Miracle attempt finished....

[atomic sagebrush]

I don't think the progression works. It's all about the concentration in your urine at this point and that can vary.

I totally understand how nerve wracking it is but those tests are positive to me!! I will just say huge congrats and sending you all my "OMG that old lady is having a baby dust" (patent pending)

[MeanVeggieGal]

Lol Atomic.

MrsGoodies how old are you? I hope you don't mind me asking.

I'm 41. Had my DD at 25 and DS at 39.

[1moregirl]

Hi MrsG. How are things going with yuo Hun? Have yuo been to the doctor to have a blood test done yet for beta levels? Thinking of yuo and praying that this little bean stays put for yuo. Xxoo

[MrsGoodies]

So here is my update:

My tests have been getting darker every day

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And I got one of these a couple days ago....

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All day I feel nothing. But at night my breasts are super sore and feel heavy, with some mild twinges in my uterus.

I still don't know what my betas are but supposedly find out this week.

BD yesterday am and this morning I woke up feeling completely NORMAL with some tiny amount of brown spotting in my underwear. I don't know if its from the BD or not.

Took a test. Looks like this....

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I don't know if theses things MAX out or should it still keep getting darker?

[Babygirlquest]

Put the pee sticks away! You are excessively pregnant! They have a limit on darkness!

Congrats on your pregnancy!

[1moregirl]

Oh MrsG. I do agree that yuo should get rid of any other HPTs yuo have lying around as all this peeing on sticks is just going to add to your anxiety Hun. If I was you, I would just go to a doctor or obstetrician and get the slip to get a blood test, or a series of blood tests over how ever many days to check those betas are doubling (or doing what they are supposed to be doing). Try not to stress. I know it's hard not to. How many weeks are yuo? Is it 5 or 6? Xxoo

[GirlieCat]

I will say that you get the "pee on a stick addict" award for the most test I have ever seen someone take.

I agree with babygirl and 1more- stop testing!!! You can't get "more pregnant" and you are just going to stress yourself out in a time that you should be relaxing and resting. You are way past the chemical stage so you should feel confident that little bean is sticking very good right now. Tests don't get any darker after a certain point. God forbid if something went wrong, your body would tell you long before the tests would stop showing positive.

Take a deep breath and start to enjoy each day with baby.

[atomic sagebrush]

No more POAS!! Progression proves nothing - while of course you never want to see tests go super dark to super light, it is normal for them to go back and forth from darker to lighter just as a natural variance in your urine concentration. Then you make yourself go cray cray worrying about it. And soo many pregnancies that aren't working out will still have the dark pregnancy tests, so you stress about something that isn't telling you anything anyway!!

Huge congrats!!

[MrsGoodies]

Lol.... Yeah well how else will I put those 100 Wondfos I got to good use?


My dr refuse to run any blood work unless it is a "medical emergency". Last time I was pg they ran betas for me every 48-72 hr until 30 dpo for my peace of mind until I could get an u/s. Now they changed their policy...I went in and asked for a blood test to check my iron & progesterone levels (after O) and instead the nurse starts lecturing me on how blood tests should only be used when necessary like I'm 2 yrs old....so I left and didn't even bother calling them back

However, I still have my pee sticks from my last mc complete with corresponding betas so as I pee I compare the dry new with dry old and try to guesstimate where my betas are.

I know test slightly > control on FRER = 1000+

I know test = control on a Wondfo and/or test >> control on FRER (like 20 dpo FRER above) = 3000 +

I know 3+ on a Clearblue digital = 5000+ level

I know test >> control on a wondfo = 10,000 +

[atomic sagebrush]

but you can't do that. It doesn't work that way. Betas are all about doubling and NOT the levels themselves. You start a pregnancy at anything from 0-5 hcg and then it doubles...so one pregnancy you may start off at 0 and then have to go 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc and in a different pregnancy you can start off at 5 and go 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 and both pregnancies are totally normal and both are working out, but there would be very different numbers on the betas and darkness of pee sticks...and that doesn't even count variations in individual pee sticks and just natural fluctuations in the concentration in your urine.

Plus, IKYKWIM - a great beta does not a viable pregnancy make.

If you are having fun testing that is one thing, but I think a lot of people end up overly stressed about this when they are not giving themselves any helpful info whatsoever anyway.