9DP3DT - 14DP Trigger
Beta is in two days and those POAS things are still serving up perfectly white backgrounds. I have them all taped up on the bathroom mirror, from left to right, and marked with how many days past transfer I am at. The embryos are 12 days old today, and as Thalia pointed out they may take 5 to 10 days to implant. We're presently outside this range and, yes, they could have implanted at day 10. Possible, but statistically most people are going to implant towards the middle of that curve. Thank you to Tonya for pointing out that her little boy was a beta of 15 on her official beta day. We don't hear enough stories like hers. I wish more women would post the "my beta as so low they didn't think we'd make it, but...." sort of story to offer up hope.
If I am on the fringe, and if one did implant on day 10, then they've been there for two days. HCG doubling every 36 hours means that it might be at, oh, 2. Or 4 if we're lucky. Definitely too low to be read by any POAS on earth. A blood test revealing such a number would be presented with a "Sorry, but it looks like you're having a chemical."
So while it certainly IS "possible" that I've had an exceedingly late implantation, it's just not probable. I had some great cramps last Tuesday and Wednesday night. Terrific in fact. If you would have asked me that night if I felt confident I would have given you a "high five". Today and for the last few days I've had the sort of cramp that feels like AF is imminent, a warm persistent cramp that lingers for about half an hour or so and then tends to disappear, coming back throughout the day. It's not the uterus-tugging, sharper pains that you read other women posting about. Not even a hint of implantation spotting.
I'm sure it sounds like I'm obsessing over my results. But for me it is more of the anthropologist, data-collecting, part of me that sits down here and writes out what is happening each day. It's actually easier for me, psychologically, to test each day and see a negative POAS than it is to build hope for two weeks and see it all come crashing down at once. J and I were laying in bed this morning and I mentioned that I just didn't feel pregnant. He sighed and reached out and put a hand on me
If I am on the fringe, and if one did implant on day 10, then they've been there for two days. HCG doubling every 36 hours means that it might be at, oh, 2. Or 4 if we're lucky. Definitely too low to be read by any POAS on earth. A blood test revealing such a number would be presented with a "Sorry, but it looks like you're having a chemical."
So while it certainly IS "possible" that I've had an exceedingly late implantation, it's just not probable. I had some great cramps last Tuesday and Wednesday night. Terrific in fact. If you would have asked me that night if I felt confident I would have given you a "high five". Today and for the last few days I've had the sort of cramp that feels like AF is imminent, a warm persistent cramp that lingers for about half an hour or so and then tends to disappear, coming back throughout the day. It's not the uterus-tugging, sharper pains that you read other women posting about. Not even a hint of implantation spotting.
I'm sure it sounds like I'm obsessing over my results. But for me it is more of the anthropologist, data-collecting, part of me that sits down here and writes out what is happening each day. It's actually easier for me, psychologically, to test each day and see a negative POAS than it is to build hope for two weeks and see it all come crashing down at once. J and I were laying in bed this morning and I mentioned that I just didn't feel pregnant. He sighed and reached out and put a hand on me
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