My HCG levels rose to to 3541, which was great! They wanted to do an early ultrasound to make sure everything implanted in the correct spot. My appointment was today at 10:30.
I didn't get seen until almost 11:30, which is the longest I've ever waited at his office. It was nerve wracking. The baby is in the correct spot of my uterus. It's still too early to see a heart beat so he had me schedule another ultrasound for 2 weeks. I chose an afternoon time so hopefully my husband will be able to make it. He said everything looked great and congratulated me on another successful pregnancy! It made my heart really happy.
I go back on Monday for another round of HCG's and I'm going to keep hoping they continue to rise. I can't wait to scream it out to the world.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Round 2
I am so not a good blogger! I was doing so well with Lucas and then life just took over. So here I am. Again! I will back track to get caught up.
I was having regular periods for the first time in my life after having Lucas. We were shocked. We started officially "trying" in July. I figured it took so much time with Lucas that I didn't want to waste that precious time, and if it took just as long, at least we had already started the process. January came around and we still weren't pregnant. I called Dr. Vaughn up and decided to schedule a consultation with him. Appointment was set for February 21st.
At appointment time my cycle was close to 100 days, if not that already. He had me go in for bloodwork at a lab. They called and said all my levels were low enough and I could start prometrium to jumpstart my period. I started that and my period came on March 10th. On March 12th I went back to have an ultrasound done and everything checked out great. I started clomid that same day. I went back to Dr. Vaughn on March 21st, on day 12 of my cycle, and the ultrasound showed the clomid 1. Already made me ovulate 2. Will make me ovulate later than normal 3. Won't make me ovulate at all. My eggs were not big enough. He told me to start taking opk's and to come back on Monday March 25th, if I didn't ovulate over the weekend. I would be lying to you if I told you I wasn't devastated. I was prepared for it to go the exact same way as Lucas did. Easy peasy. Not quite.
I didn't end up going back on Monday. I cancelled that appointment because I knew I didn't ovulate over the weekend but I was just going to let things run its course. Edgar got so sick. Like, he probably felt like he was dying sick. I felt bad for him and he stayed home from work on Friday the 29th because he just couldn't get out of bed. I had one opk left. I just took it on a whim that evening and the line was pretty dark. I kicked myself for not getting the smiley face ones this time. They were out at the store I went too and didn't feel like going to a different ones. The opk strips with the lines were/are so hard to read. I figured if it was dark enough, I would take my chance. I knew Edgar was sick but he had to take it for the team. He had no problems obliging. :)
We celebrated my birthday, Easter, my Dad's birthday (who's been deceased for 10 years now), my niece and nephews birthday. My little nephew had his birthday party at a jumping place on April 6th. Time just flew and not once did I ever think it was possible to be pregnant. Definitely a change from with Lucas. That 2 week wait was horrible!
Monday, April 8th we had a house full of visitors. I was going to give Lucas a bath a little earlier so we could go hang out with the family and decided to take my last pregnancy test. Low and behold there was a 2nd line. THERE WAS A SECOND LINE!!! I sat on the toilet seat. This was not something I was expecting at all. I started to shake and called for my Sister in law to come to the restroom. She came and I asked if she saw a 2nd line. She said yes. She knew that I had given up hope because of the dr's appointment that showed the clomid didn't work properly. I called Edgar. He came to the restroom and just stared at Lucas. All the while I was standing against the counter, blocking the test. I just stared at him. He kept looking at Lucas with this "what" look on his face. I moved over, he saw the test, his mouth dropped and he just kept asking "how, what, when" lol
So, I have just been doing bloodwork at my drs office. No date for my first appointment yet. Hopefully today I will get that information. I am waiting for a phone call regarding my hcg levels that were taken this morning.
So guys, looks like (if everything goes right), we are having another December baby! I am beyond excited!!
I was having regular periods for the first time in my life after having Lucas. We were shocked. We started officially "trying" in July. I figured it took so much time with Lucas that I didn't want to waste that precious time, and if it took just as long, at least we had already started the process. January came around and we still weren't pregnant. I called Dr. Vaughn up and decided to schedule a consultation with him. Appointment was set for February 21st.
At appointment time my cycle was close to 100 days, if not that already. He had me go in for bloodwork at a lab. They called and said all my levels were low enough and I could start prometrium to jumpstart my period. I started that and my period came on March 10th. On March 12th I went back to have an ultrasound done and everything checked out great. I started clomid that same day. I went back to Dr. Vaughn on March 21st, on day 12 of my cycle, and the ultrasound showed the clomid 1. Already made me ovulate 2. Will make me ovulate later than normal 3. Won't make me ovulate at all. My eggs were not big enough. He told me to start taking opk's and to come back on Monday March 25th, if I didn't ovulate over the weekend. I would be lying to you if I told you I wasn't devastated. I was prepared for it to go the exact same way as Lucas did. Easy peasy. Not quite.
I didn't end up going back on Monday. I cancelled that appointment because I knew I didn't ovulate over the weekend but I was just going to let things run its course. Edgar got so sick. Like, he probably felt like he was dying sick. I felt bad for him and he stayed home from work on Friday the 29th because he just couldn't get out of bed. I had one opk left. I just took it on a whim that evening and the line was pretty dark. I kicked myself for not getting the smiley face ones this time. They were out at the store I went too and didn't feel like going to a different ones. The opk strips with the lines were/are so hard to read. I figured if it was dark enough, I would take my chance. I knew Edgar was sick but he had to take it for the team. He had no problems obliging. :)
We celebrated my birthday, Easter, my Dad's birthday (who's been deceased for 10 years now), my niece and nephews birthday. My little nephew had his birthday party at a jumping place on April 6th. Time just flew and not once did I ever think it was possible to be pregnant. Definitely a change from with Lucas. That 2 week wait was horrible!
Monday, April 8th we had a house full of visitors. I was going to give Lucas a bath a little earlier so we could go hang out with the family and decided to take my last pregnancy test. Low and behold there was a 2nd line. THERE WAS A SECOND LINE!!! I sat on the toilet seat. This was not something I was expecting at all. I started to shake and called for my Sister in law to come to the restroom. She came and I asked if she saw a 2nd line. She said yes. She knew that I had given up hope because of the dr's appointment that showed the clomid didn't work properly. I called Edgar. He came to the restroom and just stared at Lucas. All the while I was standing against the counter, blocking the test. I just stared at him. He kept looking at Lucas with this "what" look on his face. I moved over, he saw the test, his mouth dropped and he just kept asking "how, what, when" lol
So, I have just been doing bloodwork at my drs office. No date for my first appointment yet. Hopefully today I will get that information. I am waiting for a phone call regarding my hcg levels that were taken this morning.
So guys, looks like (if everything goes right), we are having another December baby! I am beyond excited!!
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