My Beta Test Result

Dear Readers,

We are 4 weeks old today, Alhamdulillah. My beta was 279 and we hope we can hear our baby's first heart beat in 2.5 weeks time. Thank you for your support, it means the world to me even though we have never met. I have been in your shoes, I thought I will never fall pregnant. But Alhamdulillah I did. My singleton decided to stay...We are very grateful.

When we were trying to conceive, as much as I feel happy about other people's pregnancy, I couldn't help feeling sad for myself and wishing to be in their shoes. Therefore, I will only blog until my first trimester. InsyaAllah, I will be with Dr Prashant for the first trimester and after that, I believe he will recommend me to other gynae. Hopefully, we will make it :) I will not go into details about how we received our good news but I want to share the below with you.

If you are trying to conceive naturally:
- Start taking folic acid and vitamin c 3 months before trying.
- Use the ovulation kit
- Doa Doa and Doa (pray)
- Talk to each other about how you feel, Husband and Wife

If you decide to go to see a fertility specialist:
- Do your homework, choose a doc who you feel comfortable with, a clinic which makes you feel like you are almost at home and not too far from your house.
- Be mentally prepared. I am terrified of needles but the worst part is still the waiting game, it was mentally challenging.

If you are in your 2ww:
- you can never tell whether you are pregnant or not until beta test. I felt like my AF was on the way. But to keep you sane, do read online about other people's experience on their 2ww. It helps.
- only 48 hours of bed rest is needed. Go out, have fun, relax but no sex, no exercise and no heavy lifting.
- I read Surah Mariam and the tafsir for the first 1 week after the transfer and the last 2 days before my beta while rubbing my tummy. No body told me to do it but the meaning of the Surah is so beautiful.
- in every prayers, pray that Allah give life to my embryo and hoping the embryo will be in a good health and the baby will be a good person. Also pray that my husband and I will be good parents to our child.

If you find out you are pregnant:
- Remember those who help you to get pregnant, especially God.
- Think of the people who are still trying. We have been there, we know how it feels. Not easy but we understand.

My journey doesn't end here. InsyaAllah, if my pregnancy goes well, a year after, I will go for my FET. We know now we cannot conceive naturally, so I will be back. For now, I hope and pray for Allah's blessing that my pregnancy will go well. Once again, thank you very very much for reading and for your help, I really appreciate it. I hope you will get your BFP soon. InsyaAllah.