Beta, take four

Here it is, Beta number four. I’ve been looking forward to this day for a week now and just like before, I’m already a nervous wreck. I’d really like to see the numbers in the 4,000 range, but I know that 2,500 would be norm. R thinks that they’ll be in the 30,000 range. I’m not sure what he’s smoking, but if it’s that high, I’ll do a back-flip right here in my office.

I’m finally off the antibiotics. It’s nice to be reduced to only two medications a day again, the Estrace and Prometrium suppositories. Part of me can’t wait to get off those last two as well, but I won’t say that because you only go off them this early for one reason: when the pregnancy is going to fail. So, right now I’ll happily stay on them. No complaints here.

Speaking of pregnancy, I really hope I’m not jNaerumping the gun here, but I can honestly say that I’m already starting to show. Holy COW. It’s just so early! By the end of the day my pants are a wee-bit too tight and I can’t wait to get home to change into my stretchy yoga pants again.

I really hope that somehow I’m able to memorize this pregnancy more than I was able to with E. It’s amazing how fast you forget how it feels to have that little one poking around in there. I enjoyed every minute when I was pregnant with E, but it still slips the mind so fast. This time around, I’m taking more pictures of myself big and pregnant. I thought I took enough the first time around and when I was going through IVF it was so nice to look at them and remember that I actually DID get pregnant before. This time I want to make it last as long as possible. Goodness knows if I’ll get to do this a third time.