Monday, October 19, 2009

No More Needles!

I'm a bit late with this post...but it's only because I'm human so I whine when things are bad and forget to rejoice when they are good.
On the 6th I had my third zero reading in a row from the lab. That caused the doctor to release me from my weekly blood draws and clear me for moving on with my life. It is a huge weight off of my shoulders, but of course makes me worry a little too...
For the last few months I have been able to hide from the threat of a repeat molar pregnancy since I was not cleared to try to conceive again. Now the possibility of going through this again is more real. Since I am so good at worrying, I am also apprehensive about the doctor's decision to release me so soon from testing. Just a few years ago the recommendation was to continue testing for a minimum of a year after hormone levels reach zero, and more recently doctors have eased it up to six months. My doctor claims the latest research from the oncologists suggests just three zero tests is fine, even if it means only a few weeks time has passed. This news at first seems great, but then I worry that we will run into problems from getting pregnant sooner than we really should...I definitely have trust issues!
In the meantime, Kaia has decided that she now wants a baby sister since her best friend Sophie just got one (this is a reverse from the baby brother she was insistent on having when I was pregnant). Since I told her it would be a while, she has picked out one of her baby dolls as her baby sister and has named her Sun. Although she is obsessed with all of her dolls she has never named one before, so this is getting serious ( :