Crap.Stupid HCG.

I just heard back from my nurse that my HCG is still positive, at 9.4. It's dropping too slowly for me to be able to squeeze in a sonogram during the window of this cycle, which would have needed to be in the next week. So we're just going to test it again in two weeks, and at that point schedule the sonogram for early November or so.

Instead of IVF in November, it looks like I'll be in December. Of course now I'm going to have scheduling problems near Christmas, when I'm trying to go visit my family in Texas. Even if the timing works out OK and I can do it before I would leave, I'd need to fly during the 2WW. Fuckity fuck fuck. Can't a brother catch a break?

Where are you, Nurse D?

I called my RE's office yesterday to see if I could move my confirm-HCG-is-zero bloodtest up to today from tomorrow. As I've mentioned before, I'm concerned about getting my saline sonogram in while I can, in the pre-O portion of the cycle I'm currently in, otherwise I lose the entire cycle and can't do IVF until December. I didn't think it would be a huge deal to move it up, it's not like it's a stimming bloodtest where every day is part of a highly coordinated algorithm. We're just looking for a zero here, people. And considering I've been having a pretty heavy AF since Friday, I think my body might have reset itself pretty well. And I realize if it's not zero, that I'll just have to go back again, but I'll take that chance.

Anyhoo, I left a message around 10am yesterday, plenty of time to call me back. No call. This has never happened before, they always call back even if sometimes after 5pm. So I called again this morning, as soon as they opened at 9am. Granted it's only been 2 hours, but I'm surprised again that they haven't called back (my clinic does not offer email, btw). I thought not calling back yesterday might have been an oversight on a very busy day and that she'd call as soon as she got my message. No dice. This isn't a critical issue but I will be extremely annoyed if I just miss getting the SS in this cycle. I guess I could call again soon but the phlebotomy lab closes at 1pm, so I'm likely out of luck today anyway. Annoying! I did not miss this timing power struggle with the nurses over the past few months.

I'm particularly wound up because while I know the first AF after a miscarriage is sometimes wonky, I'm concerned that this one was heavier + longer than my usual. I'm usually no more than 4 days - one light, 2 medium and then one light and it's done. This time it's been pretty heavy for 3 days and I thought it was done but I've continued spotting for the past 2 days. It doesn't sound like a huge deal, my cycles are usually very predictable and the only other (non-pregnant) time that I've had spotting was after my last miscarriage and it turned out that I had a whole bunch of polyps and needed a hysteroscopy. Please, RE Gods, let me catch a break and have a clear sonogram. If I need another hysteroscopy instead of doing IVF next month, I'll cry. Really, I will.