April 22, 2006 - four years ago, Jeremy and I where married. We talked about starting a family maybe in two to three years. But after a year and a half we began feeling we really should go ahead and start our family - mostly due to our ages! So starting in September 2007 we quit using birth control... that first month I really did feel as if I might be pregnant. When it became clear that we where not and that this might take some time we took a deep breath and just let life continue. Not worrying about when it would happen. A few times I did run to the store to get a test when I was a few days late however, I always seemed to start right after I took the test so I just quit taking them. lol After awhile we did start talking about maybe looking into what might be causing the problem but it was pushed off to the side when Jeremy's job had us move to Midland, TX. After a year we started talking about it again. We had decided if we could not get pregnant that it would be ok and that we would look at adopting. Neither of us really wanted to do all the shots, pills and other. I know it works great for others and that is great for them but it was just not something we wanted. BUT we still needed to know. I will give a time line later - but we had made the decision on Tuesday to find a doctor that next week. And on that Saturday we where positively having a baby!
Now to how we found out... so how did that happen?
I didn't feel well, in fact I had a week of icky feelings, tried, cramps - as if I was having a cycle without it really ever starting. This on a Monday, but I woke up on Friday and everything was back to normal. Strange. We went out riding around on Saturday and I suggested we stop on the way home and get a test just in case because we where attending a going away party that serves great cocktails! I ran into the dollar store and grabbed three tests. I didn't really think I was going to see a positive! So we ran in and started getting ready for the party and I took a test, placed it on the box on the counter and left the room. I had other things to do, like check my facebook before we had to leave.
My poor husband looks over and asks "so what did it say?" "I don't know". He just looked at me funny and I said "well I wasn't going to baby sit the thing, you know its going to be a no". He asked if he could go and check it and I shrugged my shoulders and said sure. He was gone for some time and I thought he had seen the negative and was finishing getting ready. I look up to see my husband standing in the entry way looking at me across the room with what looked like a smirk - like he was getting ready to play with me about the result. I say so what did it say and he says "I'm not sure". WHAT? lol As I sat there he went on to say he needed verification. As any one might do I put the computer down and jumped out of my chair spraying words across the room as I got up and walked across "what do you mean you need verification? If there is two lines its yes and if its one line it's no" "but it's two lines" he says. I just grabbed it out of his hand as I was saying what, give me that... and what do you know there was two lines. Almost in panic I ran to the bathroom and pulled out another test! This couldn't be right - it must be messed up since it came from the dollar store. But the second one confirmed that the first one was right! So March 13, 2010 one week after my husbands birthday we found out we really where going to be parents. Our little one will be here around November 24. And we couldn't be more thankful and grateful not to have to find a doctor to tell us what was wrong!
One of the other reasons I didn't really believe it was so was in February we hardly saw one another. First off from the 7th - the 16th we where pretty sick. Jeremy and I finally went to the doc on the 12 because he was going to be going out of town. Put on meds. Valentine's day was spent balled up in blankets with tissue and watching TV. Jeremy had to go out of town on the 16 -19. And we went with friends to San Antonio on the 19 - 21. Jeremy had to leave again early on the 22 - 24. And I left on the 25 - March 4. Jeremy's family came in to visit on the 5 - 7 for his birthday and that puts us to March 8 when I started feeling bad. Can you say BUSY?! By the dates and cycle times and all that - we all know that it is about two weeks after our cycle when we can conceive and by when our little one is due this all adds up to the baby only being 19 days old when we found out.
I'll save what happened when we tried to tell our parents! Key word is try! :)
Friday, June 4, 2010
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