Tomorrow will be five weeks.*
I got my blood test results today and they were:
progesterone levels: good (69, which is about in the middle of the normal range for a pregnant woman)
hCG (the main pregnancy hormone): perfect (659 on effective* day 32-33 - day 659 is normal for days 32-35)
Haemoglobin levels: fine
Circulating Iron: okay, if still a little low
Stored Iron: still low but much improved (ideal is 55, mine were 5, now 27), my doc is happy.
I've been up and down, of course, in my feelings of confidence. Every time I get a slight twinge anywhere close to my pelvic region I start to panic. But mostly I feel pretty good. Apprehensive but positive at the same time.
Today we told Liam. We'd originally planned to hold off for a couple of weeks, but I was having trouble remembering not to mention it in front of him. Chris hasn't told anyone in his family, but I think he will now. I've told everyone in mine (in my immediate family anyway, plus some cousins).
Of course, as soon as we'd told him I started to worry about - what if we lose it again. But if we do, we do. He knows that's possible because it happened to a close friend (who's 12 weeks pregnant now, yay!), but I'm not going to remind him of it. He's pretty keen - well, he's been keen for ages. Last time we talked about it he wanted a sister and then a brother. Today it was the other way around. I told him we'd have to just wait and see and he gave his usual response:
"Why?"
He also came up with this gem:
"Babies come out through your butt, don't they Mummy?"
Got more to blog about - about blood test/ultrasound options given me by my GP - but that can wait till tomorrow.
[In case you didn't guess, this blog is likely to be just a little pregnancy focussed for the next little while. I make no apologies whatsoever! :) ]
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*I'm dating based on when I ovulated (day 12-13)/when my period was due, rather than how many actual days it's been since day one of my last period. If I date that way it was only day 31 on Monday (when I had the test) and isn't five weeks until Saturday. but clearly, that isn't consistent with the test results - hCG levels go up quickly at the moment, in fact my GP said if they were 659 on Monday they were probably 1000 today, so they would have been quite a bit lower on day 31, presumably.
