I'm so happy right now. I went for my first beta on Monday and it was 366. I got my results from Wednesday and it was 852!! I'm so happy that it seems to be going well so far. I have an early scan ultrasound tomorrow afternoon and I'm hoping that goes well too.
I stopped by the doctor's office earlier today because I was in the area and needed more prenatal vitamins. The sample pack they gave me ran out and I don't know what kind to get yet. So while I was there I asked if they had my results. The nurse was kind of a jerk about everything. She saw I was scheduled for an ultrasound tomorrow and that my level was 852 and she was like, "You're too early for an ultrasound." I informed her that it is an early scan to make sure the baby is in the right place and that I am considered high risk because of recurrent miscarriages and the fact that I had an ectopic pregnancy and lost a tube from it. She got an attitude and said, "Yeah well you're not even going to see a sac yet. Your levels have to be at least 1400 to see anything. So you need to wait." She started questioning me about my LMP and did the math on paper to tell me how far along I am according to that. Like I hadn't already figured that out. Which by the way, according to my LMP I am 5 weeks 6 days today. She was adamantly trying to find ways to convince me to cancel the scan. I told her that if my level is doubling then I should be over 1600 by Friday so I don't see the problem. Besides this is by the DOCTOR's order. Who is this lady to say if I should get an ultrasound or not!? She knows nothing about me or my situation. After I informed her of the reasons why I was getting the scan, and I don't know why I felt the need to explain myself, she still had a bad attitude. She said, "But you're just going to have to get another one in a few weeks anyway. Don't you realize that?" and I said, "Of course I realize that. It's not a problem. That's why this is called an EARLY scan. I'm well aware I am not necessarily at the point of seeing a heartbeat. I'll get as many scans as I need to so I can make sure everything is going well." Geez lady, I'm not an idiot! I just don't understand why some nurses try to act like they know better than the doctor and have to throw their unwarranted two cents in. She kind of made the whole experience of getting the good news about my levels doubling stressful for me.
That being said, on my drive home it kind of really hit me and I started crying in the car because I can't believe this really is happening and that so far everything is looking good. I've been so scared and so pessimistic about the outcome of this baby and it's starting to look like this is the real deal and I just burst out in happy tears. I had almost given up on the idea of ever having a child of my own and then this happened out of nowhere. I still can't believe it.
I stopped by the doctor's office earlier today because I was in the area and needed more prenatal vitamins. The sample pack they gave me ran out and I don't know what kind to get yet. So while I was there I asked if they had my results. The nurse was kind of a jerk about everything. She saw I was scheduled for an ultrasound tomorrow and that my level was 852 and she was like, "You're too early for an ultrasound." I informed her that it is an early scan to make sure the baby is in the right place and that I am considered high risk because of recurrent miscarriages and the fact that I had an ectopic pregnancy and lost a tube from it. She got an attitude and said, "Yeah well you're not even going to see a sac yet. Your levels have to be at least 1400 to see anything. So you need to wait." She started questioning me about my LMP and did the math on paper to tell me how far along I am according to that. Like I hadn't already figured that out. Which by the way, according to my LMP I am 5 weeks 6 days today. She was adamantly trying to find ways to convince me to cancel the scan. I told her that if my level is doubling then I should be over 1600 by Friday so I don't see the problem. Besides this is by the DOCTOR's order. Who is this lady to say if I should get an ultrasound or not!? She knows nothing about me or my situation. After I informed her of the reasons why I was getting the scan, and I don't know why I felt the need to explain myself, she still had a bad attitude. She said, "But you're just going to have to get another one in a few weeks anyway. Don't you realize that?" and I said, "Of course I realize that. It's not a problem. That's why this is called an EARLY scan. I'm well aware I am not necessarily at the point of seeing a heartbeat. I'll get as many scans as I need to so I can make sure everything is going well." Geez lady, I'm not an idiot! I just don't understand why some nurses try to act like they know better than the doctor and have to throw their unwarranted two cents in. She kind of made the whole experience of getting the good news about my levels doubling stressful for me.
That being said, on my drive home it kind of really hit me and I started crying in the car because I can't believe this really is happening and that so far everything is looking good. I've been so scared and so pessimistic about the outcome of this baby and it's starting to look like this is the real deal and I just burst out in happy tears. I had almost given up on the idea of ever having a child of my own and then this happened out of nowhere. I still can't believe it.
