It's not bad...it's just right on the borderline.
Here are the numbers:
Beta #1 -- 13 DPO -- 52.8
Beta #2 -- 15 DPO -- 86.2
(At least, I think it was 86.2, it might have been 82.6, I was driving and a little distracted. I'm going to think positively and say it was 86.2)
So, the nurse and doctor are being cautious because the doubling time, if you consider it 48 hours different, is 75 hours which is a little slow. But, it was actually only 42 hours different, so then the doubling time is 66 hours which is OK.
(Yes, I made a plot and derived an equation to adjust the hours. The ones on-line would only let me do it in days not hours... My specialty is quantitative measurement of chemical concentrations and it really bothers me when numbers aren't controlled exactly. I would never make a measurement that way... Hello, my name is Rebecca and I'm a geek.)
So, it's not bad, it's OK, it's probably not as "only OK" as it sounds, but it's not stellar. So, we won't really know anything until I go back, now, on Monday morning for beta #3.
Meanwhile, I'm really OK with it. Just please send me lots and lots of doubling vibes.
(And, yes, this time I'm making sure that I actually go back in 48 hours...)
On a completely unrelated, but incredibly sad, note. A student at my school drowned last night during an end-of-the-semester celebration. It's absolutely heartbreaking. He was only 19.
Geek or brilliant?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your little bean is doing great and your numbers will be wonderful. My dr's office got so screwed up my first beta results won't even be back to me until Monday and they were taken last Monday, ugh!
I am so sorry to hear about your student...
Rising is good! Hoping for a nice high number on Monday! Hang in there this weekend.
ReplyDeleteSending you doubling vibes, smarty pants!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about your student. How incredibly sad.
Sending you many doubling vibes. Betas can be hell. But okay is better than bad! :)
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to hear about your student. :(
Fingers crossed for you that all goes well with Beta #3.
ReplyDeleteDoubling dust headed your way....and I love your anxious list. Hysterical...and so true. Hoping for the best for you!
ReplyDeleteOh no how sad!
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping for a beta that at least doubles!
Sending all the doubling vibes I can find!!! Thinking of you & hoping you're doing ok. so sorry to hear about your student! That's just awful! :(
ReplyDeleteI'm sending super strong doubling vibes.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about your student. I am also from MO and my husband read me that story this morning.
Lots of doubling/tripling beta vibes to you!! I will be thinking of you! I am so sorry about your student...
ReplyDeleteTry and hang in there. I know that your numbers may not have gone up as highly as you would have liked, but they're still perfectly normal. (((HUGS)))
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about the death of the student. Those are just heartbreaking.
Praying for your BETA to double up today. I'm so sorry about your student =(
ReplyDeleteSending you many doubling vibes. I hope the next check gives you numbers you are looking for!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am so sorry about the death of your student. That's so heartbreaking. I'll be thinking of and praying for his family.
Sending tons of super doubling vibes your way!! I think this calculator lets you enter time and date: http://www.betabase.info/doublingCalc.php
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your student, that's just tragic....
I love your dedication to exact numbers =) I am a type A, geek sister and totally apprectiate it *lol* A doubling time of 66 hours isn't bad at all...from all I've read the 48-72 hour doubling times are perfectly fine. Wishing you lots of good doubling vibes for #3 today!
ReplyDeleteThinking of you today! Hoping those numbers double!!!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about your student - that's just terrible.