First, potty training has started!! Jayden has been repeatedly waking up dry in the mornings which they say is the prime sign of readiness because that means they can control their bladder. The only issue is that Jayden is NOT a morning person and I can never convince him to use the potty in the morning when he's a grouch...even if I bribe him. He waits until he has a diaper on and then he just pees in it. So, he's not all that great about PT while he's at home. However, at daycare he's doing really well! He's starting to assert his independence a lot more. He used to tell his DCP when he had to go potty and so she'd go in there to help him. Now he just goes and does it himself and just asks her to put his diaper back on! Granted he's not doing that every time he has to go, but it is becoming more routine so I'm very happy and impressed. For only being 2.5 years old and a boy...that's pretty impressive. Boys usually take much longer than girls. Still no interest in going #2 on the potty, but that's usually always the last thing to happen so I'm pretty content for now. Yay for Jayden!!! He makes his mother proud. :)
Second, Aaron got a call yesterday from Comcast (the one just down from our place---on the same street!). He submitted his resume to them a few weeks back for a Project Manager position and has been pretty hopeful about it. Not to mention, if he got a job working for them it would be amazing because of the proximity to our house (he could walk, take the bus, or I could drop him off---gas saver!), because it's still in the realm of what he wants to do, and because it's a successful and larger company that promotes from within. It would look so good on his resume to have Comcast listed as an employer especially since the work experience he does have are from smaller, no-name companies who laid him off because of the poor economy. Anyway, so he got a call last night from someone who wanted to set up a phone interview with him. She called at like 5:00 last night and Aaron didn't see the call in time so he called her back later that night and left a message saying he was interested and available. We both assumed she'd call back to set up a time to do the interview, but it looks like she just decided to interview him today instead.
Aaron called me right after to tell me that the phone interview went really well (or seemed to) and that the lady seemed very impressed with him---they even chatted it up regarding non-work related things (which in my opinion is a good sign if you can also impress people with everyday chatter---means you are personable). So... they asked him to come in for a face-to-face interview!! She said that they won't start the interviews until the week of June 7th, which is just a week to two weeks out. But this is a step in the right direction!!! This would be AMAZING for us, moreso for my husband, but also for our family so that we can both be working and saving money. Keep your fingers crossed that all goes well. I don't know how long the whole interview process will take before they select someone but I'd imagine that we'd know something within a month.
And for the other update... the one in regards to yesterday's post. Well, really there's nothing new and that's driving me crazy. I'm a planner and I'm impatient so this whole "not knowing" thing bugs the crap out of me. I went to have my levels drawn yesterday. I won't know about my Vitamin D levels for 10 days because they have to send those out, but they are overtreating me for my thyroid so they have to adjust my levels yet again.
About the pregnancy test?? Yeah, I know... I'm getting to it. No one gives a crap about Vitamin D or thyroid levels, right? Just "are you pregnant or not?". Well, I can't tell you for sure and neither can my doctor. I called this morning to get my numbers but the nurse didn't know how to interpret them so I had to wait for the doctor to call me back herself. My number was 8mIU/ml. What does that mean? Essentially, I'm in limbo. Either I am pregnant and it's still to early to tell, or I'm not pregnant but my levels are higher than normal.
This is what I've gathered from doctors, nurses, bloggers, and other moms (or hopefuls) who know lots about charting and betas: the "standard" quantitative beta (hCG hormone in blood) for a non-pregnant female is less than 5mIU/ml. Anything above that could indicate pregnancy. For a pregnant woman who is around 3-4 weeks gestation, which I would be if I am indeed pregnant, is anywhere from 5mIU/ml up to somewhere in the hundreds range. The average is around 47mIU/ml. So, I could be pregnant but at this point we are treating it as a "not likely" scenario. If it was even just a bit higher, I'm sure they'd just tell me I am pregnant. Also, it's not so much the number that is important, but whether or not it doubles.
hCG levels in a pregnant woman are supposed to double every 48-72 hours. So, my doctor has asked me to take the pregnancy test I have left on Sunday or Monday with FMU (first morning urine---it's the most potent) and then regardless of the result, I need to have another beta on Tuesday to see if my levels have changed and by how much. If the result is pregnant from the test, then they will just want to make sure my levels are doubling. If the result is not pregnant and I still haven't had my period, they will probably just want to see what is happening. They aren't too worried if I skip one period, but if I skip two in a row that will be a BIG red flag. I've never had that happen. So, we wait...
Waiting sucks. Ha, haven't I said THAT before?
I'm not sure what to make of the "symptoms" I have either. I do have some of the yellow CM that I had with both of the boys and I've noticed I'm more hungry than usual but really nothing else. I am having mild cramps, but those can go either way. It could mean I'm trying to start my period or it could mean I'm pregnant. The ambiguity is killing me. So, hopefully I will know something by next Wednesday when my 2nd beta results are back.
As soon as I know something definite, I'll post it. Otherwise we will just... wait.
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