tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post4530861970652371934..comments2024-01-02T06:57:26.352-05:00Comments on Life and Love in the Petri Dish: FET #2: 8w5d weekly blood work resultsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-6723856762641233402012-03-23T17:30:35.755-04:002012-03-23T17:30:35.755-04:00This must be such a stressful time for you--be goo...This must be such a stressful time for you--be good to yourself, and enjoy it as much as you can! I have also read that betas plateau around this time. I lost my pregnancy at 8 weeks, so I don't have personal experience with the numbers at this point, but it sounds like things are progressing well. Wishing you all the best!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-10027048987437241072012-03-23T15:11:57.796-04:002012-03-23T15:11:57.796-04:00Coming back to see if you've heard anything fr...Coming back to see if you've heard anything from the Denver nurse yet...Erin Bakalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611203589607633273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-46073893790934308932012-03-23T14:15:13.095-04:002012-03-23T14:15:13.095-04:00I'm so glad all your numbers look so good (I b...I'm so glad all your numbers look so good (I believe all the above comments that the beta has to stop skyrocketing at some point)...I think this is really it, Mo!!!MyTwoLineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488860357456329714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-18376720320166347072012-03-23T12:57:06.518-04:002012-03-23T12:57:06.518-04:00Thanks for your recent comments on my blog! :)
Jus...Thanks for your recent comments on my blog! :)<br />Just catching up and I'm so thrilled to see things continue to go well for you.<br />Sorry about the worry about the beta numbers...hope the Denver nurse puts your mind at ease...Kristenhttp://www.buckupbuttercup.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-11011317347367357142012-03-23T11:30:44.597-04:002012-03-23T11:30:44.597-04:00Great news, although I sure hope the nurse calls b...Great news, although I sure hope the nurse calls back to confirm. Congratulations, again!dspencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822835834909155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-58012879381847217672012-03-23T10:57:50.987-04:002012-03-23T10:57:50.987-04:00No idea about beta. I know after you are over 6000...No idea about beta. I know after you are over 6000, it only doubles over 96 hours. Not sure once you are over 100,000. I would rely on your ultrasounds at this point. I really think they should stop your betas. It would drive me absolutely crazy to have to evaluate them so often. Keeping you in my prayers!NVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840782814774920104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-82734235170666782332012-03-23T10:57:06.338-04:002012-03-23T10:57:06.338-04:00enough blood work.. breath and try to relaxenough blood work.. breath and try to relaxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-84561321092954643652012-03-23T10:04:57.561-04:002012-03-23T10:04:57.561-04:00yeah, they need to stop drawing your betas at this...yeah, they need to stop drawing your betas at this point. they basically are meaningless, as long as they don't rapidly drop. it just becomes a mind-f**k. your other numbers look GREAT! and it is amazing how your body begins to adapt to the higher hormone levels. you are just getting to the point you might start cranking out some progesterone yourself!Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331859341593997811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-87957840799873118682012-03-23T09:45:29.256-04:002012-03-23T09:45:29.256-04:00I hope that the hcg gets canceled on your lab requ...I hope that the hcg gets canceled on your lab requisitions. I was also under the impression that past a certain point in T1, the hcg levels were not as important as u/s results. And your ultrasounds have been fantastic. Thanks for the link to that article. I would hope it helped reassure you.<br /> <br />For some of us (and I'm in that group BIG time), our minds will just try to find any possibility of anticipating what could go wrong. In your case, things have gone wrong so much more often than right. As a distant observer, I think you are doing an amazing job at keeping some form of equanimity through these very uncertain weeks.<br /><br />thinking of you.Augustahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257478728772841767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-18003959978812783032012-03-23T09:31:59.720-04:002012-03-23T09:31:59.720-04:00I didn't read the article, but it's always...I didn't read the article, but it's always been my impression that after the first two beta checks, the numbers and their rate of increase, varies so widely as to be useless in the predictive department. Time, as you have said, is really the only antidote to your anxiety. Waiting with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-32295331934563269562012-03-23T09:24:38.980-04:002012-03-23T09:24:38.980-04:00As everyone else has said, after the 8-10 week mar...As everyone else has said, after the 8-10 week mark, the beta numbers mean very little. Most plateau off a bit. So your numbers are fine. I'm wondering why Denver is continuing to ask for betas at this point, really. I mean, you have u/s reports now, right? So that really is the defining marker now. Beta numbers are irrelevant; just a number (and as long as there's no HUGE drop, you're fine). My doc stopped after the third beta and through my own research I learned that numbers can plateau or even fluctuate up and down through the rest of the pregnancy. So I stopped looking for a reassuring beta too. Instead, I went from u/s to u/s looking for news. Oh... and I ordered a doppler monitor off the Internet and once or twice a week, Hubby and I listened to Petite's heartbeat. We did that til I could feel the baby moving regularly, and then did it for our own amusement and enjoyment. There's my two cents. Sending hugs sweets. All is well; keep the faith.Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726325164456309750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-84097561442707360402012-03-23T07:54:13.595-04:002012-03-23T07:54:13.595-04:00I have no ideas about betas this far along... I ju...I have no ideas about betas this far along... I just wanted I chime in about your appetite (mentioned last post)<br /><br />My appetite increased significantly until I hit about 11/12weeks along and that's when I got 'sick'. I was always starving, so try not to read too much into your appetite (not gonna happen, I know. Just wanted to let you know it can happen!)Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687457348698522169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-34834439674249911272012-03-23T02:19:46.829-04:002012-03-23T02:19:46.829-04:00At this point the pregnancy should eb followed wit...At this point the pregnancy should eb followed with ultrasunds from a foetal wellbeing point of view, you are entirely correct in the view that the beta is not very helpful. Because you've done an artificial cycle FET and being super cautious I guess you're still in for e/p checks anyway, though :)<br /><br />gGeohdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084396088622931768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-15602405551650466132012-03-23T02:18:32.987-04:002012-03-23T02:18:32.987-04:00Here from ICLW. Good wishes for your pregnancy!Here from ICLW. Good wishes for your pregnancy!glitterandrainbows1http://glitterandrainbows.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-72803918715644104522012-03-23T01:27:39.997-04:002012-03-23T01:27:39.997-04:00It's time to step away from the beta checks. H...It's time to step away from the beta checks. Honestly, that is a fabulous number.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791317184998122691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-16451362078931301242012-03-22T23:59:26.124-04:002012-03-22T23:59:26.124-04:00Here is a nice reassuring table! You are definite...<a href="http://www.americanpregnancy.org/duringpregnancy/hcglevels.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a nice reassuring table! You are definitely within their normal ranges. If that makes you feel any better. It shows when the levels start going down, too.Jenny F. Scientist, PhDhttp://naturalscientist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-4532074041978955952012-03-22T23:30:21.516-04:002012-03-22T23:30:21.516-04:00So far so good!!!
