Ok, so the nurse finally rang...confirmed yes I am pregnant and my HCG was 31 on Friday...which is low but she said that's cos I was so incrediably early in my pregnancy. I asked if I could have a blood test today to see if the levels had gone up, and she said yes I could but if I could manage to hold out then Friday would be better as they'd expect to see a nice big jump in a week. She was quite suprised as said they normally didn't see figures that low...great!

Mind you, I was only on cycle day 28, which was in reality probably at least 2 days before my period was due haha.

I don't want to get too stressed or caught up in the whole HCG thing so think I might have the tests on Friday morning and then leave it.

What do you guys think? Is keeping track of this good or just asking for more worry?

Well I wasn't too stressed initially as I was expecting them to be a little lower even at 12DPO! AM now 15DPO so maybe I should just wait til Friday and then they really should've jumped!

Am tired as and have sore bbs and twinging in my lower abs so hopefully they are all signs that the pg is taking hold.

But like you say Maya there's nothing we can do about HCG levels that don't rise anyway! I can see the blood thing getting addictive and I want less stress in this pregnancy...not more! lol

Cuppatea- sorry you went through your m/c, I've done that myself and it's really horrible. Mine was a missed m/c at about 13 weeks so pretty damn gutting. You raised some interesting points and it's so good having this board to come to and find support, so thank you

With regards to my HCG levels, there are 3 reasons why I'm not overly concerned about my numbers:

One, I had 5 BFP HPT's, each progressivley darker than the last (and the one on Saturday was instant and dark as!). My bloods were taken on Friday at 12DPO, at least 2-4 days before my next period was due! SO any number showing up was pretty incrediable haha

Two,  I'm waitng til Thursday (so I can get the results Friday) to give the numbers a chance to really grow and if they don't then there's nothing I can do about it now. My lil bean is either gonna stick or she's not. I sound philosophical however please don't get the impression that I'm blase cos I will care enormously if this pg doesn't work out but at this stage I and the nurses have no reason to think otherwise.

Three, from the graphs I've seen, 31 is pretty much bang on for where my HCG should be at less than 4 weeks. And like I said, there's just nothing to be gained by me getting all stressy- I could soooooo easily go that way- but am refusing to this pregnancy! I'm just gonna enjoy it and think positive. The alternative is just not worth it (for me).

I have a plan of attack and am covering bases as much as poss but from unfortunate past experience I've come to realise that this is just another part of life that isn't guarenteed-even at any stage for the next 8 months- so I find it helps to have a backup plan lol

Jess- thanks for your good wishes. For some reason I've calmed down a lot now. Once I've done Thursday bloods that'll be it (unless Dr wants me to do more if in the unlikely event of something looking wrong)! It would do my head in having bloods every few days plus I'm a big girls blouse and hate needles lol  I should get a 6 week scan ok though although like I mentioned above, nothing is guarenteed!

Congratulations!!!

cuppatea wrote: Hi Emmercat, I didn't mean to imply that your numbers should raise concern, my gp said to me that my numbers could just be cos of it being so early, my Af wasn't even late when I went to get it confirmed, and the 2nd test was just suppose to be to make sure all was ok but then it showed a problem. I would actually be tempted next time to put off confirming pg until 6 weeks so I can forgo the blood tests and go straight to a scan. All the best for Friday, hopefully your wee bean is busy sticking and your numbers will show a lovely big rise.

Hi Cuppatea- it's ok, didn't take your post as anything but supportive   I guess I was trying to say in my reply that as I've also had at least one m/c (and I think at least one other), that it would be very easy to get wound up and stressed about HCG etc so after this next test I am making the decision (unless otherwise advised by Dr) to not continue checking it...simply cos I know I'm a worrywart and I'll just stress out big time over something I essentially have no control over!

The nurse I've been dealing with is fairly abrupt and not enthusiatic about those of us (aka me) who test early. She would prefer it if I waited at least a week after AF was late and while I can see her point very clearly, I alas have no patience haha  I think what you said about not testing and just going straight to a scan is a great idea and exactly what I plan to do after Thursday! Great minds think alike hey

Thanks everyone else for your well wishes. It's so supportive on these boards- I love it!

Thanks Laurie

It's a stressful time and I'm doing my best to relax about it all and so far am doing quite well...for a worry-wart lol

I'm just assuming that things will turn out well, gee in my Mums day you had to miss 2 periods and kill a rabbit before you found out so it's a bit of a double edged sword this early knowing!

Good luck with the rest of your pg...it's been wicked and quite inspiring actually to see you progress through the weeks