 dp trigger. Sorry I'm rambling like a indecisive person who doesn't want to get their hopes up. lol

My EPT test from a little past midnight this morning. See that faint faint line making it a plus symbol??



I peed on a internet cheapie this morning at 6a.m and saw a faint line also.


Here is the 7dpo internet cheapie to compare.


This is driving me crazy! I just want my RE to call and send me in for BW already!!
I have NO symptoms whatsoever accept skin breakout. So that might also be why I'm in denial. My first pregnancy I had sore boobs, heightened smell, nausea, all the good stuff. lol.

orbit travel system

Does anyone know what this is? I'm in love...sigh...I hate liking expensive stuff sometimes!! I swear I wear the same old reusable "save the polar bears" tote every day along with my most comfy TOMS, jeans and a t-shirt. But occasionally that part of me I buried deep deep deep in the closet keeps popping up!! lol. Why can't I be practical and get a normal priced chico or graco stroller when I'm pregnant. No of course not. I have to want the $900 Orbit G2 travel system. It's pretty friggin awesome. If you don't know what it is, you tube it. The good thing about not even being pregnant at least is it gives me plenty of time to save! :)

ATTN: TRIGGER SHOT IS OUT!! come on BFP!!

Today I'm 7 dpiui (days past IUI) and 9 days past trigger shot. I couldn't take it any longer and wanted to pee on a stick! The trigger shot is out of my system already! Which I'm happy to know so if and when I get my BFP I'll know it's real and not leftover pregnancy hormones from the trigger shot. So now since I know it's out, I'm not going to test again until next Thursday which will be the official 2WW date. I was going to test on Tuesday but I hate early BFN's. So either AF will show her face or I'll get that beautiful BFP we've been dreaming of!! Praying it's the bfp option over AF! lol, obviously!