That’s what the nurse at my reproductive endocrinologist said to me yesterday. It’s beautiful. If we were talking in statistics this IUI would not have resulted in a pregnancy, yet it did. Which is the most amazing miracle I could have ever hoped for.

I tested early, perhaps too early. But at 12dpiui a bright second line popped up and it wasn’t even taken in the early morning. The next day I again tested and the line popped right up. So, I went in for a beta test, which measures the amount of HCG in your blood. I was 3 weeks, 6 days and my beta was 442. To put that in perspective here’s what a typical HCG chart looks like:

Guideline to hCG levels during pregnancy:

hCG levels in weeks from LMP (gestational age)* :

• 3 weeks LMP: 5 – 50 mIU/ml
• 4 weeks LMP: 5 – 426 mIU/ml
• 5 weeks LMP: 18 – 7,340 mIU/ml
• 6 weeks LMP: 1,080 – 56,500 mIU/ml
• 7 – 8 weeks LMP: 7, 650 – 229,000 mIU/ml
• 9 – 12 weeks LMP: 25,700 – 288,000 mIU/ml
• 13 – 16 weeks LMP: 13,300 – 254,000 mIU/ml
• 17 – 24 weeks LMP: 4,060 – 165,400 mIU/ml
• 25 – 40 weeks LMP: 3,640 – 117,000 mIU/ml
• Non-pregnant females: <5.0 mIU/ml

As you can clearly see we are even outside the scope of what one would expect for 4 weeks pregnant. Our doctor is already talking multiples, that we should prepare ourselves. I told the nurse yesterday I am prepared and just grateful to be pregnant. Of course we won’t know anything until September 30th, for our 6 week ultrasound.

Additionally they measured my progesterone level and it came up as 102. Which is fantastic. They want to see it about 40. I’ve dropped my PIO dose in half and I am going in for a test today to check that level again.

Lastly, I found out that I have a slightly elevated thyroid and they’ve given me something to get that under control.

Yesterday we told our families. We sent our moms bouquets of flowers with a note that said:

Expected Arrival : May 27th, 2009          Love, Baby

Our due date is coincidentally my grandparents wedding anniversary.