Lots of Levels

Brian & I went in to the doctor's office again this morning for pregnancy blood draw #2. They will run these tests a total of 3 times. This is done in order to monitor the levels and make sure they are where they need to be for a healthy pregnancy. This week a friend told us that the outcome of these tests can indicate the possibility of being pregnant with multiples, I guess by how much the levels increase. We asked about that today and they said that it can indicate multiples, but it is not always 100% - they will usually wait until they see multiples in an ultrasound before coming to a conclusion.

While we were there they gave us another tidbit of info about our donors - they told us that they did IVF and had actually had triplets! No wonder they donated the rest of their embryos! :)

After the discussion of multiples, Sue gave me a prescription for folate. She said that they usually prescribe an extra dose of folate (it is already in my prenatal pills) if there is a chance of multiples. She also said that she's not sure if I'll need the prescription, but that they'll give it to me just in case. It won't do any harm if there is one baby, but if there is more than one, we want to make sure there is an extra boost. She said not to fill it until they call and tell me to.

Victoria just called to give us the low down on our blood results. She said that everything looks WONDERFUL! My beta HCG level (pregnancy hormone) went from 308 to 812! Due to this jump in level they have told me to fill the folate prescription - they aren't totally sure, but there is a good chance there is more than one in there! AHHHH!!! My progesterone went from 34.6 to 48.4, which is good too, they just want to see it above 20.

I will go in again on Tuesday for blood draw #3 and then from there we will have our first ultrasound on either Friday the 28th or Monday the 31st!

In the past 2 1/2 years, you don't want to know how many of these tests I took! So, Tuesday afternoon I came home and took one more. They weren't lying - I'M PREGNANT! If you'd like to see this in person, feel free to stop by,
it's on our counter - I just can't bear to throw it away!

We are SOOOO excited!

Stephanie Bea stopped by with a small gift for our little one's room! How cute!
She said that we can always add an 'S' to Witko if we have more than one!

Katie & Steve brought us a congratulatory bouquet of balloons -
Trip just couldn't get enough!
Do you think she had a premonition about the sex of the baby?
She popped the pink one immediately and loved playing with the blue one...

...in time she popped the blue one too...she was so sad!
(there was also a yellow one that she could care less about - weird!)

Brad & Megan got us this very special onesie. For those of you who don't know - our volleyball team is "Team 6"! Seriously, how thoughtful is that!?

We received this delicious fruit and cheese basket from Aunt Kim, Uncle Mike, Marissa, Sammy, and Sal...healthy pregnancy here I come!

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We're off to Indianapolis this weekend to visit our friends Jeff, Erica, & Hayden Mandsager. It's the last hurrah before school starts on Monday - ugh! Have a great weekend everyone!