Baby At 8 Weeks!!!

 

 

Finally I am getting to announce to the whole world (or at least everyone I know) that we are pregnant.  I have been waiting for this day (the 22nd) for almost 4 weeks now.  I am going to try to keep up this blog so everyone can know what is going on with me and my precious baby.  So for those that have not heard the story, here is how I found out.

Well we have been trying to have a baby for about 8 months or so.  I had not been able to figure out exactly when I was ovulating, so we got test strips to tell you if you are ovulating or not.  On January 18th in the evening I took one.   It was three weeks after my period, so I doubted I was ovulating but I wanted to check anyway.  (Sorry if this is too detailed for some).  Anyway, the test came back positive that I was ovulating.  Well, that got me thinking.  I wondered if I was pregnant if it would come up as positive on an ovulation test as well.  This thought just entered my mind and I couldn’t get it out until I took a pregnancy test.  I did not even tell Steven that I was taking it because I knew he would call me crazy.  I was still 9 days away from my period.  So I took it and just put it on the counter.  I really figured it would be negative and then I would be able to put it out of my mind until my period was late.  Well I went back to the bathroom about 15 minutes later and there was a one regular line (the test line) and one very faint line.  I thought is that a positive or negative?  I waited a little longer to see if it would get darker.  I checked about 10 minutes later and it looked the same.  By now it was about 10:00 at night and Steven was going to bed.  I took the test in the bedroom and showed it to him.  He didn’t know what to say.  I got the computer and looked up faint test lines on pregnancy test.  Most of what I read said that it was positive even if the line the light.  Steven kept on telling me to be “cautiously optimistic”.  He didn’t want to get my hopes up if it was negative. 

I then decided to call mom and ask her about it.  She had me send her a pic of it on my cell phone, but she couldn’t tell anything from the pic.  She said to take another one in the morning and bring it to her house for her to see.  So I told her I would be there in the morning.  I was so anxious and excited I kept Steven up till about 12 or so.  I was able to fall asleep, but I woke up at around 4 and couldn’t get back to sleep.  At 5:15 I couldn’t wait any longer and I took another test.  It looked the same as the one the night before.  I went and woke up Steven to show him.  It was only a half hour before he was supposed to get up for work.  I couldn’t get much out of him except not to get too excited.  So, at 6:15 or so I left for Mom’s house with the test.

I got to Moms a little before 7 and knocked on the door.  Mom came right to the door in her pajamas but she was already awake and waiting for me.  I showed her the test and she looked at it and said, “Oh yeah, you are pregnant!” I was like, “Are you sure?” and she said “yeah that is definitely a positive even though it is light.”  I asked her “Is Dad awake?” She said, “No, but he will be” and headed for their room.  She turned on the light and said, “Look at this, Paul!” He said he couldn’t because his eyes hadn’t adjusted from the light coming on.  He said, “Is it a positive?” and Mom said, “Yup”.  Then Dad said, “That’s neat!” Then we went and showed Natalie who was sound asleep as well.  She woke up and when we told her she smiled real big, gave me a hug, and went back to sleep. 

After all of that Mom said that I had better call Steven and let him know that we were for sure pregnant.  So I called him at work and told him what Mom said.  All he could say was, “Wow! Wow!” He didn’t know what to say.  He really was shocked and still a little skeptical.

Skip to three days later on Saturday and I woke up and took another test.  Steven was wanting me to take another one later on just to be sure and I wanted to as well.  I took it and the line was very dark.  I took it into Steven and said, “Is this good enough for you?”  He gave me this wonderful smile that let me know that it was and that he felt better about it.  I told him that was the smile I had been waiting for all week. 

So that is how I found out.  It was not how I had planned it in my head, but it makes a good story now.  I am going to try and keep up with this blog now that I have something wonderful to blog about.  So many of our family and friends are out of state and I want all of you to be a part of this as much as you can.  We are so excited (and a little nervous) about what is coming.  I will keep everyone updated on our miracle in progress.