Monday, July 09, 2007

Stick-It

Stick-It’s still sticking. Still pregnant. Wow. Can’t believe I just typed that. HcG came back at 14032 on 6/27, so we’ve still got doubling. OB ultrasound was done on 7/3. The thought of it terrified me; the first ultrasound with the last pregnancy was when they knew something wasn’t right. I even went back and, sure enough, because I’m both a packrat and detail-oriented, found my electronic calendar with that pregnancy. My HcG never got above the 2000 range last time. I know the numbers have been sooo much better this time, but the thought of having to see another screen with a baby dot on it and be told after the scan that things aren’t looking good is scary.

Had the u/s. The woman doing it, turns out, worked with my DM (did I mention DM was an OB/GYN nurse for 20+ years?). When she realized that I was DM’s daughter, she took extra time. Crown to rump length was 6.8. Yolk sac was 3.7. What’s so infuriating was the way with the last pregnancy I was told that the yolk sac measurements were abnormal, in a very patronizing way no less. Not a simple scientific explanation, like this time (“3.7 is good. Anything over 5.0 gives us cause for concern.”) Good. Give me facts, numbers, ratios, rates, something I can grasp and research and question.

Then I see the RE, not my regular one, but a very nice one. We’ll call him Dr. RE #2. And a resident who’s in training. Which I really don’t have a problem with. I think it’s great that this chick is going to find out what it’s like for the IFers of the world, and if she wants to stay in our sandbox. Dr. RE#2 is great. He greets me with "You're giving us a bad reputation. Congratulations!", referring, of course, to the fact that, while not one of their 4 IUIs worked, we managed to somehow end up where we are.

Everything is going well. He said I do need to stay on the progesterone suppositories twice a day for another three weeks (ugh!) as my levels were on the lower side. He then pointed out, however, that my progesterone levels have never been on the high side, pregnant or not, according to all the blood work they’ve done on me in the past year.

Another u/s in two weeks. I moved it up a little as we’re going camping next week, so the morning we leave, I get another picture. I’ll keep my emotions in check until then. Oh, and the morning sickness (or all-day sickness in my world) has started with a vengeance. That, combined with the low blood pressure I have with every pregnancy, is kicking my ass!!!