So as you can see, I decided to create a blog that family & friends can use to follow our journey through uncharted territory as we attempt to create a human being! It will also serve as a so-called scrapbook to keep track of the recent changes the baby goes through, my doctor's appointments, how fat and dramatic I get, progress on setting up a nursery, etc etc. I hope you enjoy following our story as much as we enjoy sharing it!
We decided this past fall that we were officially ready, pending the Dominican Republic trip in mid-November. I ended birth control at the end of October thinking (also being advised by my obgyn) that it would take around 3 months for the meds to leave my system. I had also read that you shouldn't be too overanxious because it's a less than 25% chance each month to get pregnant even if you do it like rabbits during the exact ovulation period. Needless to say, we beat the statistics. (And mother, just for safety's sake, I did take a pregnancy test before the trip so I could chug all of those bubba keg cervezas with peace of mind!)
Well, "that time of the month" was supposed to begin within days of coming back from the Dominican. It never happened. I took another test before Thanksgiving just to check. That was negative too. Hmm..
Things started to happen within the next few days... I was jokingly told at work that I was "glowing" and may be pregnant, people started talking about babies EVERYWHERE and I mean everywhere... my PT patients, our parents/other family, and radio commericals/tv shows about babies were standing out to me more and more. David noticed it too and said that his mom brought it up multiple times during lunch one day. I felt drawn to the subject all of a sudden. I asked David to stop at Walmart after dinner to get a pregnancy test. Not only did I think that being pregnant was a possibility, but Anne was coming in town and once again, I didn't want to drink if that was the case.
I ran into the house and took the test in the downstairs bathroom. I was hoping it was positive. I can't express the feeling when I saw what looked to be a diluted positive line. David was in the living room hanging some ornaments that we had bought and I just walked towards him and blurted "I think I'm pregnant... but I can't tell!!" So we looked through the directions of the test and it said that if you were well hydrated, it may be diluted, and that the highest levels of HCG are with your first morning pee. The next 10 hours went in slow motion. I woke up every 30 min looking at the time. With each small bout of sleep, I had a different dream about the pregnancy test- that I did it wrong, that I was or wasn't pregnant, etc etc.
I woke up at 5:45, Wednesday morning, 12/1. It was positive again, and only a little diluted!!!! I turned on the lights and ran in there jumping on the bed. I still had doubts because of the dilution though. David was really cute and researched pictures online at work of positive pregnancy tests. He found a website that showed a lot of diluted pics and they all turned out to be pregnant. (He is going to be such a great dad!)
After work, just to be completely sure, I took another one! Positive.
I don't want to get too emotionally involved since it is early in the process, and I know that is it not uncommon for things to go wrong during this risky period. I can't just NOT think about it though, so I am looking at things online but TRYING not too get drawn in TOO deeply! It's a hard thing for me to do. I did sign up for some weekly updates on what's going on inside of there. I also plugged in the date of my last cycle into the "figure out the birth date" calculator and the prediction is July 29, 2011. We shall see how accurate that really was. I'm so excited!!!
We have secured a date with both of our parents for next weekend at Mia's. Can't wait to tell them. It's been especially hard talking to my mom this week and not telling her! David says it's the same with him since he went to lunch with his mom 1-2x last week and to a hockey game with his dad. We have decided to go into hiding-out mode until Saturday!!
So I'll be keeping my fingers crossed and will continue to look forward to our 1st doctor's appointment Tuesday morning!...........
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