Betas and pee sticks: What a difference 2 days make!

One more quick update today, and then I'm done posting pee sticks. I'm all out anyway. :)

I went for my first beta on Monday, which was 16dpo and 4 weeks 2 days. My HCG level was 394. According to americanpregnancy.org, a "normal" range for 4 weeks is 5-426, so my number is looking pretty darn good.

 <-- This is what my pee stick looked like on Monday. Still definitely positive, but it didn't seem to be getting any darker. Of course, my PgAL brain started kicking in. When the nurse called with my beta number, I was somewhat relieved. But I have been panicking a little bit, thinking 'what if my HCG level is on the way down, and that's why the pee sticks aren't getting darker?'

Now, my rational brain knows that an HPT only tests IF someone is pregnant, not HOW pregnant she is. So to speak. But that PgAL brain never wants to quit!

So after I wrote my earlier post about stress and insomnia, I of course had to go pee on another stick. I have another beta draw today and I need to prepare myself mentally if my line is fading. But this is what I got this morning, at 18dpo:

Okay, now we're getting somewhere! Look at that line --> 

Woo hoo!

Now the next step will be today's beta draw. I'll be leaving in about 3 hrs and 15 minutes to have that done. FX that those numbers have doubled.

I will update once I have those numbers later today.

Updated to add today's beta = 759.

Yay!