Pregnancy Test

I realized that we never wrote about how we found out I was pregnant. I guess I should preface this by saying, I have never bought or taken a pregnancy test before this baby. I never had a situation where I thought I was pregnant or anything like that. I know pretty pathetic at my age.

I started feeling nausea a week before I was late. The thing that seemed so strange to me was that the nausea started every evening at 9:00 p.m. It was like clock work. Then the unheard of happened, everything sweet looked gross. Now that never happens :) I am on a 25 day cycle, so when 25th day came and nothing happened...I was suspicious. Another thing that never happens.

So on day 27 I was in Wal-Mart shopping. I decided to pick up a pregnancy test. Holy cow was I surprised at the cost. So of course I bought the cheapest one. I get home and showed Duane. I was quite proud of my purchase. Then it turned out to be an ovulation kit. Yes pretty embarrassing. I am the female, I should know these things. Doh. So the next day Duane goes back with me to pick one out.

Since these tests are so expensive, we decided that we would wait a few more days to test(30 day mark). Well I made it to day 29 and couldn't wait any longer. It was around 10:00 p.m. So I gave it a shot. The little strip changed colors right away. Now I have heard horror stories about these tests. Like they are hard to read and you need a PhD to figure them out. So I thought it could not be this easy. So I am reading the instructions again and rambling. I was so anxious to find out, but the test took three minutes. So Duane made me leave the room until it was done. I set the kitchen timer to be sure and waited.

After the three longest minutes of my life were over, the answer was...YES! We were so happy. After five years of marriage finally our first pregnancy. I called the doctor the next day and it is has been a pretty crazy learning experience since then.

The hardest thing has been keeping it a secret for the most part. Only our family and couple friends know. We are planning to tell everyone once we make it another month along.