tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post190055030465344190..comments2024-01-02T06:57:26.352-05:00Comments on Life and Love in the Petri Dish: Pee sticks are like crackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-61315142250425684022012-11-11T02:00:20.055-05:002012-11-11T02:00:20.055-05:00Buellton Performs a variety of tasks. Being RNs is...Buellton Performs a variety of tasks. Being RNs is difficult but possible to achieve, and the field of RNs have bright prospects of work, fixed income and the opportunity to move into other fields. The most important thing is that your loved one is happy with their new home. For those who are serious about working in a hospital setting, you will be in 1 of 3 types of settings.Shannonjkrohttp://juliezbrownv.devhub.com/blog/973061-tips-that-will-help-you-run-your-home-business-successfully-819134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-58505212575563210972012-02-15T14:14:33.468-05:002012-02-15T14:14:33.468-05:00Glad you found a lab. I could have helped with put...Glad you found a lab. I could have helped with putnam or duchess. I wasn't sure what you thought of as upstate since I heard some people down in the city think Yonkers is upstate :)Nepsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974430055295422173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-56154592756539892462012-02-15T07:44:18.716-05:002012-02-15T07:44:18.716-05:00My fingers are crossed your way!! And, on the bet...My fingers are crossed your way!! And, on the beta question, I had to wait until the following Monday for my beta as it fell on a Saturday as well. Hugs!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510526698436385683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-3164662518493366122012-02-15T05:58:41.019-05:002012-02-15T05:58:41.019-05:00back again, & i think i feel stressed out for ...back again, & i think i feel stressed out for you regarding your poas & beta, as i have awoken early for no apparent reason. <br /><br />i was thinking about your beta again, and in some way i think if i were you, i would not go to the boondocks this weekend. i would stay home, get the beta done at your local trusted lab on saturday, and then again on monday (they must be open in the city...). having the beta done on the "right" day, and then again 48 hours later, at the same lab, seems very important for this time. i would imagine that being in the country, while beautiful and far far away from your regular life, wouldn't actually be a lot of fun if you are concerned about a beta happening, when, etc.<br /><br />so, that's another option- stay home! stick to the schedule, and have the beta numbers be spot on for your peace of mind. this is going along with the idea that your first beta on saturday will be positive- if it is negative (knock on wood, etc etc), then by all means, get in the car and drive to the boonies and drown yourself with whatever most comforts you. <br /><br />anyway, thinking of you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-75978665335323761752012-02-15T03:52:47.180-05:002012-02-15T03:52:47.180-05:00I agree with Heidi. Get the test done Friday but t...I agree with Heidi. Get the test done Friday but tell them when to ring you - or you ring them.<br /><br />I too had the faintest line on the same day. It only showed if I stood in my hallway and held it at exactly the right angle. <br /><br />For the next few days the tests got a bit more obviously positive but I was still worried it was a chemical pregnancy again (I'd had loads). Anyway beta came back 172 at 14 days and now I'm 24 weeks pregnant with triplets!<br /><br />The very best of luck to you. That feeling you described was exactly what I had. xClaire https://www.blogger.com/profile/12150226708200368725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-23492721687048636462012-02-14T23:32:32.126-05:002012-02-14T23:32:32.126-05:00I totally love the idea of peeing and sealing them...I totally love the idea of peeing and sealing them up for later, when you have great beta numbers to match with the pee sticks...(Of course my hubby always thought pee sticks laying around-sealed or not- was gross so that wouldn't work for me!) Thinking of you as you try to stay zen for a few more days... and yes, there are labcorps and quests up here in the boondocks where you can get the beta drawn. Fingers crossed continuosly for you~!Peacheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380127407414987492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-41247098687047165382012-02-14T22:08:43.172-05:002012-02-14T22:08:43.172-05:00Fingers crossed for you Mo, all the way...Fingers crossed for you Mo, all the way...winter bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182492237633707919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-48399105418267161652012-02-14T21:49:20.715-05:002012-02-14T21:49:20.715-05:00An opinion from the other side, here- I hate POASi...An opinion from the other side, here- I hate POASing and never do it during cycles- the one time we conceived without intervention, I waited until a full week after my period was due to test. Seems to me that good news is always welcome and bad news will keep. So, if it were me (and I know this isn't even an option you're considering), I would go to the country, put it all on ice for the weekend, and test Monday or Tuesday. Which I guess, in the world of possible options, means I am voting for Saturday.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775571361470043724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-86186276973451115522012-02-14T21:22:55.626-05:002012-02-14T21:22:55.626-05:00Oh Mo...those pee sticks are the worst. I swear I ...Oh Mo...those pee sticks are the worst. I swear I have nightmares about them. Thinking about you and hoping for the best!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967951792506945537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-9081556670124477112012-02-14T21:07:35.644-05:002012-02-14T21:07:35.644-05:00so. i swear that you need a special degree to read...so. i swear that you need a special degree to read pregnancy tests. i remember thinking: i can complete a phd, but i can't read this effing test? <br /><br />do what feels right. for me, i always needed more info in terms of betas. i only did a HPT 3 times total. i HATE them. they make me feel challenged! