more blood tests

4/28/09


HCG is supposed to double every 24-48 hours. I took a blood test 48 hours after the first and HCG was 310 which is pretty good. HOwever progesterone levels are only 19.5 which is borderline. The doctor likes progesterone levels to be above 20 and ideally 25-30.
Had an ultrasound on day 34 and there was no sac but fluid. everyone is concerned about an ectopic pregnancy but i'm not. Although its kind of funny because with my first i remember being so concerned about it - every twinge i thought i was going to blow a tube! ha.
Had another blood test the following day at it registered 761 so i am making progress but still nothing to show for it - strange...
I'm convincing myself i'm just a slow starter. Cash didn't get growing until 7.5 weeks. The first ultrasound i got with him at 5.5 weeks was a mess, there were bits of what looked like things but nothing was formed right so when we repeated in 10 days there was a little dude and all the right parts.