5 Weeks
I am still on Cloud 9. I had another blood test on Friday to confirm the first test and everything is looking good. At this stage of the game, your blood levels should double in 48 hours. From Wednesday to Friday, mine almost tripled! I have one more blood test this coming Friday and then an ultrasound the following week. As of today I am considered to be 5 weeks along, even though it's only been 3 weeks since actual conception. Apparently, they add 2 weeks on to the front end of it because they technically start counting from when the egg begins it journey (maturing, etc). News to me, but you learn something new everyday. By 6-7 weeks they can start to see a heartbeat on an ultrasound. That's when we'll find out if more than one has taken up residence.
You know, it's so weird. Everything about this process was so controlled and clinical. You never really had time to be happy about crossing one obstacle because another was always waiting in the wings. Now that we made it, I feel like I'm waiting for another obstacle to pop up. Of course, I'm just being crazy. But when you spend so much time in the clinical phase, it's hard to get past that. I'm totally ecstatic and smiling like crazy, but part of me is still so guarded.
Anyway, it was a good weekend. On Saturday, my husband helped out at science fair that his dad runs for high school kids. His dad does it every year for exceptional science students grades 9-12 and this year he needed a couple extra judges. So my brother-in-law and my husband helped out. I spent the day with my mom finishing invitations for my sister's upcoming graduation party. Then we all got together and had dinner at my mom's...including my brother and his crew and even my grandma came up from south Jersey. She and my mom were going up to visit my sister at school on Sunday because her birthday was a few days ago. We had such a good time watching my youngest nephew style his hair with tomato sauce and chocolate pudding. It's amazing how a little guy like that can get 6 adults laughing so hard they cry. Afterward, my husband and I stopped in at his parents house to say hi to his mom (we literally drive right by their house on the way home from my mom's). She hasn't seen us in a while and we figured it would be nice to visit the new grandma-to-be. She's so happy she can't stop crying and she driving my poor father-in-law up the wall. The woman has already started planning out a nursery and what furniture she needs, what color she's painting the room, etc. I know she's excited, but yikes. She's definitely one of those people that once she gets something in her head...it takes a 2x4 to knock it out.
Sunday I slept late, but not late enough...I'm still exhausted (one of the early signs of pregnancy). Then we kind of just hung around the house. We did go to our friend's house for dinner, but it was quiet.
I'm leaving work early today because there is supposed a huge protest outside my building this afternoon. They are talking close to 75,000 people and certainly don't want to be caught up in that mess. I'm hoping that the trains aren't a mess too. That would make for an unpleasant trip home.
You know, it's so weird. Everything about this process was so controlled and clinical. You never really had time to be happy about crossing one obstacle because another was always waiting in the wings. Now that we made it, I feel like I'm waiting for another obstacle to pop up. Of course, I'm just being crazy. But when you spend so much time in the clinical phase, it's hard to get past that. I'm totally ecstatic and smiling like crazy, but part of me is still so guarded.
Anyway, it was a good weekend. On Saturday, my husband helped out at science fair that his dad runs for high school kids. His dad does it every year for exceptional science students grades 9-12 and this year he needed a couple extra judges. So my brother-in-law and my husband helped out. I spent the day with my mom finishing invitations for my sister's upcoming graduation party. Then we all got together and had dinner at my mom's...including my brother and his crew and even my grandma came up from south Jersey. She and my mom were going up to visit my sister at school on Sunday because her birthday was a few days ago. We had such a good time watching my youngest nephew style his hair with tomato sauce and chocolate pudding. It's amazing how a little guy like that can get 6 adults laughing so hard they cry. Afterward, my husband and I stopped in at his parents house to say hi to his mom (we literally drive right by their house on the way home from my mom's). She hasn't seen us in a while and we figured it would be nice to visit the new grandma-to-be. She's so happy she can't stop crying and she driving my poor father-in-law up the wall. The woman has already started planning out a nursery and what furniture she needs, what color she's painting the room, etc. I know she's excited, but yikes. She's definitely one of those people that once she gets something in her head...it takes a 2x4 to knock it out.
Sunday I slept late, but not late enough...I'm still exhausted (one of the early signs of pregnancy). Then we kind of just hung around the house. We did go to our friend's house for dinner, but it was quiet.
I'm leaving work early today because there is supposed a huge protest outside my building this afternoon. They are talking close to 75,000 people and certainly don't want to be caught up in that mess. I'm hoping that the trains aren't a mess too. That would make for an unpleasant trip home.