pregnancy?????(human~might be tmi)

willowsmom · Jun 13, 2006

Wow.....ok Here is what I know so far......I went friday to do a blood test....my Dr says she really thinks I am just eary....but wants to double check it.....well anyway went friday had blood taken was supose to have it again on Sunday but because of family emergancy i was unable to do it.....UGH!!!! so today before work i went in and had blood taken again the Dr tells me she may even beable to tell off this one but may still need me to do more blood on thursday that she would call and let me know for sure.......so I keep sitting and waiting!! UGH!!

but on a good note I have been having a hard time eating beef which is what I was craving for the first few weeks.......so I'm hoping!!!

Anyway guys that's the update!!!! Thanks everyone for the thoughts and prayers!!! I appriciate it!!! and I will let you know as soon as I know anything!!

april31 · Jun 13, 2006

ok if u talk to her ask her what the number was on first blood test then again on last the further along u are the higher the numbers go if u are having a miscarage the numbers will stay the same or go down. but if they saw a sac and all that in your uterus u ARE preg. they really cant see the baby that well yet even if they do a vaginal ultrasound

zissou'smom · Jun 13, 2006

You would have missed your monthly about 2-2 1/2 weeks after you conceived... not five. So if you're going by that and thinking how big the baby should be or how far along, maybe that's why you're so worried!

Best of luck, hang in there.

starryeyedtiger · Jun 13, 2006

I just cought up with the thread. I'm soo sorry to hear about you going through all of this confusion. You are in my thoughts and prayers!! Hang in there and try to keep your mind busy till you hear back from the doc.

junior67 · Jun 13, 2006

Willowsmom----- if you can I agree ask for the numbers of the blood tests. They should double every 2-3 days for the first few weeks then slow down a bit once they get a bit higher. That is what your doctor is checking for is to make sure they are doubling ok. I didn't even think of that. did you have a regular belly ultrasound or a vaginal one? With a reg. belly one they won't be able to really see much of anything or make much out until you are 8-10 weeks along at the earliest even if there was definately something in there. GL!

willowsmom · Jun 14, 2006

Well I planned on getting the numbers just because I am curious as to what they are.....my stance right now is I am......until proven differently, but still expecting a chance of bad news.....just not dreading it. I did get a yelling of a life time last nite by my parents becaue they found out thru my sister who i had turned to in order to relieve some of my stress and she just could help from telling them. So because I'm unmarried and in some financial problems they gave me a lecture last nite for 3 hours. I was upset because not only am stressed about the baby, work and my finances I had to deal with the stress of them being upset with me.........but I haven't heard anything from my Dr today so I go in and get my blood taken at 10:30 tomorrow morning.....then find out on friday.

So in the mean time I take a deep breath a bath and sit back and read a book to calm myself.

willowsmom · Jun 14, 2006

Originally Posted by junior67

Willowsmom----- if you can I agree ask for the numbers of the blood tests. They should double every 2-3 days for the first few weeks then slow down a bit once they get a bit higher. That is what your doctor is checking for is to make sure they are doubling ok. I didn't even think of that. did you have a regular belly ultrasound or a vaginal one? With a reg. belly one they won't be able to really see much of anything or make much out until you are 8-10 weeks along at the earliest even if there was definately something in there. GL!

For a ultrasound at 5 weeks you are able to see evidence of an embryo and sometimes a heart beart, via a vaginal exam, See I work in the radiology dept of my hospital so I am pretty knowledge on when and what kinda of exams can be done. And since I have thought I was preggers I have studied up on the hormone levels and what not. as well as a Dr who is very informative.....Plus also wanting to watch my Blood pressure beacuse it's been higher then normal. which has been another thing on my brain......but like I said...tryin to calm myself down as much as possiable. I will let you guys know what happens as soon as I know anything!

willowsmom · Jun 14, 2006

Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom

You would have missed your monthly about 2-2 1/2 weeks after you conceived... not five. So if you're going by that and thinking how big the baby should be or how far along, maybe that's why you're so worried!

Best of luck, hang in there.

See and that worries me because that would have put me at 7 weeks along when I had the Ultrasound done....but it was said I was only about 4 weeks. So that's why I got so worried and stressed out about it.

Thank you!!

junior67 · Jun 14, 2006

if you ovulated later then that could be why it puts you being that far "behind". And it is VERY VERY rare to see a heartbeat even with vaginal ultrasound at 5 weeks. most times even at 6 weeks it can't be seen. most will see the heartbeat around 6 1/2 weeks but some may not see it till 8 weeks. if it isn't there by 8 weeks then there is a problem. I don't work in a hospital etc. but have been on infertility boards and went through 3 yrs of infertility and 3 miscarriages so learned quite a bit in my 7 yrs or so on the boards and dealing with it and had WAY too many ultrasounds and blood tests for my lifetime!

GL and praying for the best for you!

jakkies · Jun 15, 2006

Hi ya

First off congratulations! A baby is always a blessing and I sincerely hope this works out great for you.

