Drew left for his temporary assignment on May 5th and so I had given up on getting pregnant until at least November. Granted, I would get to see Drew some of the time, but there was no guarantee it would be the right time. So I was impatiently waiting on God and his timing and just gave up. Drew was able to surprise me and come home for Mother's Day before he started his new job and after his training.
A few weeks later, when I went to the wedding that I posted about earlier, my Mom's perfume lotion nearly knocked me out in the car. I didn't think anything of it at the time. Later that same night, someone asked me if I was pregnant. I said, "no." But something made me want to take a test anyway. I got home late on a Sunday night and took a test. NEGATIVE. :( I was disappointed AGAIN! Then on the following Tuesday one of the mom's in Andrew's class told me that they were moving next year and that I'd better be pregnant before she left. Being the crazy person that I am, I went home and took another test. If you've ever taken a digital pregnancy test, the directions tell you to wait up to 3 minutes for the result. Well, if you're pregnant it says pregnant right away. So I took the test and waited....and waited....and waited.....that little hourglass just kept on blinking FOREVER. I was thinking the whole time, "It's negative. I shouldn't have wasted the test!" I just kept staring at it...willing it to say POSITIVE and then....IT DID! I hit the floor (literally) crying with my hands in the air screaming through my tears, "Thank you, Jesus! I praise Your name for You are Wonderful." I just couldn't stop crying. When I finally regained composure, I had to tell Drew. But Drew works in a place where you can't call him on his cell. Plus he sleeps days and works nights. I knew he'd be driving to work soon so I just sent him this text:
I think he was quite surprised as well.
We didn't tell anyone right away (ok maybe a select few). We didn't want to relive the miscarriage experience again, so we waited. We didn't go uber public until my first appointment....which was today. The first few weeks were a little scary. I had a few scares. They did extra blood work and found that my progesterone levels were low, so I've been taking hormone supplements (which feel like PMS X 10!). I actually had to go in around 6 weeks because of another scare, but learned that everything was fine. I got the same report today. Hormone levels are where they should be HcG counts are normal, and that little heartbeat was just kickin' it on the sonogram today. It doesn't look like much, but here's baby's first photo:
2 comments:
Congrats!!
I am so excited for you!!
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