All started in April... I blogged as we went. Now I can finally share it all. I'm laughing as I re-read these. Maybe you'll laugh at us too. Here goes nothing...
April 4, 2013 4 Weeks 1 Day
One day late. I drove to the Walgreen's on my way home from work and bought a pack of three pregnancy tests. The lady at the checkout smiled at me like she was excited about something. Then I realized she thought I was pregnant... I tried to avoid her gaze and exited the store with my bag hidden under my arm. I got home and I had waited for hours to pee because they say you're supposed to take the test in the morning or at least 4 hours after you last peed. I had to go to the bathroom so badly.
Kyle laughed when I told him I took a pregnancy test already. He said, "only a day late and you're already taking a pregnancy test." It was negative. I laughed too.
April 6, 2013 4 Weeks 3 Days
What if the pregnancy test was negative on Thursday because it wasn't first thing in the morning? I had to recheck, and no big deal because I bought the test in a pack of three...
Negative again.
Had to check before I spent the day in paint fumes. Painted the living room Moonshine gray. Used No-VOC paint with low odor... just in case.
April 8, 2013 4 Weeks 5 Days
Today is my brother's birthday. We have people in town. We have meetings tonight and tomorrow to plan the summer at camp. Can't take a pregnancy test today... so I googled "no period negative test" and started to read all the crazy people who are doing more forum reading than pregnancy test taking. They are crazy. So I went to Web MD where they're at least experts. But not after googling all my crazy symptoms. Yep. Truth.
Made my way to an article on "Ammenohrea after the Pill." I am convinced this is what I have. They say you don't go to the doctor until at least 6 months of no period. I figure it'll be a couple of months or so. Should have read that article earlier. This baby thing may take longer than we thought.
April 13, 2013 5 Weeks 3 Days
I figure it's been about a week or so right? And the Web MD article said with this ammenorhea-thing you should check every once in a while to make sure you're not actually pregnant. And it's the weekend and I still have one pregnancy test left of my three-pack. So I scurried into the bathroom, test in hand, while my husband got some much needed sleep. Mine you it was like 6am.
Peed on the stick, waited the 2 minutes. And then I got confused. I think I saw a line that would make a plus sign. But maybe it was the glare on the applicator? The 'test line' was super dark and the 'are you pregnant line' was something I wasn't really sure I could even see.
I checked the instructions. They said "even if light... pregnant." Pretty sure I'm not pregnant.
April 14, 2013 5 Weeks 4 Days
So maybe the test I took yesterday morning was correct. Yesterday I spent a good amount of time with one of our friends who is also trying to get pregnant. We both knew each other "probably were trying by now" but we finally got that all out in the open. We laughed about symptoms we thought we had. I assured her I was having the same symptoms and wasn't pregnant either.
Then I thought more about the faint line on the morning test.
I had plans of going into Tyler and I was more and more convinced I was maybe pregnant. So I figured I'd try to find or make some cute little shirt to give to Kyle to tell him he was going to be a dad. Jumping the gun, maybe? But it'd be handy to have. I was going to make him a shirt that matched his softball jersey that said "Geaux Daddy" or "Geaux #33." But I found one in the colors of his team that already had a baseball on the front and said Daddy's Champ. Sure it's for a 12 month old, but he'll never know.
Oh, also I bought a digital pregnancy test, two pack... no line guessing this time.
Oh, also I bought a digital pregnancy test, two pack... no line guessing this time.
Got home. I had waited about 8 hours to pee in hopes of a most accurate test. I thought my bladder was going to explode as I ran through the front door. I really thought I was going to die when I was mad at the test company for making it so hard to unwrap and open the box of tests.
I think I stared at the little hourglass symbol waiting forever. I guess I had figured digital would somehow mean results lightning fast.
"Pregnant"
Oh my goodness.
Oh my goodness.
Note: You'll find out later we were wrong when we calculated the due date for ourselves. So when I say "4 Weeks 1 Day" that's what we thought. It'll change later, and we'll explain then. Until then, just roll with it...
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