Waiting for a heartbeat

So, it would have been nice if I had gotten pregnant this easily earlier on. In the first 18 months I got pregnant twice out of 11 cycles of trying. In the last year, I've gotten pregnant three times out of 5 cycles of trying.

Now I am around 4 weeks 5 days pregnant. My previous four pregnancies all failed around the fifth week (although with one I didn't miscarry and didn't find out until the 7 week scan).

However, I do have some reason to be hopeful this time around. My hormones are rising much better than they did with my previous two pregnancies where I had hormone monitoring. My levels are below the median, although not by too much, but they are rising faster than average for this stage of pregnancy.

And as every health professional I meet takes great delight in telling me - I still have a 70% chance of it working out fine this time.

At this point, I am waiting for a scan at six weeks where I hope to see a heartbeat. While there will still be many hurdles afterwards, this would be a huge milestone.