For the past week or so I have not been able to keep my eyes open. Today I took two naps and woke up even more tired. We have been wanting a baby for just over a year now and came to the realization that it probably wouldn't happen--or if it did, it wouldn't happen for a very long time. I tried all the wives tales; lifting your legs after, taking zinc, magnesium, B-12, having him take vitamins and zinc, etc.. It worked! Also prayer. I believe prayer was key here.
So this morning I took a pregnancy test like I have a million times before even though I wasn't suppose to start for 5 days. All I could do was stare at that positive pink line. I stared at it forever. Was this for real? I wanted to tell Wade in a fun and creative way but I thought he might have gotten mad if I knew even a minute longer than him. I woke him up, it was probably 7:30am so I know he was hoping it was for a good reason this time. We tell each other things in knock knock jokes. So I said "knock knock" and Wade said, "we're pregnant?!?" (I was a little bummed he guessed it--I can never guess his stuff, I always think it's really going to be a knock knock joke). He flew out of bed and said we should take another one in a week just to make sure. I remember reading that you can get false negatives all the time but never a false positive, so I told him this was real. That he was going to be a dad.
I didn't know what to do next so I called my doctor and they had me come in that morning. I was surprised there were enough pregnancy hormones to show a positive test so soon--I hadn't been late. Even after peeing three times already that morning it showed up positive at the donors too. I absolutely love my doctor, Dr. Arsi, so I called the OB she recommended and made an appointment with her (Dr. Eno). I read that normally you see an OB at 8 weeks, but they scheduled me to come in next Thursday, June 12th.
We decided to tell our parents right away, because, why not? I called my mom that night and told her that today I found out she was going to be a grandma. She had tears of joy! Which was exactly my dads reaction too before he immediately started talking about races that I have/have yet signed up to run. I will listen to my body, definitely, but if I feel fine I will probably participate. I let Wade tell his parents the way he wanted to, which was to text them a picture of the positive pregnancy test (even though we live in the apartment connected to his parents house). They had no idea what the picture was! It was hilarious, but they are both happy.
Wade really wants a girl. But mostly we hope this little bean grows strong and healthy.
current weight: 156
cravings: water with lemon! I can't get enough! I am not hungry all the time like most.
symptoms: sleepiness. It's like I have a NyQuil drip going here. Also I pee constantly.
picture: silly I know, but this can be a "before" pic. I plan to have many "during" pics, then an "after" as I get back down to pre pregnancy weight. I am curious to see if I can and curious to see how my body changes. So far I've had no complaints!
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