Two Week Wait

Sorry for the prolonged silence (a big change from the daily updates last week). Basically, it is because I don't really have anything to say. We are in the phase of the cycle typically known as the "two week wait." I suppose if you have a day 3 transfer you used to have to wait two weeks before you found out if it worked. However, since we did a day 5 transfer and my clinic tests a bit on the early side, we only have an eight day wait. Which means Angie is to go into the lab this Thursday to have blood drawn for her beta. This tests for hcg levels in the blood. If there is a measurable number, that means an embryo did implant, but that is about all it tells you. In that case, she would go back for another beta to see if the hcg levels are rising appropriately, which would indicate an early pregnancy has been achieved.

I used to OBSESS during my prior two week waits, and wonder if this cramp or that ache meant that it did or didn't work. For some reason I am a little more ambivalent about this 2ww. An obvious reason is that I am not the one who may or may not be pregnant. I think it is also because I have Fletcher to look after. And he likes when the focus is all on him (and I am usually happy to oblige).