Holy Stick! The things I've pee'ed on!
Jordan and I discuss whether or not to start our family about every six months. We create our "plan" and discuss again in six months to see how we're fitting in that plan. This has worked out just great! Actually, better than we could have imagined. There are loose ends of course, but we've been meeting out goals left and right.
At dance class in mid November, I arrived feeling "in the family mood" and told Jordan that I thought I was ready to start a family. He then asked me if we should stay for class or just go home ( with a wink ). I love his ever ready attitude! Of course, we stayed for class, I'm too frugal and too interested in dance to let that go!
So, later that month, I take an ovulation test, because by then I had been really wondering if we were ready. I also realized that if people really thought about it, they'd probably never be truly ready. The test tested positive that in the next 12-48 or some odd hours I would ovulate. I tell Jordan, "You know, I don't think I want to be pregnant our first month." ( without using protective barrier birth control. Is that too much info? I'm just here to say that those suckers work! ) Anyway, I can digress...Jordan reluctantly lets me get my way for the next week. By now, it's about a week before my next cycle begins and I pick up five pregnancy tests from the dollar store (hey..they're only a buck!) and I take one, just for fun...and I had been feeling "different" lately, but was just sure it was giddiness in our excitement to be looking at starting our own family in the next year. The test says that it can take 3 minutes, but that once one red line appears, and not two, that the test is finished and is negative. I let that one line appear and throw it away. I knew we couldn't have nailed it our first month out, plus we were careful around ovulation time. But...two days later, I cleaned out the trash can and find that test. I smiled thinking about it all, and flip the test over to see that there are two lines on that sucker!!! WHAT? Now, the instructions state not to believe test results taken anywhere from 10 minutes from the time the test was peed on, so I take another test and VIOLA! Right away, two pink lines. I went to the store, got a new different $12.00 test stick to pee on. It shows well...you see the picture....
The next day, the doctor confirmed it, four weeks later, an ultrasound defined it, another four weeks and we heard the heartbeat(this week.) I think I'm finally starting to believe that I just might be pregnant.
We wanted to wait until our 12 week mark before we shared with you all. As you can see, I just can't keep a secret from y'all, so I just decided not to write at all. I'm sorry for my absence, but I appreciate all of the checking in I've gotten via email and phone calls. During the month of December, I barely could talk to my mother because I just couldn't lie to her. I kept any conversation short and she was wondering what was going on with me. Sorry mom, but I wanted to share it with you in the right way on Christmas. My parents will be grandparents for the first time, my brother an uncle for the first time. Jordan's parents get more grandchildren and the brothers continue to be good uncles. We are so excited to be on this road with so much support. Now, I think it's time to get some pictures of myself before I balloon out with this child. Thank you mom for taking me shopping for such adorable maternity clothes, I can't wait to have a bump to fill it in.
At dance class in mid November, I arrived feeling "in the family mood" and told Jordan that I thought I was ready to start a family. He then asked me if we should stay for class or just go home ( with a wink ). I love his ever ready attitude! Of course, we stayed for class, I'm too frugal and too interested in dance to let that go!
So, later that month, I take an ovulation test, because by then I had been really wondering if we were ready. I also realized that if people really thought about it, they'd probably never be truly ready. The test tested positive that in the next 12-48 or some odd hours I would ovulate. I tell Jordan, "You know, I don't think I want to be pregnant our first month." ( without using protective barrier birth control. Is that too much info? I'm just here to say that those suckers work! ) Anyway, I can digress...Jordan reluctantly lets me get my way for the next week. By now, it's about a week before my next cycle begins and I pick up five pregnancy tests from the dollar store (hey..they're only a buck!) and I take one, just for fun...and I had been feeling "different" lately, but was just sure it was giddiness in our excitement to be looking at starting our own family in the next year. The test says that it can take 3 minutes, but that once one red line appears, and not two, that the test is finished and is negative. I let that one line appear and throw it away. I knew we couldn't have nailed it our first month out, plus we were careful around ovulation time. But...two days later, I cleaned out the trash can and find that test. I smiled thinking about it all, and flip the test over to see that there are two lines on that sucker!!! WHAT? Now, the instructions state not to believe test results taken anywhere from 10 minutes from the time the test was peed on, so I take another test and VIOLA! Right away, two pink lines. I went to the store, got a new different $12.00 test stick to pee on. It shows well...you see the picture....
The next day, the doctor confirmed it, four weeks later, an ultrasound defined it, another four weeks and we heard the heartbeat(this week.) I think I'm finally starting to believe that I just might be pregnant.
We wanted to wait until our 12 week mark before we shared with you all. As you can see, I just can't keep a secret from y'all, so I just decided not to write at all. I'm sorry for my absence, but I appreciate all of the checking in I've gotten via email and phone calls. During the month of December, I barely could talk to my mother because I just couldn't lie to her. I kept any conversation short and she was wondering what was going on with me. Sorry mom, but I wanted to share it with you in the right way on Christmas. My parents will be grandparents for the first time, my brother an uncle for the first time. Jordan's parents get more grandchildren and the brothers continue to be good uncles. We are so excited to be on this road with so much support. Now, I think it's time to get some pictures of myself before I balloon out with this child. Thank you mom for taking me shopping for such adorable maternity clothes, I can't wait to have a bump to fill it in.
posted by Lori Matthiesen at 3:41 PM
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