Expecting!

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.