The day 17 (or 16.5) beta came in on Saturday, it was 661, up from 191 three days prior, which works out to a doubling time of 40 hours.
There used to be a great website called Betabase Info; it has been down for a while now, but some enterprising person took a snapshot of it, and some other enterprising person shared it: This is the link to its snapshot on 2 separate days. Based on betas reported by a large number of women, my numbers this pregnancy are in the normal range, and are about three times the average (median beta levels on day 17 are in the 200s).
However, the thing that mildly increases my anxiety is that the levels are half of what they were at the same time point in my first 2 pregnancies (around 1200), but somewhat reassuringly, are double of what they were in my 3rd pregnancy (around 300).
God knows what will happen in the next 2 weeks. I'm firmly agnostic, but last week I found myself agreeing to go to a temple (I usually avoid it if it is impractical, or I have something else to do). This time, I consented to a 2 hour drive and prayed very fervently for this little pinprick of cells to make the transition into a healthy living being. Sometimes, that is all you can really do.
I also had the opportunity to meet Tiara in real life, and it was wonderful. She proved to be as sweet and lovely as you would expect if you are familiar with her cyber persona. Thank you Tiara for making that meeting happen. The one good thing we can say about all the crap we have to go through is that it also fosters such wonderful connections.
There used to be a great website called Betabase Info; it has been down for a while now, but some enterprising person took a snapshot of it, and some other enterprising person shared it: This is the link to its snapshot on 2 separate days. Based on betas reported by a large number of women, my numbers this pregnancy are in the normal range, and are about three times the average (median beta levels on day 17 are in the 200s).
However, the thing that mildly increases my anxiety is that the levels are half of what they were at the same time point in my first 2 pregnancies (around 1200), but somewhat reassuringly, are double of what they were in my 3rd pregnancy (around 300).
God knows what will happen in the next 2 weeks. I'm firmly agnostic, but last week I found myself agreeing to go to a temple (I usually avoid it if it is impractical, or I have something else to do). This time, I consented to a 2 hour drive and prayed very fervently for this little pinprick of cells to make the transition into a healthy living being. Sometimes, that is all you can really do.
I also had the opportunity to meet Tiara in real life, and it was wonderful. She proved to be as sweet and lovely as you would expect if you are familiar with her cyber persona. Thank you Tiara for making that meeting happen. The one good thing we can say about all the crap we have to go through is that it also fosters such wonderful connections.
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