Beta, Beta, Beta!!!

I had my 3rd beta today and was told at my appointment last week that if everything progressed correctly I would have an U/S scheduled for Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Went in for the blood draw this morning and got an idiot nurse but who missed the vein in my hand and had to dig the needle around to find it....UGH!!! Painful!!! Anyway, I have a nice bruise compliments of her "sleepiness." In the future I will request a nurse who is not asleep when taking my blood!!! I waited all day long to find out the fruits of my labor. Basically with the beta tests they want to see a rise with every draw. For example, on my first test on January 18 my number was 484 so for my second test two days later they would expect to see a 60% rise. That would mean they would be looking for any number around 775. They called me that day and said by number was 1,606!!!! Pretty great number which could mean 1 of 3 things. 1. I'm further along than we think 2. My body is really responding well to this pregnancy or 3. There could be more than one baby. I didn't have a problem with any of the 3 options so I made my appointment for my 3rd beta test which brings us to today. Today we were needing a number just under 7,000 for me to be on track...instead we got 20,585!!!!!!!! So, they decided to have me come in this Friday, January 29, 2010 for my U/S to rule out TWINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT??? How exciting is that? Now, I won't know for sure until Friday and even then we may not know but just knowing that my body (after all these years of fighting with it) is really doing well with this pregnancy is just too exciting!

Here's the break down:
1/18/10 Beta #1 484
1/20/10 Beta #2 1,606
1/27/10 Beta #3 20,585