We’ve done a lot since the last post. The short of it is, we’re now working with university of Utah fertility and have had a much better experience.
We initiated a frozen embryo transfer (FET) and that was implanted two weeks ago.
According to what we understood, we were to go back yesterday for a blood test to determine pregnancy.
For whatever they measure, a definitely non-pregnant result is <5 units. A definitely pregnant result is >100 units.
Jordan tested 44 units.
The nurse called to discuss results with us. The discussion went something like:
“Your number is 44. We’d like to see 100+ by now.”
“So am I pregnant?”
“We’re not really sure and not willing to say. It’s usually clearer than this. We’ve scheduled a second blood draw for two days later, and we’ll be able to determine based on whether the measurement trends up or down.”
So that’s entirely inconclusive.
Probably better for Jordan’s head, honestly. She was pretty tightly wired yesterday before the test.
And after
That doesn’t mean tomorrow won’t be similar. But it was nice to have the draw at 8 and have results by 0930.
So we’ll see how it goes.
I actually appreciate the use of trends to determine diagnosis. Most of my experience with medicine is “you have this right now. It’s a problem because that’s different from ‘average’.”
As opposed to having trend data taken over time and available in the long term.
So we’ll see how it goes. But Jordan’s feeling a lot like Schrödinger’s box right now.
You know the one that may or may not have a live cat in it.