4th Beta (5 weeks 4 days)

My beta is 3463 . It has only doubled after 252 hours :(   I asked the nurse what this could mean. She said they want to check to see if the pregnancy in in the correct place. In other words they are worried about an ectopic pregnancy. Either that or the baby stopped progressing. So Friday, June 20th is my 1st sonogram. Four pregnancies during a span of 16 months. Last year 20th June I also got bad news with our angel girl. I was 8 weeks and that was the day they could no longer find her heartbeat :( It is so hard to not be negative when I have had 4 miscarriages. I know that slow rising betas a not a good sign. Yet I refuse to believe that God would let us come this far and not have success.

• 1st Beta 06-09-14 - 13dp5dt-1137! 
  2nd Beta 06-11-14 - 15dp5dt-1923- 64 hour doubling (normal)
  3rd Beta 06-13-14 - 17dp5dt-2842- 85 hour doubling (Lower than normal)
• 4th Beta 06-16-14 - 20dp5dt-3463-252 hours doubling (Much lower than normal)
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3rd Beta

My nurse took a long time to phone with my beta. I think it is because my numbers are rising even slower. :(  HCG only increased by 48% to 2842. The range is between 72-96 hours. SInce mine is  doubling after 83 hours, I am on the low end of that range. She said not to lose hope because my numbers started out high. I know if that was the OB I had last year she would have said this is not looking like a viable pregnancy. The nurse said that we would find out more on sonogram next Friday.  I appreciate her being encouraging. I asked for another beta because a week is a long time to wait! So Monday I have one final beta. Strangely enough I don't feel scared or upset. Maybe my body knows everything will be ok? Intuition? I hope! The crawling has resumed in my ankle and gives me a bit of reassurance. Like Eric said maybe I just needed some acupuncture to get the circulation going again.

I had acupuncture this morning. It is supposed to help with reducing NK killer cells. I am still praying for a miracle.

2nd Beta

My 2nd beta  Wednesday 11^th was 1923. The nurse said it was rising nicely. When I asked "Shouldn’t it have doubled?" She said no, they are looking for a 60 % rise and mine rose by 69 %. I think that they prefer it to double every 48 hours but the nurses there are so encouraging. I had some period-like cramping which worried me because I have not had any fluttering or stretching at all so this does not seem good.

I have to have another beta on Friday 13^th. So much for my nurse saying I wouldn’t have to have as many betas if I waited a week after I got my first positive.  With the pregnancy I had last May/June the OB only made me have 2 betas. I remember her saying that all was well because the numbers were doubling every 48 hours.

I requested the 3rd myself because I was being cautious. Trying to think positive... at least it went UP and not down. 

The online hcg calculator says:

Under 1200 mIU/ml they look for doubling of 31-72 hours.
Then between 1200 to 6000 mIU/ml 72-96 hours. 
Mine is doubling after 63 hours so I am still in range.

I wish I had insisted to have my first beta last week. Then I would have at least known if it was doubling early on.. Seems that after 1200 they do not always double. I would not have had to wait 2 days waiting and wondering..The graph shows that my first beta was even higher than "maximum" so I can't help but think maybe our embryo split in 2 and only one implanted properly? Vanishing twin. I know it is common when 2 embryos are transferred. The chance of one embryo splitting are slim but still possible with a FET.

Neither Eric nor I got much sleep last night! I woke up at 2 am and was very hormonal and emotional. 

I didn't feel pregnant anymore because the crawling I get in my ankle every pregnancy has stopped. :(

I have a 7:30 am appoint for bloodwork again tomorrow and then acupuncture. Eric's shoulder is still hurting so we will both go for acupuncture afterwards.

1st Beta

My 1st Beta is 1137!  My nurse's exact words "You have a very pregnant beta of 1137!!"
This is my first successful IVF cycle! (After 3 BFN's in 2011, 2012 and a chemical pregnancy in February this year) Praise Jesus!  Last May at this stage of my natural pregnancy I had a beta of 244 so I am producing alot more HCG with this pregnancy. Here is my HPT from June 7th (11dp5dt) The test line is even darker than the control :)  Maybe IVF pregnancies implant sooner than spontaneous ones? Anyway, my due date is 11th February! Two days before Eric's birthday! Second beta is on the 11th June :)

9 days past a 5 day transfer

I am 4 weeks today! The test line is just as dark as control line on hpt.Praise Jesus! I am going to acupuncture tomorrow to help relax me. I still have 4 days to go till my beta June 9th. I bought some cheap dollar store tests just in case I feel compelled to poas! lol

BFP!

Isn't it amazing that even when you've yet to have a viable pregnancy...when all of your pregnancies have ended in miscarriage...those two lines send your head and heart right off 

Isn't it amazing that even when you've yet to have a viable pregnancy...When all of your pregnancies have ended in miscarriage...Those two pink lines start your heart pitter pattering and your tummy feeling like butterflies are fluttering around in there! I am 6dp5dt.  I would not even call this a quinter. The line is definately there! I still have a whole week to wait for my beta!

Eric's does not like Mondays. Who does? So I thought if only I got a positive today, it would help start his week off on the right foot...And I did :) I usually hold off longer to test but I had some strong implantation cramps two days ago so I thought why not? lol

Thank-you Lord! Please protect our baby from those evil cytokines and Antinuclear Antibodies in my body. It is all in your hands now!

Frozen embryo transfer -27th May

Tuesday the 27th May was my Embryo transfer. I had to cancel my acupuncture appointment because they scheduled me for 11:30 and it over a 2 hour drive to get there. However I could have gone to acupuncture because they bumped 2 people ahead of me. I had a full bladder from 10-12:15. Not fun. I think the 2 people they transferred before me had emergency transfers. That happened to me in 2012. They bumped me ahead of someone else . My transfer was suppose to be in the afternoon that time and they said I needed to come right away at 8am. Anyway I did not pee on the doctor so all is good! :)

My RE has agreed to let me take prednisolone and aspirin, for elevated antinuclear antibodies. I also have elevated Natural killer cells, which I asked by last OB to order from by Reprosource. but he would not order the test for me or interpret the results. It clearly said on the lab results HIGH next to NK cells.  So I haven't been able to get a prescription for intralipids. This seems to be the magic ingreidient for most ladies with cytokines who's blogs I have been follwoing :( Hopefully the prednisolone and baby aspirin therapy will be enough to keep those ANA and cytokines under control! I also take extra strength Krill oil which has Phospholipids. Praying for our rainbow baby! Eric has been calling our embryo "George" from the time he saw the embryo photo. He said he felt it would be good to give the baby a temporary name instead of referring to him /her as the embryo. He is so cute. George was his paternal grandfather. It's also his middle name. He joked that if it's a boy we can nickname him Boy George LOL (He knows I loved Culture club when I was a teen). If it's a girl, maybe Georgia? lol