Ahh, the lovely world of infertility. People will ask me "hows everything going?" I quicikly realize some just want a simple answer to a very complex question.
Im the type of person who talks...i cant help it. It helps me. So lots of people get a surprising story to a very simple question. Since i talk, alot of my peers, aquaintances, neighbors ect. , ect. know my story. And that OK with me.
My family, bless their hearts, try to stay up-to-date with doctor appointments, bloodwork, and procedures. Do they have any idea what im talking about when i explain things to them? Probably not. But thats not what matters. What matters is- they care.
Being in the medical field as well(im a post-partum nurse...yeah out of all jobs this is what i do, but i love it, so its OK- explaing this is a whole other post!) Anyways, it hard to explain things to people who 1- havent been researching the internet for a year about the topic or 2- have no medical background. But i try.
So the title to this post is the question i get the most. So ill try to explain it so reading this blog maybe a little easier if your not part of the RPL/IF world.
A beta is a blood test which measures the viability of a pregnancy. You start off with one # and in 48 hours it should double. And once you miss a period the beta is (on average) about 100. If the beta is not rising appropraitely - you got a problem.
So ladies and gentlemen, when im talking betas, im not talking fish!
6 IVF cycles, 7 losses, a healthy son and now pregnant with TWINS! All honestly told so be warned!
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