We're Pregnant!

I'm writing this on August 27, 2007. Obviously, I won't be posting this for a couple of months but I wanted to get this written down before I forget.

I was needing to start another month of my Provera (my progesterone levels are very low, almost non-existent). In order to start the Provera it's important to confirm that you're not pregnant, as it can be harmful. We picked up a home pregnancy test and I figured I'd take it in the morning.

Saturday night, I had a vivid dream about taking a pregnancy test and getting a positive reading. It seemed so real that I woke up thinking it was true. I fell back asleep and had another dream about a positive pregnancy test. I was disappointed when I realized that this too was only a dream. I remembered that I really did need to take a test so I got up at 8:30 (the equivalent of 4am to normal people). I stumbled into the bathroom, did the test, and squinted at the window for a minute before determining that it was negative. In hindsight, I should have waited the 3 minutes recommended by the test. I went back to bed. Several hours later when I was getting into the shower, I glanced at the test and there was a pink "plus" sign. The results are supposed to be disregarded after 10 minutes, but I've never had a negative turn positive. Chris told me to take another one so I headed to Walgreen's to pick up a couple more. While he was outside washing the truck, I took the test. On this type, I would be needing a blue line. After one minute, a very faint blue line appeared. I started to shake, and the following went through my head: "oh my God I need to tell Chris! No wait, make sure there is really a blue line...ok there is definitely a blue line but it's faint, so maybe I'm imagining it? No it's really there, ok time to get Chris...no wait, let me make sure I'm reading the instructions correctly...a blue line is positive? Or negative? Yes a blue line is positive, time to get Chris...NO WAIT, I am not imagining this am I?" etc...this went on for about 3 minutes. I was crying and finally went outside...I wish I could have said something clever to Chris, but all I could get out was "I think we are..but I don't know...can you come in and look? Maybe I'm wrong...I don't know". He got this huge smile on his face and came inside with me. He looked at the test, and read the instructions and said "yes, it's definitely positive!". I was still crying and we were hugging and he said something that is so typical of Chris: "Hey babe, I'm really excited and everything, but I really need to get back to the truck before the water dries". We started laughing and I said "This will be a nice story for our child...we find out we're pregnant and Dad goes out to finish washing cars!"

However, despite two positive tests, the psychology student in me was still skeptical. I needed to narrow the margine of error by taking another test. I felt that the first result should be thrown out since I didn't notice the result for several hours. So I bought another test and took it this morning. It too had a very faint blue line. So I called the doctor and went in to take yet another one. I explained that I'd already gotten three (well two for sure) positives. She told me that I probably didn't even need them to do a test because the home tests are so accurate. They went ahead and did one anyway and guess what...it was positive! They gave me a tentative due date of April 24 (update, it's been changed to May 3), and told me to come in at 10-12 weeks for an ultrasound! At this point I am around 5 weeks.

I'm feeling exhausted and I've been using the bathroom a lot. I am also feeling a little nauseous which is not fun. I took two naps today. One nap is extremely rare for me...I don't think I've ever taken two in one day. Last week I was feeling a bizarre feeling near my belly button, like a pulling sensation. So I have definitely been showing some signs of pregnancy.