The magically hormone to determine pregnancy is HCG. Not sure what it stands for, but it is a VIP acronym for us. My nurse said that any number of HCG of 5 or more means one is Prego. The normal number those in my boat yesterday is 50. We had a whopping 284, which is in no way a bad number. I will go back to the doctor tomorrow for another blood draw, to run the same HCG test. The goal is to see the HCG numbers increase between 50% and 66% percent (of course it depends who you ask).
As for the other hormones, I will continue to take my daily progesterone shot in my love handle, which after a little icing, I barely even feel the 1 1/2" needles. I will also continue with my estrogen patches on my abdomen. I'll go back next week to have theses levels retested, so we can begin to ween my body off them as my body kicks into full swing with my own substantial production of both progesterone and estrogen. Additionally, I will continue to take a baby aspirin (lose dose) daily.
In all the excitement yesterday, I didn't eat a big enough dinner as requested by my body, so I was starving at 3:00 am and settled for a bowl of Cheerios. I laughed as Clark, our cat and Lily, our dog, and no interest whatsoever to get up to see what I was getting into. I have Lily's interest now, as she is ready to hit the dog park for from some exercise for both of us.
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