Well yesterday was a pretty good day. When the nurse of my hopefully new doctor called she was really sweet. She said the doctor wanted to take me off the prometrium (progesterone pills) and put me on suppositories because they work better. I took my first one last night and so far so good, no mess. However, I woke up REALLY tired and a little sick; not sure if it's the suppositories or just the pregnancy. Overall I'm just glad to not have to take those pills in the morning; the side effects were pretty awful. Note: my insurance didn't cover the suppositories but they're less than $40 for a month.
The nurse also said the doctor didn't see a need to do another HCG test unless I was threatening a miscarriage again but if it made me feel better they would order one... hallelujah! I am so glad to finally have a doctor that understands that sometimes it’s best to just make sure your patients are happy and stress-free.
So I called last night to get the results for my second HCG test and they were 3075 at 18 dpo, that's a 166% increase in 48 hours (to my understanding the norm is doubling in 48-72 hours), I'm ecstatic to say the least especially since they were already more than double the average limit for how far along I am (I was 1156 on 16 dpo). I suspect maybe twins but that's probably more wishful thinking than anything because HCG levels are really hard to use for diagnosis of twins.
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