A new little person came into the world last night. Welcome Romneya O'Melay! And congratulations to Tabitha and the rest of the O'Melay Clan!

Thanks for the reassurances. Whatever was aching is feeling better now and my beta from Sunday was 677, so I think I'm okay.

Today's beta: 289! (which is good)

Now on to my question...
First, I swear to God, I wasn't going to be one of those first timers who freaks out about everything, but... here goes :

I am only 4 weeks pregnant and for the past 2 days I've had a
continuous dull ache in my lower left abdomen, around where I think my
left ovary would be. When the nurse called back with my 2nd beta
results I asked her about it, she said (essentially) to keep an eye on
it and call if it gets any worse.

I'm obviously worried that it might be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy, BUT:
1) it seems too early for symptoms (I think I read most people don't usually have symptoms until week 6-7)
2) my betas have been good and rising appropriately (betas in ectopic pregnancies tend to be low)
3) I've had no spotting/ bleeding of any kind

The nurse said to come back in Sunday for another beta if I continue to
have the pain (obviously, call sooner if the pain is worse or I have
spotting) to see if the beta continues to rise as it should.

Anyone have any experience with this kind of thing? Either a pain that turned out to be nothing or an ectopic?

PREGNANT!!!

beta hCG results: 148 (they like to see it above 50)

YAY!!!!!!!

I'm supposed to go back in 2-3 days for another test to make sure that the numbers are rising as they should!

Maybe you can help me...

What the heck does this mean...

and this...

and this...

and this...

Oh, yeah... THIS is what it means!