I've just had a small ray of hope shine down upon me in the form of MATH!
Soooo...if I calculate my due date by LMP, I'm 4w6d pregnant
If I calculate it by Ovulation, I'm only 4w2d pregnant.
I'm assuming that my levels and dates will be more accurate if I go by ovulation, even though the doctor is going to calculate by LMP.
The moral of the story is, that when they drew for hCG on Monday, I was only 4w0d pregnant, NOT 4w4d.
I guess I'm just more comfortable with my levels being 28.11 at 4w0d than them being 28.11 at 4w4d.
Hopefully my numbers are rising.
PLUSSSSS....I realized that my FMU tests aren't very dark because I take my prenatal vitamin before bed and the B vitamins mess up my urine [making it bright yellow and no good for HPTs]
I was also told by a friend not to stress about line intensity because it will vary throughout the day depending on what you drink.
For example:
Super sized sweet tea [loaded with caffeine and sugar] this will dehydrate your urine and make the test line darker because the urine will be more concentrated [same goes for soda]
Gallon of water [hydrating, delicious water] will hydrate you and un-concentrate your urine resulting in a lighter test line.
I'm running a series of tests right now...
I shouldn't be stressing out. Que Sera, Sera right? Plus, My 2MU HPT was much darker again and I'm feeling a little less stress about lines right now.
I just tested after drinking a hot chocolate...lines are about the same.
I'm having a diet dr. pepper and will test again in an hour to prove or disprove this theory.
I have to keep reminding myself that there's nothing I can do to keep this pregnancy if it's not going to take...so I'm trying to use that as a spring board back into the land of positive thinking.
And I did just take 2 folic acid tablets...and that's what I'll do until it's over or it sticks. 2 folic acids in the morning, one prenatal at night [this way if it's got anything to do with a folic acid deficiency, I've got it covered on both ends!]