u/BrunoBMT

I’m doing the Acadia half in June when I’ll be about 9 weeks. I know they say you can have up to 200mg caffeine while pregnant, but I had switched to decaf 2 years ago hoping it might help with fertility. However, up until I got pregnant, I would occasionally have a regular coffee to make sure I pooped before a long run. I haven’t been doing this since I found out I was pregnant, but I really don’t want to have to poop in the middle of this race because there really aren’t a lot of bathrooms throughout. Thoughts on having a cup of coffee before the race when my body isn’t really used to caffeine anymore?

It seems like all of my doctors have done IVF. Several providers at my fertility clinic referenced their own IVF. My gynecologist also did IVF. The pharmacist I picked up my IVF meds from did IVF. And my endocrinologist’s sister also did IVF, though I guess she and the pharmacist aren’t technically doctors. I wonder if people in medical professions are more likely to do IVF and if so, why?

We did genetic testing through natera 2 years ago when we first started IVF and my husband just got an email today about his bill being ready. I have an email confirmation that I paid them 2 years ago, but would that just be for my testing or both of us? Why would they be billing him 2 years later? It feels like a phishing scam but I don’t want to get sent to collections.

I had my first beta on 4/30 when I was 10dp6dt with a 5BB euploid embryo. The first beta was 89 which is a little lower than they’d like at 10 days post transfer. My second beta 2 days later only rose 48%. Two days after that, it rose 60%. And then 2 days later (today), it rose 148%.

What would cause the low and slow start and then why would it be able to catch up?

Edit: These were my HCG levels:

4/30 89.2
5/2 130.6
5/4 208.4
5/6 517.1