It has been 12 days since we found out that I am pregnant!!! I've been meaning to blog about this exciting time in our lives so all the little details are recorded but just haven't found the time.
How we found out:
I felt bloated all week at work. When I got home on Thursday morning, May 12, after working my last of 3 nights in a row, I decided to take a pregnancy test
Our middle dog, Autumn, has been getting into/bit by something in our backyard and has swelled up multiple times requiring steroids. This particular morning, after "doing" the test, I went to say good morning to our girls while I waited. I discovered Autumn's severely swollen ear and went into a frenzy of giving her Benadryl, applying anti-itch cream, putting the plastic cone on her head, and separating her from Krissie & Bella. After all that, I was more than ready for bed. I forgot all about the pregnancy test in the bathroom!!
Perry found the strip in the bathroom when he woke up a few hours later. He later told me he paused to think what 2 lines meant; it was, after all, a cheap test from an ovulation predictor kit. When my alarm went off 30 minutes later, Perry asked me why I took it. "Oh, I don't know, I just felt bloated. I was going to test this weekend anyway". I walked into the bathroom and picked up the strip. I immediately knew it appeared to be a positive...??!!
I asked Perry, who was making his way from our room to the bathroom, "Did it look like this when you saw it?". His reply was yes.
My
Two minutes later, there it was. A big fat positive!!!
We had thought about this moment for a while. I envisioned having a little time to plan out a creative way to tell Perry he's going to be a Daddy. I spent hours pouring over ideas and worrying if I could pull off the surprise when the time came. Instead, I went in to the office to find him, said "I wanted to tell you this in a creative way, but I just can't... I think I'm pregnant." Cue excitement/disbelief/shock/happiness/terror/joy!!!
I actually took 2 more tests (an E.P.T. that I had on hand and a store brand that we went out & bought "just to be sure"!). Perry sat in the bathroom, staring at the strip & the timer. I remember him saying "it's clearly positive in less than 20 seconds!" Four for four!!! We are going to be parents =D
*Addition on July 17, 2011
Looking back on that day, I see now that it was still special and memorable, despite not telling Perry in the most creative way. It definitely wasn't super exciting for either of us when I blurted out "I think I'm pregnant", but the day's events turned out to be pretty funny! We will always have that unique story to tell.
