4w0d

Today we found out that the three months of Clomid finally worked out. I’m pregnant.

I sort of had a suspicion on Saturday when I saw my temperature sky rocket. But then it came back down on Sunday so I figured I must have been incorrect. So yesterday I decided I was going to buy some cheep dollar store pregnancy tests. I haven’t purchased any of those since I started charting in January and I thought, why not.

However, when I got to the dollar store, I noticed that they were no longer there. What kind of crap is that, closing the dollar store when I so DESPERATELY need to go there!! So, I drove down to the Family Dollar about 10 miles away. However, apparently they sell lubricants and baby supplies but no pregnancy tests for the in between. Go figure. So at that point I sort of gave up. I didn’t really want to spend a lot of money on them at Wal-mart so I just went home.

Then this morning I looked under the cabinet to see if I had any left over. No such luck. I did, however, have one ovulation test left. Now I had read that if you are pregnant and you pee on an ovulation test stick one line will be darker than the other. So I thought what the hey, I might as well try it. I needed to throw the ovulation test away anyway as you are only supposed to keep them for 30 days after you open the box.

So, imagine my surprise when I got out of the shower and discovered that one line was, in deed darker than the other. I figured it must just be a fluke because the test had been sitting there so long and decided that I would buy a cheap test at Walgreens and test in 4 hours. (Around 10:00).

About 7:20 I went to Walgreens. Do you people know how expensive pregnancy tests are at Walgreens? What I can normally buy at Wal-mart for $12.95 costs $20.95 at Walgreens. So I bought a cheap (and by cheap I mean $10.00) generic test and took it back upstairs.

My plan was to wait until 10:00 to test (since they say to wait 4 hours in between testing if you can for a greater concentration). I couldn’t wait and ended up going into the bathroom at 9:30.

So, Imagine if you will, my even greater surprise when I saw not one, but TWO lines on that test. I thought for sure it must be a mistake. After all this is me we’re talking about. I never get pregnant. I’ve peed on 20-30 sticks and never seen two lines. At this point I started to loose it a little.

I called my friend Danette to tell her, because I just had to tell someone. Then I e-mailed our family doctor, because I already had a physical scheduled for today, and asked her about getting a blood test. She said that even if I came in at 1:30 I would still have to wait until tomorrow for the results. So, I decided to just wait until my physical at 2:00.

Around 11:45 I decided I couldn’t take it anymore. I didn’t want to look stupid and go in there thinking I might be pregnant and then have her say, nope, so sorry. So I went back to Walgreens and bought a digital test. The kind that reads pregnant or not pregnant. I went into the bathroom and took it and about fell off the toilet when it said pregnant. I started shaking and I called Danette right there from the bathroom stall.

I know what you’re thinking, why didn’t you call your husband. Well, because I wasn’t sure who I wanted to tell and I figured he couldn’t help but tell people. But don’t worry, as soon as I got off the phone with Danette I came to my senses and called him. He seemed happy, but it’s hard to tell on the phone.

Then about 15 minutes after that I called my friend other friend. She’s due on January 2nd so I am due 2 weeks after her. Even thought I’m only 4 weeks along, I just knew I couldn’t keep it from her. I met her in the skywalk and showed her the test that said pregnant. She hugged me about three times and was so excited.

After all of that I had a huge problem concentrating at work but managed to make it to 1:30 when I left for the doctor’s office. On the way to my car I called the OB’s office and they took my information and told me a nurse would call back to make my appointment. When I got in to see our family doctor, she hugged me and told me congratulations and that the chances of my test being wrong were virtually nil, but they would run their own urine test just to be sure.

We decided that a blood test was not necessary though seeing as how it wouldn’t really give us any more information than the urine test. When I left her office I went back to work fretting that the test there would be negative and I would look like a big fat jerk. She finally e-mailed me at 3:30 with a message in all caps saying that it was positive!! YEAH!!

Somehow I managed to make it through the rest of the day and after work I went to see Danette. While I was there I mentioned to her that I wanted to tell my mom with a mother’s day card but I didn’t know if I could wait until Friday to give it to her. She suggested that I just give it to her early. So, I went and picked up Subway and took it home for Jake. While I was at the store I bought mother’s day cards for my mom, his mom, and both of his grandma’s.

When I got home I saw that Jake had bought me flowers. Considering that he never does that on a whim and never when it is not my birthday or Valentine’s Day I figured maybe he was just as excited as I am. I still don’t think I’ve stopped smiling. Finally at about 6:45 I headed over to see my mom.

Once she opened the card she didn’t get past the front and she knew what was inside. “Are you pregnant?” I just smiled and said you will have to read the inside of the card. So she did. On the inside I had written love The Munchkin. Can’t wait to meet you in January. That did it. She knew right then!!

Of course both Danette and her have told me, we told you just to relax and it would happen. I in no way believe that is the case. I think without the Clomid my hormones levels never would have been high enough to support a pregnancy but they can think what they will.

After she had read the card, she proceeded to call my dad and tell him that we were coming to where he was working. She showed him the card but I'm not sure he got it at first. However, when he finally did it almost looked like he might cry.

Of course my mom then proceeded to call my aunt, and my sister and then we told my other sister while we were over feeding the horses which was WAY more people than I wanted to tell at 4 weeks.

I am terrified that something will happen. Jake says don’t even say it, don’t even think it, but it is still there in the back of my mind. I am SOO happy to be pregnant, but still so much in the wait and see phase. I guess all I can do now is just pray and try to be happy with what I have. Right now, at this moment, I am pregnant.