TWINS!!!!!!

So far I've been keeping the posts pretty scarce to major events. But don't you worry, there will be lots of posts in the future that will go through all the in's and out's of what's going on with me. Lucky you.

Verdict: TWINS!
It was the most amazing things we ever saw. When she first put that ultrasound up I swear I saw like 5 amniotic sacs, but it was probably my brain freaking out. Alas, there were only two. Both had fetal poles (the embryo) and yolk sacs. We also could hear both babies heartbeats. They are right on schedule for size, but one seems to be a day behind the other. So they implanted at different times. I got pregnant and then the very next day I got pregnant again!

Everything was happy and amazing until she started in on the medical speak. You have a 15% chance of one of the twins not making it. You have a 20% chance of losing both babies...just to let you know. See you in 3 weeks! I know they have to be honest and professional, but do they really need to tell you that stuff????
Here are the babies first pictures. Baby a is the one a little smaller than Baby b.

2222

Monday results are in. 2222. Take that!!!!! It was so hard for me on the phone to not scream "Ya what do you think about that "Miss negative Nelly You're gonna miscarry"!" Now on to another concern. HOW MANY ARE IN THERE!!!!!! That's a pretty high number. I won't know until the 20th when they do their first ultrasound. I want to hear a heartbeat and on the other side, don't want there to be 6 or something in there. Tough decisions would have to be made.
Here's the new graph: (now in [log] form! makes the curved line straight)

Blue dots and the line are what my values should be in a perfect world...pink dots are what my actual values are...

Thank you data

Today was the worst day of my life that slowly transformed into an "ok" day. First I get a phone call from the nurse telling my that my beta hCG level was only 356. She told me that they wanted it to at least double. Which it hadn't. So I needed to prepare myself that I may miscarry or have an ectopic pregnancy. She also wanted me to come back on Monday to test again. I lost it. I can hold myself together pretty well, especially around work people, but I couldn't this time. I started sobbing and had to go hide in our cell culture room, to pull myself together so that no one would catch on that something was going on.
I yelled at Jason on the phone because he was being wonderful, and just being positive (it will be ok, don't worry about it)...sometimes it is hard for such a cynical person like myself, to be married to someone so upbeat and optimistic. I mean, I'm a scientist, we see the worst in everything and are constantly finding was to invalidate things. I've been trained to be skeptical. So when I heard those words "it will be ok, don't worry..." I lost my head. I didn't want comfort, I wanted someone to be just as upset/angry/crazy as I was. Poor thing, let's just blame the hormones :)
So, after a few moments of calm, I sat down, and like I said, I'm a scientist. I researched, gathered and plotted data. According to physiology, your beta-hCG levels should double every 48-72 hours. I calculated exactly how many hours it has been between my two tests (ONLY 40!). I then plotted my expected values, assuming they doubled at 48 hours, against my observed values 204 at 0 hours and 356 at 40 hours. This is what the graph looked like:

My value is right on the line!!!!! Exactly where it is supposed to be. This little piece of data got me through the day, and made me a little more optimistic to the outcome. I wish it was Monday already.

Re-test

So now that I'm official, I have to go for a follow up 48 hours later to make sure that my beta hCG levels double. I go for that today. I'm getting really used to getting blood taken. At least once a week for since December, it doesn't even phase me anymore.

Happy Birthday to me!

beta hCG levels came back at 204, anything above 1 and you're pregnant. My progesterone was super-high, but she said not to be concerned. It's official, biologically speaking, I'm pregnant :)

Yes sir, there's a band

Yep, it's there...it's faint pink and fantastic. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow, and tomorrow also happens to be my birthday. I think I know what I want as a present.

Is it there???

I peed on a little pregnancy stick this morning, just like I do every morning. Guess what, there is a faint line. You have to hold it in the light, cock your head to the left and squint with your right eye, but I think there's a line there. Can't wait to test tomorrow morning.