I am not making thing up in my mind... well, at least not about pregnancy.
I took a home pregnancy test on Friday night with two tests simultaneously - one from the Dollar Tree and one Clear Blue Easy digital. The dollar store test came up negative, but, as my husband and I stared at the CBE, up popped the magical word - "Pregnant!" My husband was hilarious. He asked if we could depend on the result since one had come up negative and we were not using first of the morning urine (known to be most concentrated). I told him we absolutely could, but he then wanted to wait to get excited until the next morning. I used the second CBE in the pack on Saturday morning and I thought he believed it then, but... Sunday night, he said we should get a different brand of test. So, using really diluted urine, I tested on Sunday night - two lines. Then again, Monday morning - two lines. I think he believes it now!
Symptoms continue. I am exhausted and really, really thirsty. The thirst, of course, means more liquids, which means more trips to the bathroom.
That is about it. I am so very thankful - and excited - for this little miracle. Oh - and I am fascinated that my son knew what he was talking about! I can't wait to see him big a big brother. He so deserves it.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Am I?
Here I am on Friday, September 2, 2011. Ten, five, even two years ago, I would never guess I would be here - waiting to take a pregnancy test with my husband at my side to see if our second child is on the way.
I guess many of the emotions I am experiencing right now mirror the first time around - curiousity, hope, intrigue, excitement, fear, anxiousness, love, peace. I know - that is a lot of conflicting emotions, but it seems to at least somewhat capture how I feel as I sit here.
My husband and I had said we would wait until tomorrow morning to take the test, but I am leaning toward testing this evening. If it is negative, I can always test again tomorrow. I just know it is going to be positive, though. I can feel it in every part of me...well, mostly in my uterus, but you know what I mean. I feel it in my heart, and have been for a couple of weeks now.
The most amazing this is that, about the time I started to think I might be pregnant, my adorable son - our first (and only so far) child - looked at me and started saying, "Baby! Baby!" I was holding him on a hip and I asked, "What baby? Where is the baby?" He was pointing down at his calf and I continued to ask as he continued to assert that there was a baby around. He wriggled down off of my hip as I looked around for the picture he must be seeing. He looked up at me, lifted my shirt away from my stomach, touched my stomach, and said assertively, "BABY!" He has since done something similar several more times. My husband and I are in awe of that.
Until next time, then.
I guess many of the emotions I am experiencing right now mirror the first time around - curiousity, hope, intrigue, excitement, fear, anxiousness, love, peace. I know - that is a lot of conflicting emotions, but it seems to at least somewhat capture how I feel as I sit here.
My husband and I had said we would wait until tomorrow morning to take the test, but I am leaning toward testing this evening. If it is negative, I can always test again tomorrow. I just know it is going to be positive, though. I can feel it in every part of me...well, mostly in my uterus, but you know what I mean. I feel it in my heart, and have been for a couple of weeks now.
The most amazing this is that, about the time I started to think I might be pregnant, my adorable son - our first (and only so far) child - looked at me and started saying, "Baby! Baby!" I was holding him on a hip and I asked, "What baby? Where is the baby?" He was pointing down at his calf and I continued to ask as he continued to assert that there was a baby around. He wriggled down off of my hip as I looked around for the picture he must be seeing. He looked up at me, lifted my shirt away from my stomach, touched my stomach, and said assertively, "BABY!" He has since done something similar several more times. My husband and I are in awe of that.
Until next time, then.
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