Motto

“If you get caught up in the worst case scenario and it doesn’t happen, you’ve wasted your time. And if you are caught up in the worst case scenario and it does happen, you’ve lived it twice.” -Michael J. Fox

2.24.2015

Welcome ICLW readers!

I haven't done ICLW in a very long time but decided to sign up this month on a whim. 

For those that are new to this space, I am Non Sequitur Chica (NSC for short). The rest of the crew is made up of my husband, CP, my 15 month old daughter, Izzy, and our Bernese Mountain Dog, Buster. After three years of TTC- which included surgery for fibroids/endo, 3 IUIs, and then IVF- our daughter was born. My husband and I are a bit older so we decided to try for #2 sooner rather than later so we did a frozen transfer of the one frozen embryo on February 12th and I found out that I was pregnant on Sunday!

My beta yesterday came back at 55 which made me a bit nervous, but I decided to take another pregnancy test this morning to see if the line was getting darker.

Sunday test
Tues test

It's hard to tell if the line is much darker in the second test, but I took the pictures in two different bathrooms so the lighting might be off?


The two tests together


Clearly in this picture the Tuesday test is darker but this picture was taken more than 10 minutes after I took the test so I don't know if the line is valid or not.

I was hoping that taking this test would make me feel a little better, but there is nothing that I can do so I am going to try not to worry about it. With my HCG at 55 we are just hoping for at least 110 tomorrow morning...and that is not a lot so the line would likely not look too different. I just keep remembering the dark lines from when I was pregnant with Izzy (when my HCG was over 200 on my first beta) and can't expect that with this smaller beta number.

Today, I am pregnant. Tomorrow, I hope for good news.

10 comments:

Just T said...

You're right, today you are pregnant. I think by looking at that test, you will pull at least 110 tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for you!

Emilie said...

Fingers, toes, eyes crossed for you. I have a good feeling :)

Cristy said...

Hanging on to hope for you. May tonorrow bring good news!

Jess said...

IME, having tested daily and obsessed over lines getting darker, the darkness does stick accurately well after the 10-minute window. That one really seems to be about evap lines rather than darkness. Today's line is clearly darker - I am optimistic that you'll get a good number tomorrow! Everything crossed!

Laundry Girl said...

Over from ICLW.
I've always preferred digital tests, so much easier to read.
Fingers crossed you are pregnant today, tomorrow and every day for the next 9 months :)

K said...

good luck from me too!

Aramis said...

Yep, that second line is definitely darker. I'm thinking you're gonna do great tomorrow!

ADSchill said...

I've seen much lower betas turn into babies. Keep hopeful because like you said, there is nothing you can do. Congrats and happy day!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! Definitely a darker line so I'm hoping everything goes well today!!

Kate said...

Congratulations!! Will be hoping and praying for a fabulous beta (this morning!)