We went in for a blood test on November 13. Brant got a phone call with the results around lunch time which happened to occur when he was mid-sentence leading a Thunch Meeting. I made him repeat the positive result several times when he called to tell me. We were both SO excited and couldn't believe we were officially expecting! The nurse casually mentioned that my level was very high and I needed to get another test to make sure things were progressing appropriately. Turns out a good test result is above 50, mine was 675. Now, we didn't know the upper limit but my scientific husband pointed out that this had to be at the higher end of the range.
Two more blood tests confirmed that my levels were doubling appropriately every two days - which is great news. With continued high levels we began some internet research and discovered a trusty(?) website showing that my level was often in the range of those expecting twins(!). We began to prepare ourselves for the ultrasound results the following week.
In the meantime, we went to New York to celebrate Ragan completing his defense and becoming an official Phd. Normally I would be all over a trip to New York but this time I was pretty nervous. Eating had become a challenge which of course explained some of the exhaustion. We attempted to disguise the lack of my drinking at all of these three celebratory events as my feeling ill - I'm not so sure how far that cover went.
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