April 2010
I hated the idea of planning my pregnancy. The idea of marking the calendar, using an ovulation kit, and planning the due date was anticlimactic and unromantic to me. Wasn't it just supposed to happen out of love? But April was kind of the get-pregnant-or-get-checked-out month for us. So I did what most women trying to get pregnant did: I took my temperature in the morning and kept track of my ovulation date. Some women say that they "just knew" they were pregnant before they even took the pregnancy test. I guess it's true. Of course there were a couple of physical signs for me, but I had a feeling that this time we did everything just right...
Friday, May 7, 2010
I was hoping all day that my period would not come...and it didn't!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Still no period! I have 2 big papers due on Tuesday so I tell Chris that I am going to Starbucks to get coffee so I can pull an all-nighter. I actually go to the store to buy a pregnancy test so that I can take it first thing in the morning.
Sunday, May 9, 2010 - Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to me!!!
Chris is at his family's Mother's Day gathering and I stay home to finish my papers. I think I'm going to surprise him with this big news on Father's Day this year! He comes home that night and tells me that my sister-in-law Wendy is pregnant with her second child, who is due in December! Wow! (If only he knew who else was pregnant!) I decide it's not the right time to tell him...
The next day I call my doctor's office and tell them I just found out I'm pregnant. They schedule an appointment for me the next day.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - How I Told My Hubby/Daddy-to-Be
I tell Chris that I have an appointment with my gynecologist for my annual exam and to get some pregnancy planning advice. The OB nurse sees me, confirms my pregnancy, and gives me an estimated due date. I am exactly 5 weeks pregnant! She takes two pregnancy tests. The lines are dark. She tells me the due date is around January 13, 2011 (at another appointment, Dr. Brady tells us it is actually 1/11/11). I think to myself, "Well this sure is my child, already a perfectionist from the start!" Perfect statement of his/her existence (very dark lines on all the pregnancy tests), perfect due date (I am off from school in January!)
I come home from class that night and tell Chris that we need to talk. He is worried that something is wrong. I tell him that everything is OK and hand him the reading materials I got from the doctor's. He pays no attention to the picture of a baby on the Similac plastic bag that contains my pregnancy goodies. He pulls out a pregnancy journal and thinks it's for planning...a sample of prenatal pills...a sample anti-nausea lollipop...finally, a list of medications to avoid when you're pregnant....
It hits him. "You're not...no...are you???" I smile and nod. He hugs me and tells me he is so happy and that he is going to cry. I hand him a card that reads:
the first steps a baby takes
are into your heart.
congratulations
We're gonna have a baby!!!
Awww, I love this post! And I'm glad you opened up the comments section on your blog. You guys were super slick about your "trying" before I even knew about it, but you're right, it's nobody's business! I am just so happy that we will have cousins for Ginger and baby#2!!
ReplyDeleteThanks sista! I didn't even know I had the comments section closed but figured it out!
ReplyDeleteAw, so sweet.
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