Beta #2!

My second beta, at 16dpIUI, is 868!  This more than doubled from two days ago, and is also more than twice what my beta was at 17dpIUI with my last pregnancy.  I feel so much better about this pregnancy than the last, but I can’t help but be worried, too.  I know that first ultrasound will help a lot.  My first ultrasound last time had several abnormalities (small baby, slow heartbeat, large yolk sac) that all indicated bad things to come, so if this ultrasound is good, I’ll breathe a huge sigh of relief.  But I don’t get that ultrasound until Sept 13, so I’m going to have to try to not worry between now and then.  Ok, that’s impossible.  How about this - I’ll try not to worry too much.

Looking back at my journals from last time, I started to feel nausea right about now.  Considering my beta and my progesterone were both half what they are now, and I'm not feeling particularly sick, I'm hoping that either I won't get sick at all this time, or if I do, it'll take longer to kick in (I really think 4 weeks is way too early to be feeling bad!)  As I was drinking my mint chocolate cookie milkshake this afternoon, it occurred to me that I should be using this nausea-free time to be eating healthy, because a few weeks from now, I might be back on the potatoes and crackers diet.  So I'm hereby announcing that today's milkshake will be my last for a while.  No more Junior Mints or Whoppers, either.  I celebrated this decision tonight by avoiding the ice cream aisle in the grocery store tonight and getting fruit for dessert instead.  

Yay me!