Well… positive pregnancy test #2 this morning.
I’m both more excited and more guarded than last time. I’m excited because I more readily believe it, but at the same time, I obviously would prefer to not have a repeat chemical pregnancy. That’s part of the reason I waited a while to take the test. If you count 7/25/06 as the first day of my last “period” (the first real bleeding day of the end of the chemical pregnancy), then this is now 6 1/2 weeks past that. I didn’t think too much of it when I past four weeks, because the doctor said this cycle might be funny. Even at five weeks, I was just kind of mildly curious and annoyed at not having a predictable cycle length anymore. Then six weeks hit, and no sign of an impending visit from Aunt Flo. That was three or four days ago.
Now, mind you, at my doctor’s appointment on 8/8, I was told not to try again until I had another period. Nevermind that 8/8 was day 14 of my cycle and… um… maybe that advice was a little too late. Other than that, I will say we didn’t do much “trying” at all this month. So I didn’t necessarily think it was all that likely that this morning’s result would be a positive one. At the same time, I had a hard time believing this “unusual” cycle would take more than six weeks.
So, there you have it! I’ll call the doctor’s office when they open at 9:00, and it’ll likely be all about more blood tests. The doctor said the next time I got a positive test, they’d go straight to the blood test confirmation. Lucky me!
Updates with hcg levels in a day or two, I suppose. Trying not to get my hopes up, but here are my crossed fingers…. May 1 would be an awfully nice due date.
