We're Pregnant

I have decided to start a blog for the wonderful nine months of pregnancy. For those of you that do not know the story on how we found out we are pregnant, here it is!

A few times last week (August 1-7) I was nauseous but only "got sick" three times and it really was not even that much. Just enough to make the icky feeling subside. My mom automatically thought pregnancy (since that's what everyone assumes when a woman throws up). I assured her we weren't. I assumed it was because I was eating so much chicken and my body was telling me "Stop with the chicken! This is not a chick fil a commercial!" So Tony and I were discussing why I would be nauseous that Wednesday night. Of course, neither of us thought we were pregnant.


Then that Thursday night, the 5th, Tony was out with the missionaries at a baptism and I was home alone. I could not get full for anything! I probably ate 4 actual meals within a 4 hour period (no joke), and I was STILL hungry! So that's when I thought to myself, 'let me just take a test and see...just to rule it out.' So I took one, and went back to watching Forensic Files. I was in no rush to see the results because I just knew it would be negative. So on the next commercial break I went back to the bathroom and I saw 2 lines....wait a minute....2 lines means I'm pregnant....no...I can't be pregnant yet; there's no way! So I left it alone for a few more minutes and came back...there were still 2 lines. But I was really skeptical because both lines were not dark; one line was significantly lighter than the other. But the instructions said only 1 line meant negative and 2 meant positive. It finally hit me...yes you are pregnant! I jumped and screamed and then got down on my knees and thanked Heavenly Father for this miracle baby. Now, I had to tell Tony, but he was gone.




I called him and asked him when he was going to be home and he said he had to take the missionaries home then he wanted to get something to eat before he came home. He of coursed asked why. I told him we really needed to talk. "About what?" "We just need to talk." "Well can you give me a hint?" "Tony, I told you I don't like talking about important things over the phone. This needs to be discussed in person." He of course thinks I am mad at him for something and the missionaries apologized for getting him in trouble. He called again after dropping off the missionaries wanting to talk about it, but I insisted we needed to talk in person.


He gets home a few minutes later and I grab his hand and take him to the couch. I really had no clue how to start this conversation so I just said, "so....I'm pregnant." He immediately jumps off the couch, "Are you serious? Are you kidding me?" "2 lines means positive baby." He went to look at the test and he was skeptical too, so he told me to take another one, which I did and that was positive too.



If anyone knows Tony well enough, you know that he has to like quadruple check everything to make sure it is correct. He STILL didn't believe the two tests so he told me to take a different test, which I did and that was a clear 2 lines. He STILL wanted to be sure so he even took a test to make sure we were reading it right (yes he did!).



We then decided that 3 out of 3 wasn't bad. We drove over to my mom's to tell her in person since she only lives 5 minutes away. On the way there we called his mom and told her the news; she was so excited! We get to my mom's about 10:30 that night. Tony hid one of the tests in his pocket. We walked in and I called to mom, "mom...can you please come look at this?" She did not know Tony was there too so she thought I had a boil on my butt or something I did not want Tony to see (her words, not mine). She comes into the kitchen and I show her the test. She looks at us puzzled, like, ok......I haven't taken one of these is forever, what do you want? I told her, "2 lines means positive." She starts jumping and gets so excited too. We stayed for a few more minutes and then went home to finally get some sleep.



On the way home, Tony he said he wanted to be extra sure, so on the way to work in the morning, I stopped by Walgreens and got another brand (yes, a 4th test) and took it a work. I bought the EPT because it will say "pregnant" or "not pregnant." I got to work, played with the kids for a while and did my thing when I had the urge to pee. It of course came back "pregnant." I called the doctor for an appointment to get their test done and luckily they had an opening at 2:45 that afternoon.


So I take the test at the doctor and we wait in the room for the results. Dr. Gabriel comes in and says, so you think you're pregnant huh? We answer "yes" He says, "well, 5 out of 5 ain't bad." Tony and I look at each other and smile. Tony then asks the doctor, "So, are your tests pretty accurate?" (yes, he did!) Dr. Gabriel responds, "yeah they are." Then Tony says, "so you're saying she's pretty much pregnant right?" Dr. Gabriel responds, "No, I'm saying she is pregnant." That cracked me up. I love that man (Tony, not Dr. Gabriel).


After we left the Doctor we immediately started calling our immediate family (mom's first). Georgia (Tony's mom) goes, "so I can tell everyone now? I can send out a broadcast email to everyone I know?" She's so cute!


We do not know when we are due, but I think I am about 4-6 weeks along which will put us early to mid April. That means me and my sister, Krysten, are only 3 weeks apart! We go to the OB on Monday the 16th, so hopefully we will find out then, but it's still iffy.


So that's the story of how we found out. We are so excited to start this journey and become parents!