If they insist on continuing t...So far so good!!! <br /><br />If they insist on continuing to draw those meaningless betas can you just request to not be notified of the result?Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851131029178140842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-76330796794485209642012-03-22T23:13:16.669-04:002012-03-22T23:13:16.669-04:00Your beta is great - after about 2,000 it stops do...Your beta is great - after about 2,000 it stops doubling and just increases, and the rate drops off pretty quickly. Definitely not something to worry about!<br /><br />Glad all the numbers look good!Brave IVF Girlhttp://bravingivf.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-11075815878244510662012-03-22T22:16:48.595-04:002012-03-22T22:16:48.595-04:00That beta number looks perfect. My RE is crazy to...That beta number looks perfect. My RE is crazy too and does betas for weeks on end, for essentially no good reason. The last beta is always at week 12-13 when she does the NT scan. Drives me batty too because it seriously means nothing. My OB refuses to run beta's once there is a baby on the u/s because it absolutely is of no value. If it would make you feel better I can pull my numbers and trends so you can see what mine did, but I assure you, it was the same thing. They doubled and looked great, then plateaued and I started to freak. I have two live babies and soon to be a third, and all did the same thing, so it's okay. REALLY =). I really wish they'd stop with the betas already though!! So stressful!Miss Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439601475933806357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-29483197161375273102012-03-22T21:43:12.055-04:002012-03-22T21:43:12.055-04:00puh-lease... the beta means nothing at this point ...puh-lease... the beta means nothing at this point as a diagnostic tool- there is a reason that most REs only take 2 in the very beginning. <br /><br />it almost makes me think your local clinic is doing its own little research project with late betas, maybe? why else, especially when you have told them you'd rather not have it at this point? CCRM is your lead clinic, seems very weird to me that your local monitoring clinic is doing its own rogue beta testing.<br /><br />but even with all that, that beta is fine! big time numbers! lots of hcg going on in there!<br /><br />your other numbers look just perfect. i think that really, it is just a matter of letting time pass now. embryo has to grow, do its thing, get out of week 9, week 10, 11, 12, 13, and get into that next realm of the 2nd trimester. clearly, your hormones and hormonal supplementation are working well- no problems!<br /><br />i am glad that will will be home soon, he needs to be with you now. no more away trips, honey! <br /><br />you're doing great, mo... keep on keeping on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-89433629533554454682012-03-22T21:28:26.766-04:002012-03-22T21:28:26.766-04:00It sounds like everything is going great!! I hope...It sounds like everything is going great!! I hope the nurse was able to reassure you!!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635695705004799302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-13731132644201860242012-03-22T21:23:25.974-04:002012-03-22T21:23:25.974-04:00I agree...alllll your past beta's have doubled...I agree...alllll your past beta's have doubled normally and they do plateau around 8 weeks so nooo worries!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-29118923440743991452012-03-22T21:04:54.524-04:002012-03-22T21:04:54.524-04:00Your numbers look great, hang in there... Thinking...Your numbers look great, hang in there... Thinking of you!!!Peacheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380127407414987492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-45771284887057493992012-03-22T20:55:14.520-04:002012-03-22T20:55:14.520-04:00I agree that levels seem to even out, and I am so ...I agree that levels seem to even out, and I am so glad that your levels are still rising! I am also so glad that you are beginning to be able to wean yourself off hormonal support-- what will you do with yourself if you don't have to do shots & suppositories? :-D Hoping that time goes quickly until your next u/s!Erin Bakalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611203589607633273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-14333158336520651902012-03-22T20:33:29.945-04:002012-03-22T20:33:29.945-04:00First of all, woohoo on the estrogen and progester...First of all, woohoo on the estrogen and progesterone numbers! I agree with all the other ladies, hcg looks good. When is your next u/s? How are you doing with Will being away? How's miss moxie handling it :)Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414304574086840203noreply@blogger.com