When I got pregnant last year with my little boy, on the ultrasound it showed that I was only 5 weeks along when according to the doc's calculations I should have been at least 7 weeks. So naturally he told me not to expect too much just in case it turns out to not be viable. So we went through all the blood tests and it doubled as was expected for me being 5 weeks along instead of 7. He did put me on oral progesterone just in case to help and at 7 weeks (lol confusing isn't it?) we finally saw and heard a heartbeat. It turned out that I had ovulated a lot later than he thought I would and I was just very early when I found out.

I admit that I was a "symptom counter" for those first weeks. And I reveled in morning sickness lol because I knew that while my symptoms persisted the little one was still doing what he needed to.

Kenneth says:

jnnmmhe34ggddttggvrx\\.x. / 3cwj

I think he wishes you lots of luck too.

willowsmom · Jun 15, 2006

Well I went to the Dr for the last blood draw concerning my hCG levels and Got to see my levels from my Friday draw and my Tuesday draw and WOW are they going up like crazy!!!! on Friday I was at 8000 something and on tuesday I was at 23000 something........so YEAH!!!!!!! but won't have offical word from the dr until tomorrow but those numbers give me major hope!!!!!

willowsmom · Jun 15, 2006

Originally Posted by junior67

if you ovulated later then that could be why it puts you being that far "behind". And it is VERY VERY rare to see a heartbeat even with vaginal ultrasound at 5 weeks. most times even at 6 weeks it can't be seen. most will see the heartbeat around 6 1/2 weeks but some may not see it till 8 weeks. if it isn't there by 8 weeks then there is a problem. I don't work in a hospital etc. but have been on infertility boards and went through 3 yrs of infertility and 3 miscarriages so learned quite a bit in my 7 yrs or so on the boards and dealing with it and had WAY too many ultrasounds and blood tests for my lifetime!

GL and praying for the best for you!

I understand the ovulating later thing now!! and that I was putting way to much in to exact dates.....all I care about right now is if it's really there....(which I kinda know it is I only say kinda cuz I don't wanna count my chickens before they hatch) that it's growing good!!

maddensmom · Jun 15, 2006

Thats great news!!!

willowsmom · Jun 15, 2006

Originally Posted by JakkieS

Hi ya

First off congratulations! A baby is always a blessing and I sincerely hope this works out great for you.

When I got pregnant last year with my little boy, on the ultrasound it showed that I was only 5 weeks along when according to the doc's calculations I should have been at least 7 weeks. So naturally he told me not to expect too much just in case it turns out to not be viable. So we went through all the blood tests and it doubled as was expected for me being 5 weeks along instead of 7. He did put me on oral progesterone just in case to help and at 7 weeks (lol confusing isn't it?) we finally saw and heard a heartbeat. It turned out that I had ovulated a lot later than he thought I would and I was just very early when I found out.

I admit that I was a "symptom counter" for those first weeks. And I reveled in morning sickness lol because I knew that while my symptoms persisted the little one was still doing what he needed to.

Kenneth says:

jnnmmhe34ggddttggvrx\\.x. / 3cwj

I think he wishes you lots of luck too.

Well since I have been doing alot of reasearch and asking around I am finding out that it's pretty common to ovulate later and and catch it early......which has been a good comfort for me. but the results I got today are much more comforting!!! and the fact that my symtoms have still been hanging around has also been pretty comforting as well.......my first sign of being nauseas i called the Father to be and was all excited telling him that I was sick to my stomach!! all he did was call me a geek laugh and say good!!!

plus the fact that seeing that jumble typing from kenneth made me tear up was also a comforting thing

Thanks for the comfort!!!

jakkies · Jun 15, 2006

Oh yay! I am so glad to hear that your levels are sooo good!

LOL I love the emotional roller coaster ride, always a super good sign. Don't you just love symptoms?

junior67 · Jun 15, 2006

Willow--- I put your levels (not exact obviously but the 8000 and23000) into a calculator that figures out how fast they are doubling and they are RIGHT on time! so that is GREAT news!

willowsmom · Jun 15, 2006

Thanks!!! I'm so happy! I just can't wait till I get a real due date now!!

junior67 · Jun 15, 2006

I bet you are right around 6- 6 1/2 weeks by your levels....... and hope this makes you feel a little better but you won't really see anything on an ultrasound till your levels are around 6000 I believe (around 10,000 for a heartbeat I think it is) and yours were probably closer to 4000 on the 7th since your first bloodtest was on that Fri and they double about every 2 days.

you would be able to see somethign now if you had an ultrasound.

this site may give you more answers (from what i have found though their levels are a bit on the higher side)

http://www.ohiorepromed.com/hcg_levels.htm

willowsmom · Jun 16, 2006

Thanks!!!! I'm still waiting for my dr to call with Thursdays test results and to see about my real due date and what not seeing how the first due date I was given was jan 27th and yeah I'm think not if I'm aprox 5 to 6 weeks along......guess we will see!!!! Thank you Junior!!

goosehazel · Jun 16, 2006

I am extremely happy for you! Congratulations

It's a wonderful experience.

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