I'M PREGNANT!

My pregnancy was fairly uneventful as far as our health; however, it was full of unexpected surprises! I knew really early on that I was pregnant. I can't put into words exactly how I knew, I just felt it. When I was only one week pregnant, I told my mom and Jason that something didn't feel right. I justified my awkward and unexplainable feelings by saying I must be getting sick. After a week or so, I purchased the pregnancy test that advertised finding out that you were pregnant at the earliest possible moment. The pregnancy test remained in the cabinet for another week; I was too afraid to take it. Eventually, the suspense was just too great. I woke up early one Saturday morning and secretly took the pregnancy test. I already knew the answer...some way...some how. My heart was pounding as I watched one line appear fairly quickly and then slowly the second line became darker and darker. I just sat there for awhile...speechless...motionless... I was convinced that I was pregnant, but you know me, I had to make sure. I opened the second pregnancy test and took it too. Again, I relived the gamete of feelings I had previously experienced only minutes before, but I just had to do it. Finally, I raced back into our bedroom and woke Jason up to share with him not that I was pregnant but that "I TOLD YOU SO!". My yearly exam had already been scheduled with my OBGYN for the following week on Monday, June 27, 2005. I told them that I had taken a pregnancy test and that it had came back positive. They proceeded to give me another pregnancy test just to make sure for their records, which strangely came back negative. They said that maybe it was a fluke and gave me another test, which also came back negative. I was so incredibly nervous and to make things worse, I had requested that Jason go with me to this appointment. I could just see it in his eyes. He could not believe it! I know he wanted to say "but you told me so", but he resisted his urge. Once the doctor came in, he said that I must be very early in the pregnancy, which I concurred and he then ordered a blood test, which not surprising to me at least came back POSITIVE! Finally the truth came out and it was confirmed. After counting back and calculating, I was actually 4 weeks and 1 day pregnant! We left that day optimistic and very excited about our future.

These are the pregnancy tests I took at home...














This is the final blood test at the OBGYN!