Ever since William and I got married, I had been
tracking my monthly cycle on an app on my phone. It's convenient and very easy
to use. I stopped taking oral birth control in August and every month after, we
were "hoping" to get pregnant. After every month of getting my period,
and reading a variety of articles about birth control and its effects on the
female system, I thought it would take up to a year or more to conceive. So we
decided to just enjoy married life and whatever happens, happens.
I actually made an appointment with a Midwife
Fertility Specialist to check out my system and see what's going on. Make sure
I'm healthy, etc.
Imagine my surprise when 4 days later, my period is
late, and during lunch, the soup I'm trying to eat smells terrible. My co-worker,
Allison tells me it smells great and I practically gag. I ended up eating two
bagels for lunch, then I get home from work and tell William that my period is
still late...and I smell fruit snacks. He looks at me weird and we can't
pinpoint where that smell came from and so my brain is churning, I look at my
phone app and say that I can still get my period tomorrow, so I'm probably just
crazy right now.
The rest of the night I can't focus on anything
and my body feels very anxious. Eventually I go to bed and it's Friday night.
Saturday, February 9, 2013, around 8:30 am I wake
up and go to the bathroom. I decide to take a pregnancy test since I still see
no sign of a period and my boobs still hurt. Within seconds of peeing on the
stick it's positive! The box says wait 3 minutes for results - but my result was INSTANT! My heart is racing as my hands are shaking while I stare
at my future on a stick!
I'm so excited and starting to cry. I wash my
hands quickly and grab the test and the box explaining the test results, then
run into our bedroom and hop onto the bed waking William up! I practically
shove the test in his face and tell him I'm pregnant and it takes a while for
him to wake up and realize what's going on. Eventually we hug and kiss. We
finally did it!
Next, I call my mom to tell her our good news
(even though it's early - we're [I'm] too excited not to share), then he calls his
parents, I then call my brother and he calls his brother. We talk to Anne later
that day.
Later that day, all I could think was that I needed more proof. It was still unreal, exciting but I wanted more than the blue sign on the stick, so we went out and I got a digital pregnancy test...the word would make it more real.
There it was - PREGNANT! That word seemed to solidify all the thoughts in my head :)
Monday, February 11, 2013 – went out to Barnes
& Noble to look for pregnancy books and the associate who helped me asks me
quietly if the books are for me, and I say “Yes, I just found out this
weekend!” She then tells me that she too found out she is pregnant for the
first time this weekend! We are both due in October and she already has her
first prenatal appointment scheduled for the first week of March. She tells me that
she and her husband are waiting to tell anyone until then! I told her that we
already told our immediate family in case something happens, we want them to
know why I would be in a hospital, etc. (due to miscarriage).
It was so awesome to meet someone in the same
“boat” as me! I’m not alone and she gave me great advice on some wonderful
pregnancy books. God truly is looking out for us and I am doing my best to stay
positive, healthy and happy.
