I'm not sure if any of you know who I am or not since I so rarely post, but I'm Rachele--the author of the miscarriage journal here at BabyU.
I had a miscarriage back in February at 10 weeks. It was extremely devastating especially since I was so thrilled to have a pregnancy journal here.
I found out last nearly 2 weeks ago that I'm pregnant again. I posted about it in my miscarriage journal and said the lines were light on the HPTs I took. I went for a quantitative beta hcg and my level was 24.68 on that Monday. Two days later it was 47.26, which meant it had doubled within reasonable time, but was still low. I was scheduled to go back again for another blood test on the following Monday. I was so nervous and anxious, afraid that my hcg might have dropped or not be rising correctly. In order to at least keep the same doubling rate, it had to be at least 252. I was THRILLED (to say the least) when the nurse told me my hcg had JUMPED to 517! I am so excited and happy to be pregnant again.
I do still have quite a few fears since I'm not yet as far along as I was when I had the miscarriage. I am, however, putting everything in God's hands. I was doing all that praying and finally felt that he was telling me it would do NO good if I didn't trust him to take care of things. That was when I felt a great calm and started to have total faith in HIM. That was also before I got my great hcg count!
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and say how happy I am to be here!
I had a miscarriage back in February at 10 weeks. It was extremely devastating especially since I was so thrilled to have a pregnancy journal here.
I found out last nearly 2 weeks ago that I'm pregnant again. I posted about it in my miscarriage journal and said the lines were light on the HPTs I took. I went for a quantitative beta hcg and my level was 24.68 on that Monday. Two days later it was 47.26, which meant it had doubled within reasonable time, but was still low. I was scheduled to go back again for another blood test on the following Monday. I was so nervous and anxious, afraid that my hcg might have dropped or not be rising correctly. In order to at least keep the same doubling rate, it had to be at least 252. I was THRILLED (to say the least) when the nurse told me my hcg had JUMPED to 517! I am so excited and happy to be pregnant again.
I do still have quite a few fears since I'm not yet as far along as I was when I had the miscarriage. I am, however, putting everything in God's hands. I was doing all that praying and finally felt that he was telling me it would do NO good if I didn't trust him to take care of things. That was when I felt a great calm and started to have total faith in HIM. That was also before I got my great hcg count!
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and say how happy I am to be here!
I am so happy for you! It sounds like your levels are increasing wonderfully! Take care of yourself and now you can start another pregnancy journal! YAY!!! 
