First Beta

And it's 55! I'm not even sure why I put an exclamation mark there since I don't know what to make of the number. I was actually hoping for at 100 but hey, at least it's a confirmed pregnancy. Alhamdulillah. I have scoured the internet for beta reading indicator after DH told me the result and it looks like I'm in the normal range, bearing in mind that today is only 9dp5dt. According to a website that I found, here's what the range looks like:

hCG Levels

Days from LMP	Weeksfrom LMP	Events	Avg hCG mIU/ml	Range hCG mIU/ml
26	3w+5d		25	0-50
27	3w+6d		50	25-100
28	4w+0d	Missed period	75	50-100
29	4w+1d		150	100-200
30	4w+2d		300	200-400
31	4w+3d		700	400-1,000
32	4w+4d		1,710	1,050-2,800
33	4w+5d		2,320	1,440-3,760
34	4w+6d		3,100	1,940-4,980
35	5w+0d		4,090	2,580-6,530
36	5 1/7		5,340	3,400-8,450
37	5 2/7		6,880	4,420-10,810
38	5 3/7	yolk sac appears	8,770	5,680-13,660
39	5 4/7	yolk sac appears	11,040	7,220-17,050
40	5 5/7	yolk sac appears	13,730	9,050-21,040
41	5 6/7	yolk sac appears	15,300	10,140-23,340
42	6	heartbeat appears	16,870	11,230-25,640
43	6 1/7	heartbeat appears	20,480	13,750-30,880
44	6 2/7	heartbeat appears	24,560	16,650-36,750
45	6 3/7	embryo appears	29,110	19,910-43,220
46	6 4/7	embryo appears	34,100	25,530-50,210
47	6 5/7	embryo appears	39,460	27,470-57,640
48	6 6/7	embryo appears	45,120	31,700-65,380
49	7		50,970	36,130-73,280
50	7 1/7		56,900	40,700-81,150
51	7 2/7		62,760	45,300-88,790
52	7 3/7		68,390	49,810-95,990
53	7 4/7		73,640	54,120-102,540
54	7 5/7		78,350	58,200-108,230
55	7 6/7		82,370	61,640-112,870
56	8		85,560	64,600-116,310

* data taken from Babymed website

If calculating from LMP which was on 16/4, I'm at 3w+4d from LMP, and this website says that at at 3w+5d from LMP, the range is 0-50, so I'm good right? Right? Sigh...this is all so confusing. Anyhow, I texted Prof just now to tell him the result and I asked him if the number was ok and he didn't seem too concerned but he did tell me to do another blood test on Monday. Hopefully the number will rise. I'm hopeful that it will InsyaAllah.

In other news, I received my first blog award! Thanks Mel for the "One Lovely Blog Award"!

So here's what I gotta do:

1. Share who gave it to you with a link back to their blog.
2. Write down seven random facts about yourself.
3. Give this award to fifteen other bloggers.
4. Let them know they've won.
5. Pop the award on your blog.

Seven random facts about me. Let's see:

1. I had a cat called Schumi (after Michael Schumacher the F1) driver
2. I'm a gadget girl. I love love love gadgets.
3. I have a scar on my forehead from an accident when I was a kid.
4. My favorite subject in high school was English Literature.
5. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a judge when I grow up.
6. I'm a size 10. I used to be either 6 or 8 two years ago. Boo.
7. My favorite color is purple.

The blogs I'm awarding this to are:
1. Just A Little Off Kilter
2. Intrinsically Me
3. The Ryan Report
4. Storm In My Teacup
5. A Reason To Stay Alive
6. The Two Week Wait
7. My Lazy Ovaries

Errr...ok so I don't have 15 blogs. Will 7 do? :P

Much love,
xoxo