After getting my painlessly-administered HCG trigger from the injection nurse (I didn’t even feel the needle go in, and no soreness/bruising whatsoever!), I hopped into my car to race to my own clinic and arrived just in time. First patient was a walk-in, and unfortunately I ended up having to admit the child to the ICU for new-onset diabetes. I felt SO awful for the parents sitting there with tears running down their face, as I explain the diagnosis and how he will need daily insulin injections for the rest of his life. Then as I was finishing seeing my afternoon patients, I get notification that a patient I saw yesterday tested positive for pertussis. Why did I check? Because the kid’s not vaccinated – AT ALL. The parents were super nonchalant, while I’m fuming because guess what that means? I examined the kid and didn’t have the foresight to wear a mask, so had to start myself on a Z-pack to prophylax against whooping cough! Guess who’s wearing a mask for every patient that has cough for a while? Yup, I’ll pretty much wear one all the time I guess.
So after that crazy day of work, I decide to cheer myself up by taking my first positive pregnancy test ever!
It’s funny, I don’t know why I thought the line would be darker than that, but it’s more than anything I’ve ever had before! I got 10,000 units of HCG, so there will definitely be no early testing on my part. I only have 9 HCG tests at home and don’t want to waste them at this point. Though I did read that OPK’s actually pick up HCG as well – something to keep in mind for the future for when I don’t feel like buying more pregnancy tests. I plan to wait it out until 13dpo and test if my temperature is still up. Just need to get through these back-to-back IUI’s the next 2 days first!
the hopeful worrywart 