Well, I went up to The Big Hospital early this morning –
arrived at 7:00 am – to have blood drawn to check my estradiol (estrogen) and
progesterone levels, and my beta hCG levels (pregnancy hormone). The
phlebotomist was very pleasant: She remembered my face (just not my name) and
wished me the best of luck as she loaded the vials of my blood into a
bullet-shaped capsule about as big as my thigh and sent it down a vacuum chute
to the lab. She also assured me that the results would be ready in 20-30
minutes.
Well, here it is, 11:00 am. I’ve emailed back and forth with
My Nurse at The IVF Clinic. She’s called The Big Hospital and they have nothing
to report yet. ACK! I’m a nervous wreck! Mum and I are both waiting on pins and
needles to see if I am, in fact, a preggosaurus again. I haven’t had nausea as
significant as I did with Wiggle Worm and Tempest, but I’m eating better and
more regularly now than I did with them, so the fact that I eat good food on a
schedule may have a lot to do with the very mild queasiness that doesn’t last
long. I’ve also had headaches, whereas I don’t tend to get them very often
except when I’m pregnant. And on top of that, I have broken out in true
teenage, pizza-face fashion (well, at least for me!) I’m pretty strict about
face-washing, and yet I’ve managed to become a zit-queen. The lack of nausea
makes me worry that The Über-Ute has failed me. Hubs assures me that I have
nothing to worry about, and that it’s my improved eating habits that’s killed
my telltale first-trimester nausea. My belly does feel a little tight down low,
which is also a common symptom for me, so here’s hoping!
Blargh. Waiting. Will update once I have some news.
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