2 Pink Lines

January 28-30, 2009 - I kept waiting for my period to start.....
I really didn't think I was pregnant because I didn't "feel" pregnant. In fact, I had enjoyed a few cocktails in celebration of my husband's birthday just the weekend before. Not drinking was something I had been very strict about all the previous months during the 2 weeks between ovulation and period. So I wasn't worried about being prego when I decided to have a few drinks this time.
I had heard so many times to just relax and not think too much about it. So that's what I finally did...6 months after trying.
I decided that if I did not have my period by Friday (Jan 30), I would take a home pregnancy test that Friday morning.


January 30, 2009 - 2 Pink Lines (WEEK 4)
I woke up that Friday morning, at the same time as every other morning, to take my temperature: 5:00am. I was fully expecting that my temperature would drop just as it always does the day you start your period. But it wasn't lower, in fact my temperature was higher than normal. This sent a surge of excitement through me. I jumped up and headed for the bathroom where I had one single pregnancy test left from previous months of over-anxiousness.

I peed on the stick and set it down on the counter for the long 3 minute wait, but I didn't have to wait long. Within a few seconds those 2 pink lines both started getting darker and darker. I sat there looking at the pink lines in complete amazement. I waited the 3 full minutes, maybe even 4 before I believed that the those 2 pink lines were for real. I could not take my eyes off of that stick.
Then 1 single question filled my head...How do I tell Bobby? Do I just go jump in bed, wake him up, and tell him now? Or do I go for a much more smooth, memorable approach and present him with a "daddy" gift later?

Yeah Right, I felt like I was about to burst. I took the stick and set it on his nightstand for proof. I got back in bed and curled up beside him as calmly as I could. He woke a little when he felt my cold skin against his. I said, Hey Honey....I just took a pregnancy test and I'm pregnant.
His eyes opened wide and he asked, "Are you kidding?"
He, like me, was convinced it had not happen this month. I had told him a couple of days prior that I felt like I had cramps coming on. I'm guess now those cramps were something else.
I looked at him funny and asked, "Do you think I would joke about something like that? That wouldn't be very funny would it?"
He said, "Well No." Then he just smiled and grabbed me and pulled me close to him and we laid there like that for a few minutes. My head was swimming. I was wide awake and I could not stop thinking and talking. My brain was zooming a million miles a minute.

Bobby was excited but felt skeptical. He asked if I had only taken 1 test, and if I would take another one before we get ahead of ourselves...just in case. I told him I didn't have any more tests, but that I would go pick one up on my way to work. I kept chatting for a while longer and soon noticed that Bobby's answers and comments were getting less and less, and slower. I asked him if he was sleeping and his words: "What do you want me to do? I can't do anything right now, and I'm sleepy." I told him it was fine, he could go back to sleep and I would try to stay still. I was just dumbfounded how he was able to fall asleep...my mind and my heart were racing so fast I couldn't even fathom going back to sleep.

Already awake for hours, I got up extra early. I picked up a box of pregnancy tests on my way to work....digital ones this time. Bobby messaged me as soon as I logged on and asked if I had taken the 2nd test yet. I told him no, because I have not had to pee yet. He was as anxious as me, so I chugged some water. About 30 minutes later I took the digital HPT and it read "Pregnant" in just a short minute or two. Ok, now I'm positive. I messaged Bobby and I could tell he was convinced and now officially freaking out. I called my doctor's office and spoke to his nurse. I told her that I would not be needing her to call in the Clomid prescription because I took 2 pregnancy tests and both were positive. She said I should come in and get a blood test done as soon as convenient for me. She advised that if I got there early enough, she would be able to get the results back to me by the end of the day.

Bobby had taken the day off because we thought the painters would still be painting, but they finished a day early so he was home doing some work around the house. I was at work but my mind was mush. I spent the morning looking at pregnancy/baby websites, then called it a day around lunch and took the rest of the day off.
I went home, picked up Bobby and we headed for the lab at the doctor's office. They got me in and out in 5 minutes.

Bobby & I spent the afternoon looking at guest room furniture and new carpet for the upstairs. Then we went to the movies to see the third Underworld Movie. I had already turned the ringer off on my phone but checked it for messages about 5pm. There was a missed call and voicemail from my doctor's office. This was the message the nurse left:

Hi! This is Kathy with the Dr's office.
Hey - just wanted to let you know I got your test back - You're pregnant Ma'am!
Looks like all you have to do is come in and talk to us and visit about you getting pregnant. You're pregnant Ma'am!
It looks great, your pregnancy test looks real normal.
If you want some more details call us back here at the office on Monday morning.
Thanks!

After the movie we went to Barnes and Noble to pick up our first Pregnancy books. We felt so awkward standing in the row of pregnancy and parenting books. We were constantly looking over our shoulders making sure no one we knew caught us red handed. :)
We bought 4 books that night:
What To Expect When You're Expecting: 4th Edition
Eating Well When You're Expecting
The Expectant Father
The Baby Name Wizard

I am so happy that Bobby & I got to celebrate our little secret that day.

Exhausted after an eventful and emotional day I crashed out early. But I woke up at 3am and could not get back to sleep. I gave up after about an hour and a half of counting sheep and trying to clear my brain. I went downstairs, booted up my laptop, and got on Facebook. I did the survey: 25 Random Things about me. I soon got bored with Facebook, but still not sleepy, so I browsed some pregnancy websites. ;-)

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