Got the blood test results!

There was a vmail message waiting for me this morning when I arrived at work. It was from my general doctor asking me to give her a call back for the results of yesterday's blood tests. I gave her a call back but she is not available :-(. I am so anxious to hear what the results are. Several things (good and bad) are running through my head. I hate it. I hope everything is well with our sweet little pea. Now, I anxiously wait for the doctor to give me a call me back...

12 pm - OK, I Just heard back from the doctor! She said the results were normal and that I may be further along than I think!! She said my HCG level was 32,000!! A bit too high for somebody who is 5 weeks along. Off I went to Google to find out more about HCG levels.

The American Pregnancy Association cites the following chart as normal ranges of hCG for the number of weeks after the woman’s last menstrual period:

3 weeks: 5 - 50 mIU/ml

4 weeks: 5 - 426 mIU/ml
5 weeks: 18 - 7,340 mIU/ml
6 weeks: 1,080 - 56,500 mIU/ml

7 - 8 weeks: 7, 650 - 229,000 mIU/ml

9 - 12 weeks: 25,700 - 288,000 mIU/ml

13 - 16 weeks: 13,300 - 254,000 mIU/ml

17 - 24 weeks: 4,060 - 165,400 mIU/ml

25 - 40 weeks: 3,640 - 117,000 mIU/ml

The doctor said I can be a week or couple more weeks further along than I thought OR that we may having twins. Whaaaaaaat?!?!?! She said the numbers were all over the place and those two scenarios are the possible explanation. The doctor said we will be able to confirm everything when I have my first appointment with my OB GYN doctor and after the ultrasound.  For now, I am so happy and relieved to know that the HCG results were normal. After talking to the doctor, I emailed Daddy Jarbs right away and asked him to give me a call back. He was pleasantly surprised to know that there is a slight possibility that we are having twins. We have always joked about this and that he wants us to have twins. My OB appointment is in exactly two weeks. I.can't.wait!!!

Today, Daddy Jarbs told Grandma & Grandpa Jarbs that we are expecting. They were both thrilled to hear that they will have a Filipino grandchild soon :-).