In which I bore you with symptoms

The pregnancy fatigue has already set in, and even though I've had a lot I've wanted to write about this week, I've felt too rundown to bother. I haven't been sleeping well since I found out I was pregnant, which is cruel and unusual punishment above and beyond the third trimester insomnia in my opinion, because I'm like, already with this shit? but last night was a lot better, and perhaps I am now just turning the corner to first trimester exhaustion. It is amazing how easily wiped out I feel. I forgot about that. And how quickly I feel my blood sugar depleting and my mood rapidly heading south and need to eat something (that I remember -- there is nothing quite like preggo hunger). I am hoping to keep going to the gym, though I'm certainly not going to push myself, but this week I only got there once.

I had some bloodwork done to confirm the pregnancy and make sure my progesterone levels were okay. I had to supplement with progesterone for the first trimester with Eliza because they were kind of borderline. I got my first set of numbers back today: hCG level is at 555 and progesterone is 22.9 for 16 days post ovulation! For comparison, I also had a blood draw with Eliza at 16DPO and it was 413 and 15ish, respectively. I had another blood draw today and should find out tomorrow what those numbers are... you want the hCG level to double and the progesterone to stay the same or go up.

That's all for now. It's Memorial Day weekend and I hope to have a little more time to rest, and, subsequently, write a little more here.