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-4045600257647587512012-02-14T20:04:24.714-05:002012-02-14T20:04:24.714-05:00On the beta thing, I'd probably get it done Fr...On the beta thing, I'd probably get it done Friday morning, then arrange to have the results called in to Will or to a home phone where a message can be left for you to retrieve AFTER the seminar (if you have a separate home phone, and if that's something that would logistically work out), then do it at your local clinic on Tuesday after you're home again.<br /><br />But on the POAS thing--I've peed on a lot of sticks, with both positive and negative results, and my experience tells me that even a maybe-I'm-just-making-it-all-up line is probably and truly the harbinger of a more reliable line later on. You have to do what feels right for you, and resolutions one moment can lead to behavior that runs completely counter the next moment. I've waited for the beta in one instance while testing daily as early as possible in another. I will say that, in the second instance, it was really fun (what bizarre ideas of "fun" those of us in the fertility game develop!) to have a long line of pee sticks running from absolute negative, to faint, to unmistakable, over the course of 5 days.<br /><br />You will have many people keeping all their appendages crossed for your good luck.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927503132840768706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-17082280638733446102012-02-14T19:01:32.712-05:002012-02-14T19:01:32.712-05:00For what it's worth on 5dp5dt I had exactly th...For what it's worth on 5dp5dt I had exactly the same thin happen - the faintest of all maybe imagining it lines - and the next day had a positive. <br /><br />Good luck!!!Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851131029178140842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-26173407972234535732012-02-14T16:46:40.776-05:002012-02-14T16:46:40.776-05:00Oh, Mo, I was laughing reading this -- in a with y...Oh, Mo, I was laughing reading this -- in a with you, not at you way, you understand -- because it <i>all makes perfect sense to me</i>! I was then going to comment that I don't think anyone in the infertility community has your zen (and I do mean that), but after reading the comments I think the very first Anon above (February 14, 2012 11:22 AM) may have it. "Is a beta really needed," oh, bwahahahaha (and Anon., please understand I'm not laughing at you, either, it's just that in the infertility journey the not knowing is the toughest part -- even knowing that you can't do anything with the knowledge you might know (or not)). <br /><br />It's been over 5 years since my only clinical pregnancy (now better known as my son) was conceived and I'm still right there with you. No advice, but if I do stumble across any zen I'll send it right your way, including upstate or boondocks, as appropriate.Alexicographernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-79388898041696234422012-02-14T16:31:08.246-05:002012-02-14T16:31:08.246-05:00You sound just like me when I got a super faint li...You sound just like me when I got a super faint line with the twins at 9 DPIUI -- with a dollar-store test that was expired, no less! I stared at that dang thing constantly, the entire day. It was only standing in front of my sliding glass door with the test tilted at a certain angle that I could see anything.<br /><br />Anything that turned out to be twins.<br /><br />Praying for you guys...Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10964875388384777306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-43541949008028873532012-02-14T15:58:54.776-05:002012-02-14T15:58:54.776-05:00Pee sticks are evil! I agree. I'd probably tes...Pee sticks are evil! I agree. I'd probably test all the way to beta if I had that many sticks. But then again, the suspense. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!<br /><br />Ok. Here is my suggestion about the beta. Pee on the stick early morning Friday. If it's positive, you can test Friday because you'll be getting good news. If it's negative, you have a lovely time in the country to regroup and you can on Tuesday morning and potentially have enough time to wait and see if there is late implantation?<br /><br />Of course this is from someone who went in and had a negative pregnancy test Friday, but beta of 11 on Monday. <br /><br />Hopeful for you!<br /><br />xoxoI Believe in Miracleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062124038472752680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-38194284721281925412012-02-14T15:53:57.989-05:002012-02-14T15:53:57.989-05:00mo,
personally, i would get the beta done on frida...mo,<br />personally, i would get the beta done on friday at a lab you know and trust. one day early should not make a huge bit of difference. none of it is going to make a difference in the grand scheme- they are just numbers. you can take a beta on friday, and then have to wait until monday (if they are open on the holiday) or tuesday anyway. i think my beta was for a saturday and i had to wait until monday, no other options. if you could wait, (haha), it may be better to have the beta done on a day that you know you will be able to have another beta done at the same place in 48 hours, etc. because what if the boondocks lab doesn't have their equipment up to snuff, and then you have the second beta drawn at a different lab and the results are wonky?<br /><br />what a pita!<br /><br />as far as pee sticks, i try to avoid. i have never poas before an ivf cycle beta- too stressed out at seeing a -. but i also feel that you have to honor your desires- if you wake up tomorrow and you HAVE to poas, just do it and don't judge yourself. in the big picture, meaning, you are either pregnant or not, this stuff is just crazy-making distraction. <br /><br />i know exactly what you mean about seeing a second line, or, the place where the second line should be because you have looked at so many freaking pee sticks. although, that is better than seeing what you now is snow white blankness. so, a good result for today.