P no UPO

So, I've been keeping a secret from most of you.

I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!

You know, I've been saying the words over and over again, and yet I still don't think the reality of it has set in.

I.AM.PREGNANT. le sigh

Technically I've known for sure that I was pregnant since last Saturday but Mike didn't really believe me until Sunday. He was still convinced that the darkening tests were the trigger still. Silly guy.

Since I tested on my own I emailed the doc requesting an earlier beta (blood test that calculates the amount of hcg in your system). I was scheduled for my beta on the 27th but she agreed to let me come in today instead. Of course, that wasn't good enough for me so on Monday I ordered my own test from personalabs and went in to labcorp to get my own beta.

At 6dp5dt (11 dpo) my beta came in at 73!! That is fan-freakin-tastic! I was over the moon.

Today's beta at 10dp5dt came in at 724!! Thats got a doubling rate of about 28 hours!!!! Somebody hold me.

I feel so incredible blessed that my IVF/FET worked. I feel blessed to, again, be able to experience pregnancy. I feel blessed that the same people who cried with me through the hard times, cried with me during the great times when I told them the news.

Now, to get into the silly things. Lets talk about symptoms.
Transfer Day: crampy from procedure
1DP5DT: lower backache
2DP5DT: lots of pinching and cramping in uterus
3DP5DT: again, pinching and cramping, napped but woke up feeling icky, lower backache
4DP5DT: crampy, constipated, skin break out, gassy, nausea Tests begin getting darker
5DP5DT: heartburn, indigestion, insomnia, headache Mike finally believes me that I'm pregnant
6DP5DT: heartburn, tingly boobs, crampy
7DP5DT: heartburn, tingly boobs, hungry
8DP5DT: hungry
9DP5DT: insomnia, woke up at 3am nauseous, crampy, hungry
10DP5DT: insomnia, woke up at midnight nauseous

So for once, all these symptoms actually meant something. Finally.

So why do I think my first FET worked? Could it have been my faith necklace and my Path of Life Alex and Ani bracelet that I wore to my transfer? Could it have been the voodoo doll my mom gave me before I left for the doc office? Was it the McDonald's french fries? It def could have been Zac Efron's abs....I mean, watching Neighbors after my transfer and laughing my ass off. Honestly, who the heck knows why my embryo stuck but I could not be more hopeful and more thankful and more humble than I am at this moment.

I have a long way to go yet. More blood work. Ultrasounds. Checkups. There are so many milestones I need to hit with the ultimate goal of delivering a healthy baby in January. Please keep my tiny poppy-seed in your thoughts and prayers as we patiently await news of a heartbeat in the next few weeks and everything else beyond.