Looking good

We had more good news today!

I had my third pregnancy blood test and the HCG numbers are looking great.

9 days after transfer ---> 101

14 days after transfer ---> 1038

21 days after transfer ---> over 10,000!

I don't even know the exact number because the machine only measures up to 10,000. But this progression is as good as we could hope for. 

For reference, last time looked like...

9 days after transfer ---> 51

12 days after transfer ---> 99

19 days after transfer ---> 1785

Those numbers were on the extreme low end of normal and TERRIFIED me. I'm so relieved that the numbers look much better this time, because after all I've gone through this year my capacity to handle stress is not very high.

Basically, higher and more rapidly rising numbers make a healthy pregnancy/baby more likely. It doesn't mean that lower numbers can't also indicate a healthy pregnancy (there was nothing wrong with the baby last time), but when your numbers look good a miscarriage is less likely.

Now I have to wait a week and a half for my first ultrasound. I have a feeling it will be a long wait. :)