I went in at 7:15a to have my blood taken. My clinic noted that they wanted the results STAT, so I thought the lab up here would get right on them. I started to get a bit concerned when it was 2:30 and I still hadn't heard anything. So, I did what any courious, partially rational person waiting for test results would do: I called the lab and asked them what was going on and asked why my doctor hadn't received results yet. Turns out they were slammed, but did fax the results to my clinic who called me within 5 minutes.
I'm not much of an expert, but apparently, in early healthy pregnancies, doctors want to see your hCG count double every 48 to 72 hours. The test your blood 2 days apart to see what your doubling time is. This is very important for IVF patients b/c sometimes the embryo doesn't latch on in they way you'd hope it would-- so you wouldn't see fast-paced doubling. This can happen in any pregnancy, but from what I've read, is more prevalent in IVF pregnanceis.
My 1st hCG level on Tuesday was 150, and that was a strong #. Team Stork wanted to see my hCG count on this 2nd test at 300-320 or higher. Mine cam back at 544! Holy Crap! Its really good news, as a quickly rising hCG level is a sign of a very healthy pregnancy. The test showed that my hCG level appears to be doubling every 26 hours (as opposed to every 48-72 hours). Some people think that a fast-rising hCG level could indicate that there's more than one Little B in there making the levels so high, but doctors don't neccessarily agree with this logic...as every pregnancy is different and the "normal range" for hCG levels in pregnant woman is very wide.
We're just happy to pass this milestone.
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