August 22, 2019
Good Morning! This week is passing by quickly. On Monday I had my second acupuncture. She put a few more needles in, I think maybe 4-5 on each leg, maybe 6 on my stomach and two ear seeds in each ear (she left two for me to take off the next day). She told me she is going to “treat” me for fertility related issues cause there is of course no specific things to do for hcg levels. So she put needles in kidney points, spleen points and the reproductive system or something like that. I was left alone for awhile in the dark and in the end I was so calm and relaxed I couldn’t move haha. This woman is so sweet too, we talked about our countries (she’s from Iran) a lot and I feel very comfortable with her. You never know with people you meet and have to be close to, like doctors and masseuses, but so far through this pmp story I’ve had people around me that I can honestly say I’m comfortable with.
On Tuesday I had my blood test and on Wednesday I was waiting and waiting for the phone call from my doctor. I was nervous last week cause I somehow expected good news, this week I was even more nervous since my level had gone up last time and I was afraid that she would tell me it was up more and I need chemo. I held my breath when she called. When she said it was down one number again I was kinda chocked but happy. Ok, so what now? Well, I’ll have another blood test on Tuesday and we will go from there. She told me the best news so far “Soon we will have you start going in for monthly tests, you are not going to have to do weekly forever”. Aahh, I really didn’t expect her to tell me that but I think maybe they have started to realize that my natural hcg level is higher (most people have 0 but not everyone) and it maybe won’t go down all the way, or, I don’t know. There is no way to know what my natural level is since I have never tested it before I got pregnant (like, why would I?). I have had same numbers since April which is extremely rare.
I have acupuncture again on Monday, test on Tuesday and then I’m going to be even more nervous if that’s even possible to hear my result.