And the Beat Goes On

Everything went fine during today's doctor appointment. We saw Dr. Mini, who I have not seen for a while now. The bean still has a beating heart and we actually got to hear it beating 109 beats a minute. The doctor said everything looked excellent and that the heartbeat was nice and strong. Google tells me that fetal heart rate should be over 120 beats per minute, but I guess 109 is close enough. The baby is measuring 6W5D, which is 7 days growth in exactly 7 days, so that sounds good to me. My hCG level is now 29,393 and my progesterone is down again slightly to 13.

I have one more scan at the RE's office and then they will cut me loose. I have my first OB appointment on January 19th.

So just one quick, funny story. Like last week, we went to the appointment on our way our of town. I arrived about 5 minutes after monitoring hours officially ended, so I guess to punish me, they made wait forever even though the office was relatively empty because the IVF lab is closed. T got very impatient during the wait and started playing with the elevator buttons. The elevator opened and my RE stepped out. I guess T decided he had enough of waiting, so he made a dash into the elevator and I snatched him just before the doors closed. My doctor had sort of a shocked expression and said, "One almost got away." Hehehe. I always seem to run into my doctor in the elevator. It is a bit weird. It could still continue to happen even after I graduate from the clinic, since I need to take the same elevator up to my perinatologist's office.

Thanks everyone for your supportive comments. I'm happy to be ending 2008 on a high note with everything looking good so far with my pregnancy. I'm sure in a few days I will be a bundle of nerves again, but, for now at least, I'm feeling good.