71!

I am jumping to the end first, for anyone wondering what's going on! After an excrutiating day of waiting after beta draw #2 at about 10:30am, I finally got the call around 3:30pm... my number was 71!! That meant my number was doubling every 27 hours or so!!

After hanging up I jumped up from the chair and Mario and I hugged and cried a little bit, and we kind of stared at each other and hugged some more. We aren't free and clear yet, I have to go back again for a 3rd beta on Saturday, but for the time being this feels like such a huge positive; I think we got our fatty I was asking for! :)

Sweet (yet sturdy and weighty, it's metal!) little yellow bird that my mom gave me yesterday... along with my first honest to God positive pregnancy test that I took last night. I seriously could not believe my eyes when it came up on the screen. I don't think Mario could either! We both kept looking at it... like it was going to go away or change.

I woke up in the middle of the night last night to go to the bathroom, and then couldn't fall asleep again. I just kept thinking about everything, and wondering and praying and testing my own intuition ... it felt like I had finally fallen asleep when it was time to wake up. But even during my wondering, I felt pretty good about today. Today, even through the anxiety of the wait, I allowed myself for the first time to feel confident that it was going to be a good result. When we went to the barn, I saw our little bird friend in the tree by our corral... and it made me feel even better!

So now what? I am supposed to just keep doing the E2 patches and the P4 shots, and I guess keep growing this little baby?!!?? Oh my God!!!!