I''ve gotten zero work done today, I'm truly a disgrace. Just got this in, after badgering my amazing endocrinologist, who thankfully, does not mind being badgered. Seriously, If you live in NYC, and can go here, then pick Dr. Robert Lind as your endocrinologist, if you need one.
21 DPO values
Beta HCG =2486.5 (doubling time of 32.66 hours from 17 DPO)
Progesterone = 28.2 (slightly worrisome, but it does seem to yo-yo, different from the first two, but I've thankfully stopped trying to interpret things).
I have not started Crinone yet (have not even picked up my prescription). Right now, I'm taking the call to go au naturel all the way. Also FYI, for now, I've dropped my vitamin D dosing too. Previously, I'd take 2000 IU every night, with 1000 IU in my prenatal. Now, I take 2000 IU every other day, and 1000 IU (in prenatal) daily. I've not yet checked my vitamin D, because it requires a walk to Labcorp, and my veins are just too poked and prodded.
Today is also a day of BIG decisions. My housing is provided (or rather, subsidized) by my work, and I just found out that moveouts can only be at the end of the calendar month. So I can stay here till August 31st, or I can stay till the end of July.
Right now, for my own sanity, I'm picking the end of July. But having made that decision (I have not even told my boss yet, he is away on vacation), I'm starting to freak out. OMG. A brand new country. A totally different way of life. A new healthcare system. ACK!
I've started investigating medical care in India. If I go back around week 9, then I have to be bloody darned sure that the kind of prenatal testing I want, is available there. If anybody visiting this blog has gone through a pregnancy in India (or had one for say, your surrogate), I'd appreciate it if you could chime in.One thing sticks out, I want to have Sequenom's Tri21plus blood test done. Calling them now for information, will update.
This is the information I got after talking to a Genetics Counselor at Sequenom:
21 DPO values
Beta HCG =2486.5 (doubling time of 32.66 hours from 17 DPO)
Progesterone = 28.2 (slightly worrisome, but it does seem to yo-yo, different from the first two, but I've thankfully stopped trying to interpret things).
I have not started Crinone yet (have not even picked up my prescription). Right now, I'm taking the call to go au naturel all the way. Also FYI, for now, I've dropped my vitamin D dosing too. Previously, I'd take 2000 IU every night, with 1000 IU in my prenatal. Now, I take 2000 IU every other day, and 1000 IU (in prenatal) daily. I've not yet checked my vitamin D, because it requires a walk to Labcorp, and my veins are just too poked and prodded.
Today is also a day of BIG decisions. My housing is provided (or rather, subsidized) by my work, and I just found out that moveouts can only be at the end of the calendar month. So I can stay here till August 31st, or I can stay till the end of July.
Right now, for my own sanity, I'm picking the end of July. But having made that decision (I have not even told my boss yet, he is away on vacation), I'm starting to freak out. OMG. A brand new country. A totally different way of life. A new healthcare system. ACK!
I've started investigating medical care in India. If I go back around week 9, then I have to be bloody darned sure that the kind of prenatal testing I want, is available there. If anybody visiting this blog has gone through a pregnancy in India (or had one for say, your surrogate), I'd appreciate it if you could chime in.One thing sticks out, I want to have Sequenom's Tri21plus blood test done. Calling them now for information, will update.
This is the information I got after talking to a Genetics Counselor at Sequenom:
- The test (which checks cell free fetal DNA in the maternal blood for Trisomies 13,18 and 21) can only be done if the blood is mailed in from a US location. Interestingly, she bought up that a company in Hong Kong now offers a similar test. Tried to dig, but could not find it.
- It can be done at the earliest of 10 weeks of pregnancy. You need to be 'high risk' to qualify at Sequenom, less they mess up their false positive/false negative rates: Criteria: advanced maternal age, evidence of an earlier trisomy in a previous pregnancy, or any abnormalities showing up in a screening test.
- She did chime in that while previously only high risk people were getting referred, they are now starting to hear from 'patients like yourself'-- she was too polite to say 'paranoid as hell'. In a while, this may change sequenom policies (globs and globs of dollars waiting to be made) but right now, the policy above stands.
I was mentally pushing back my departure date to the end of August when she bought up the criteria. Right now, I don't qualify (which is a good thing, really). But she said she would talk to her boss to see if my earlier Turners (Monosomy 45X) qualifies me. Waiting to hear back.
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