To confirm this morning's results I went to Von's during my lunch break instead of going to the gym. I got a name brand pregnancy test–First Response–which is supposed to be the best of the best. I just wanted to be absolutely sure that my generic pregnancy test this morning wasn't a fluke. I went into the cramped bathroom stall at work and prepared my test on a piece of paper on top of the toilet paper holder. I was careful to wait until everyone in the bathroom was gone so as not to be discovered. I put the stick in the stream making sure to hold it there for 10 seconds, then let it rest on my make shift sanitary table. I clocked the cell phone and stared at it for 3 minutes. Of course out of sheer excitement I stared at the test prior to the 3 minutes and watched the two lines appear. Certainly two tests can't be wrong.
I immediately called an Ob and set up the first prenatal appointment for Jan 19. The lady on the phone fielded me with questions of which when was the first day of your last cycle. She had then said I must be around 7 to 8 weeks. I opted to wait for an appointment with the obstetrician rather than the midwife. At least for the first visit.
More to come later.
1.07.2009
Today Was Extra Special
We've been trying to get pregnant since our wedding night without any luck. We went back and forth; maybe we weren't meant to have kids...to....there's no way that we were not going to go without having a kid. Finally late 2006 we decided that it was time to go to the doctor to figure out what was up. We got poked, prodded, and tested. We found out after a very uncomfortable HSG X-ray that my right tube was blocked. The doc put us on Clomid and we tried that for six months. Still nothing.
In 2007 I started a new job, and was still not pregnant. Kept trying and trying. We decided that in 2009 we would pursue more aggressive fertility treatment options such as insemination and in-vitro fertilization. I ended up getting my referral for a fertility clinic on December 30th. My DH (darling husband) and I were excited to move forward and finally realize our dreams of having children. I was doubly excited at the prospects of potentially having twins so that I wouldn't have to go through the procedures again.
I decided that on January 9th I would call the fertility clinic to set up my first appointment. Yesterday I was expressing my concerns to my best friend about my growing, swollen, and super tender breasts, feeling slightly weird, and a period that hadn't come in two months (which is actually not out of the ordinary for me.) She demanded that I take a pregnancy test that night. So by the end of the day I was craving mushrooms, tons and tons of mushrooms. So I went to Ralph's and bought the ingredients for an awesome Mushroom soup (click here for my recipe). I wasn't going to take the pregnancy test because I really didn't want to spend the money on something I knew would be negative. But somehow I found myself in the feminine needs aisle with my friends persistent voice in my head. I purchased the two pack generic pregnancy tests since I thought well since I know I'm not pregnant I'll get two tests as they are cheaper per unit and at least if I'm curious of pregnancy in the future I can have a test on hand. I put them in the bathroom when I came home and forgot all about them until this morning. I did not tell my DH that I purchased them.
This morning I did my business and held the little plastic strips under my stream for 10 seconds. Three minutes later a solid line appears and a fainter line crossing it. I re-read the directions...it can't be true! According to the directions it was...it is! I called my DH into the bathroom to verify the results. We both hugged each other for a moment and he proclaimed, "I told you so!" For about one month now he's had a suspicion that I was carrying our child.
Tonight I will be going to the store and buying a more expensive test...the kind that actually say yes or no. I will re-test in the morning. I am hoping that my excitement is not in vain.
In 2007 I started a new job, and was still not pregnant. Kept trying and trying. We decided that in 2009 we would pursue more aggressive fertility treatment options such as insemination and in-vitro fertilization. I ended up getting my referral for a fertility clinic on December 30th. My DH (darling husband) and I were excited to move forward and finally realize our dreams of having children. I was doubly excited at the prospects of potentially having twins so that I wouldn't have to go through the procedures again.
I decided that on January 9th I would call the fertility clinic to set up my first appointment. Yesterday I was expressing my concerns to my best friend about my growing, swollen, and super tender breasts, feeling slightly weird, and a period that hadn't come in two months (which is actually not out of the ordinary for me.) She demanded that I take a pregnancy test that night. So by the end of the day I was craving mushrooms, tons and tons of mushrooms. So I went to Ralph's and bought the ingredients for an awesome Mushroom soup (click here for my recipe). I wasn't going to take the pregnancy test because I really didn't want to spend the money on something I knew would be negative. But somehow I found myself in the feminine needs aisle with my friends persistent voice in my head. I purchased the two pack generic pregnancy tests since I thought well since I know I'm not pregnant I'll get two tests as they are cheaper per unit and at least if I'm curious of pregnancy in the future I can have a test on hand. I put them in the bathroom when I came home and forgot all about them until this morning. I did not tell my DH that I purchased them.
This morning I did my business and held the little plastic strips under my stream for 10 seconds. Three minutes later a solid line appears and a fainter line crossing it. I re-read the directions...it can't be true! According to the directions it was...it is! I called my DH into the bathroom to verify the results. We both hugged each other for a moment and he proclaimed, "I told you so!" For about one month now he's had a suspicion that I was carrying our child.
Tonight I will be going to the store and buying a more expensive test...the kind that actually say yes or no. I will re-test in the morning. I am hoping that my excitement is not in vain.
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