Official Results: Still Hope for a Miracle

I finally got a call from Dr. K's office a few hours ago.  The nurse told me that my HCG level came back at a low positive of 15.  Dr. K wants me to keep taking my injections and take another blood test on Tuesday.  He will be looking to see that my HCG level doubles every 48 hours which would mean they are looking for an HCG level of at least 60. 

My greatest hope is that my HCG level is explained by our one embryo that was "slow growing but looked great" according to the embryologist on transfer day.  It was a 2PN (18 hour old embryo) that grew to only 10 cells by transfer day.  Most grow to be at least 100 cells.  The embryologist said that it looked good and was definitely growing but just very slowly.  Perhaps our little slow grower is still growingly slowly in my belly.  We'll see on Tuesday.

Little "Pokey" our slow grower!

I never got a positive pregnancy test because I was using Dollar Tree brand tests that only read pregnancy if the HCG level is 50 or higher.  Here is a neat website I found that tells what the HCG levels are for various tests on the market:  CLICK HERE

I should swear off home tests at this point but I won't. I bought a few from CVS that measure HCG levels of 25 and higher.  I will take one tomorrow to see where we are at. 

Who wants to pray for a miracle with us?  Grow baby grow!