<br /><br />i am really feeling for you, mo. this stuff is torture. stay strong. i hope you come up with a good plan for the beta. please update!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-74689747048019223122012-02-14T15:38:49.027-05:002012-02-14T15:38:49.027-05:00i would definetly test again tomorrow... but I´m a...i would definetly test again tomorrow... but I´m a stickaholic <br /><br />I got I´m not sure line, I must be crazy imagining this line on 10dpt2dt, and then a little bit more visible line until 12dpt2dt then I got a line, and then on 14dpt2dt , at the beta the number was 80, but I have a healthy almost 2 year old girl.<br /><br />It gave me peace of mind and hope to test...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-7396555766536643392012-02-14T15:10:38.498-05:002012-02-14T15:10:38.498-05:00If it were me, I'd be splashing that stick wit...If it were me, I'd be splashing that stick with first morning pee tomorrow. Re the beta, can you go the blood draw Friday morning and have them call Will with the results? Then you can check with Will when you're through with your seminar. It's not like it wouldn't be on your mind all day blood draw or not.<br /><br />Sorry this is so hard. I've been remembering the agony of the 2WW as you're going through this. But you are actively working towards bringing home your baby. For me, inactive waiting was worse.<br /><br />BTW, I never felt anything in the uterine area during my 2WWs, and any symptoms I had I attributed to PIO. But then again, it took a visit to Dr. Google for me to realize I'd been in labor for several hours.<br /><br />P.S. I believe in that line! xoxoDorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255190971670471758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-10536449681738151242012-02-14T14:54:22.101-05:002012-02-14T14:54:22.101-05:00This is like 10 DPO in a regular cycle right? In b...This is like 10 DPO in a regular cycle right? In both my pregnancies,I'd test daily from day 6 (just for shits and giggles) and on day 10, things would start to happen- my test was super negative morning of 10 DPO, and as the day went by, changed to the faintest positive, and was clearly positive morning of day 11.<br /><br />The second pregnancy, I think I peed on like 10 sticks as the day went by, I kid you not. It IS like crack- I'd get 50 of the cheap sticks for 20 bucks and go nuts.<br /><br />You can't stop now, sadly. You have opened Pandora's box, so to speak. But I'd give atleast 8 hour intervals between testing.<br /><br />There are downsides to testing this early...there is massive potential for a lot of unnecessary grief. I drove home in tears on day 11, because my doctor's office pee test was far less sensitive, and they informed me I was NOT pregnant- I came and a digital Clearblue stick informed me that I was. <br /><br />But once you start, it is so difficult to stop, so you cannot be Zen-like about the testing. But I'd try to be zen like about the result, whatever it is. I hope this is it. Biting my fingers here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553205805046479504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-21878580178571200772012-02-14T14:43:53.807-05:002012-02-14T14:43:53.807-05:00Personally, I'm a wait until the beta kind of ...Personally, I'm a wait until the beta kind of girl, since I ended up hating pee-sticks with a passion (because they were always negative). But I'd not blame you if you went the pee-stick route.<br /><br />Fingers crossed still!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636810253795766740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-85527951005187312032012-02-14T13:37:58.429-05:002012-02-14T13:37:58.429-05:00dear mo, how will you be able to stop poassing now...dear mo, how will you be able to stop poassing now that you've got a faint line? i'd be poassing 12 hours after the first poas to see if it got darker!!! i'm so praying that this will be the case and, if so, start posting your paos pictures for all of us, your faithful followers and admirers, to start rejoicing. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-64223587982693124602012-02-14T13:23:30.104-05:002012-02-14T13:23:30.104-05:00The dreaded 9 day wait and all of it's annoyin...The dreaded 9 day wait and all of it's annoying symptoms just drive a person crazy. Is there a hospital near where you will be this weekend. I had to get my drawn at a hospital because nobody else was open on the weekend. I POAS the day before my beta mainly because I didn't want to get the results alone I wanted my husband and I to know together. Hang in there only a few more days! So praying for your BFP!justagirl-Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-5530756254690847872012-02-14T13:18:54.923-05:002012-02-14T13:18:54.923-05:00Agreed with Sprogblogger. I love testing early. I ...Agreed with Sprogblogger. I love testing early. I tested at 6 DPO this past cycle (got my positive at 8 DPO), for this 6th pregnancy. I like having something to look forward to / something to do the next day.<br /><br />Also, agreed with White Picket Fences - where's the pee stick pic?! I need crack too. :Pjuliane2004https://www.blogger.com/profile/03943995061253158555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-44420901690088801842012-02-14T13:15:53.552-05:002012-02-14T13:15:53.552-05:00Heehee! I love the wait 9 months to see if you gi...Heehee! I love the wait 9 months to see if you give birth line. In the end, it basically all boils down to that! I can't believe you didn't post a picture of the stick for us to contemplate! We need our crack fix, too! (Just kidding, btw ...enjoy your zen filled weekend).White Picket Fenceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126532427442085680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160381109996491098.post-31954637893805063602012-02-14T12:55:52.352-05:002012-02-14T12:55:52.352-05:00oh, thank you nepsi! I'm going to put Will on ...oh, thank you nepsi! I'm going to put Will on the case. We'll be up in the Berkshires, assuming we go.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671855540466269330noreply@blogger.com