Followup test today

Today I had another quantitative HCG test, and the level had risen to 567. It was supposed to be at least 476, so that is a good number.

Last night after I got the kids to bed, and Marty and I were getting ready to go to sleep, we decided to say a prayer of gratitude. We are so thankful and so hopeful. I am just so excited.

I talked to Denise at the clinic today (the nurse). She is a real character. She was telling me how excited Marty was when he talked to her the other day. He went over everything with her, and hung up, then called her back a few minutes later to go over all of it again because he couldn't remember! Denise expressed her excitement for us. It's really fun how the staff at the clinic gets involved in our outcome. I've always been really impressed with everyone on the staff.

One thing that's been interesting this time was that Marty has been the nervous wreck, and I have been much more calm and serene about the whole thing. He's the one who really wanted to initiate the IVF-- he's been waiting for me to be ready for a few years, so he was maybe more emotional about it. Now that we are pregnant, he has not shown much excitement to me, but he has to others. I'm a little confused about that, I must admit. I'm sure it will come out at some point because he is not usually able to hide his emotions for long. He's going to be a great Dad, just as he is now to Joe and Caroline.