Pregnant!

Yes, I'm pregnant!  I wasn't planning on posting my news right away,  but a lot of people knew that today was the day so I figured I would just let you all know now. 

Today has been a weird day.  I had decided I would take a pregnancy test this morning because I wanted some warning before I get the phone call from the doctor.  The test was negative so I went back to bed, cried for awhile, and then my husband and I called into work because I knew I would be a wreck today.  My husband, the eternal optimist, thought there was still a chance I was pregnant, but I was convinced that I wasn't.  

So we both got up (since sleep wasn't happening) and went to the lab for the blood draw and then out for breakfast.  I was thrilled when the nurse called at 11:00 and told us that I actually am pregnant.  For those of you who know anything about HCG levels, my beta was only 20.9.  She said anything below 20 is concerning so I was just barely at the level I need to be and not at a level that would be detected in a urine test. She said that I only need to be concerned if this number doesn't rise appropriately.  My HCG level will be tested again on Friday. 

I'm cautiously optimistic about this pregnancy.  Hopefully I'll get some really good news on Friday and feel even better about the potential of this baby making it to full-term.  I'm thinking that this baby is a scrapper and will surprise us with high levels of HCG by Friday.:)