Pregnant

It was Wednesday, October 10th. I had been feeling a pain in my lower abdomen for several days. It was most noticeable on Tuesday night while in our adoption class. My husband and I only had two more classes to complete before we received our certificate from the state to certify us as Foster/Adoptive parents. I told my husband that I thought something was wrong and that I should go to the Dr. because of this discomfort I was having.

Then on Wednesday, I called my OBGYN and asked if I could come in. The nurse asked me when the first day of my last period was and it  dawned on me that I was almost eight days late which in my case can be very common. She then asked me if I had taken a pregnancy test. I literally laughed, as I told her no. She put me on the schedule for Thursday, October 11th at 2:30pm.

I really began to wonder if I could possibly be pregnant. So many times when I thought I was really pregnant, I had taken a test only to be disappointed. But since I was used to being disappointed, I left on my lunch break and bought myself a pregnancy test.

Here I was sitting in the bathroom, thinking to myself that I should wait until tomorrow morning since I had drank so much water, there would be no way it would even be positive. But the possibility of it being positive got the best of me. I actually peed in a coffee cup in the bathroom, and discreetly walked my pee to my car. I pulled out the test and carefully dipped it in the clear pee.

As I waited, I started to laugh, thinking to myself that I was being silly. We had already settled on adoption and I was really getting excited about having a sibling group in my home within six months.
Then, much to my surprise...the test was positive. I quickly snapped a photo and texted my husband. Who responded so endearingly, Holy Shit.

I started to shake, I was so delighted and scared at the same time. I started to pray and I thanked God for giving us this gift.

We know that the odds are against us. Having several miscarriages, I had to be realistic and just take this news day by day.

And so begins our daily journey.