Waiting...

Well the wait is over.  But let me tell you about my week first.  I made it to Monday firmly convinced I was pregnant.  I just felt pregnant.  Until I took a pregnancy test and it was negative.  Well if you remember the transfer was (March 22nd) making Monday way too soon.  And it didn't help that I used a test from our first cycle that expired 3 years ago.  If I was thinking negatively I told myself none of that mattered. If I was thinking positively I comforted myself with the truth, too soon, too old.  So I emailed my nurse and asked if my lab test could be done on Friday because that would be 10 days post transfer and that was more than enough.  She said they normally do them on day 12 but that was going to be Sunday and they are closed on Sundays for lab-work.  I think she felt sorry for me because she moved it to Friday.  I told very few people it was moved.  I wanted to surprise Mark and our families. Of course only if it was positive, if it was negative it meant I would have a very long weekend.

Thursday driving home from work was the second full day of feeling very pregnant.  The bloat is out of control.  I look 4 months pregnant.  The fatigue is off the charts.  The cramping and pulling and spasms are just to similar to when I was barely pregnant with B.  So I stopped at Wal-Greens to buy a digital test deciding I would test before my appointment in the morning.  All of the boxes came with 2 tests.  I looked for a box with just 1 for a good 5 minutes but nope it was 2 or nothing.  The reason I didn't want 2 was because I knew the temptation to use 1 as soon as I got home would be too strong.  And you may know in early pregnancy the HCG hormone is stronger in concentrated urine aka your first morning urine.  Ugh.  I grabbed a box of 2 and paid.  On a side note it's amazing how odd I feel buying a pregnancy test.  Like I should be hiding it from my parents and not like I am a 30 something, married, mom of 1.  I couldn't get home fast enough.  I ran to the bathroom and tried to open the test.  Couldn't do it.  Needed scissors.  Are you kidding me??  Ok, makers of these tests listen to me, women testing are anxious and nervous.  They either want this more than anything or are plain scared so how about you make them easier to open.  Anyways, I got it open and....

I'M PREGNANT!  Two very distinct lines showed up.  Right there in front of my eyes.  I didn't have to make believe I saw something that wasn't there.  Two beautiful pink lines.  But this is where the comedy comes in.  I wanted to surprise Mark so my mom, B and I headed to Barnes & Noble to get her a Big Sister book.  I decided I would wrap the test in Christmas paper since the baby is due early December and also have B give him the book.  Awesome, this would work. Well you know what they say about the best laid plans, right??

I forgot my phone at home.  I text a lot, too much Mark would say so as soon as the test was positive I sent a picture to Erica with the announcement "I'm Pregnant."  Mark was due home in an hour but I knew he normally wouldn't look at my phone.  Uh-huh, you see where this is going??  As we pulled in my driveway I said to my mom, "he knows, I think I forgot the unused 2nd test on the counter and I bet he saw it, once he sees that he will go to my phone (it beeps until you look at the text) knowing something is up and see the texts between Erica and me."  So much for my surprise.  Sure enough when Mark opens the door he says, "so I hear you are pregnant."  And folks there it is he surprised me by announcing to me that I was pregnant.  Exactly as I feared he saw the test, heard my phone and basically found out I was pregnant from Erica. Classic.  Without a doubt a story we will be sharing for a long time.

My doctor called Friday evening to congratulate us.  My numbers look good.  I am right where I am supposed to be for 4wks5days pregnant.  I go back in tomorrow for more labs to make sure my numbers are increasing as expected.  Then 2 weeks after that will be our first ultrasound.  And if you are like most everyone you are wondering how many babies I am pregnant with.  The answer is we don't know yet.  We will know more at the ultrasound but my labs are consistent with a strong singleton pregnancy.

This part of the waiting game is over only to pass the torch to the next stage of waiting...