Today is day 8, post transfer. It's officially been over one week since the transfer of two embryos occured!
My pregnancy results on the at home tests are becoming darker as the HCG continues to increase. I've been using the 'First Response 6 days Sooner' which can detect HCG in quantities as little as 6. Regular pregnancy tests aren't meant to be used for a few more weeks...when HCG levels have had a chance to really grow and their detection level is about 25. I'm not quite sure how high my levels are yet or if I'm carrying twins, but hopefully this next week we will find out through a few blood tests that my levels are on track and doubling every 72 hours as they should be.
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| Gradually getting darker (due to increasing HCG levels) |
I had absolutely no headaches or feelings of nausea on Monday or Tuesday and most of yesterday...in the evening I began to get a headache, which made me kind of nauseous. Nothing too terrible, just stopped me from eating or having any sweet snacks. (Probably for the best 😜)
This morning I woke up with a mild headache and once I started blow drying my hair...the nausea hit me. I started getting clammy and talking myself into not throwing up🤪.
After cooling off under a fan, I was able to pull it together and grab an egg & cheese breakfast sandwich from Starbucks. My favorite drink (strawberry acai refresher) has caffeine in it...which I'm trying to do my best to avoid...so water for me. It hit the spot and other than my nagging headache I was off to work.
Shortly after I arrived, the smell of hot dogs started wafting in. Which is weird because A. It's morning (who eats hot dogs for breakfast?) B. We don't have microwaves or food stored anywhere near my desk location?!
So my only deduction is someone had hotdogs or something similar for breakfast and now my go-go-gadget super sniffer is working in full force.🤢🥲
I texted my husband and I'm not sure what type of response I was looking for...but it definitely wasn't this! 😂🤣🤢ðŸ˜(those who know him, won't be shocked)
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So hoping the headache goes away soon and I'm praying no more hotdogs will be consumed for the next few months.😜😂
