Cautiously EXCITED!
Friday, August 11, 2006
Almost every year, my husband and I give eachother our Christmas presents a week....or two....or three early. When were were looking to buy our first house last October, we made an offer on the 4th house we looked at, on the first day of our house-shopping! It proved to work out just fine and the house is perfect for us, but most normal people don't buy the 4th home they look at within 20 minutes of stepping foot on the property. About a week ago, my husband who has been having some pain in his shoulders, decided he wanted to try one of those theraputic memory foam pillows. We were out with some friends late one evening and stopped at the only store around here that's open at 11:00 PM, Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart didn't have a huge selection of memory foam pillows, and I could tell that my husband would've rather held out for a better one, but his impatience got the best of him. We walked out of there with a pillow that I'm not sure he would've chosen if he had checked around at say, Target, or Kohls, or elsewhere. I know there are other examples of our hopeless impatience, but they escape me at the moment.
Oh here's one: You know how I said I was going to wait until Monday to take another pregnancy test? I know myself better than that. I took another pregnancy test first thing this morning and guess what I saw not even 3 minutes after taking dropping the pee-pee in the well?
Here are a couple pictures of the test I took this morning next to the test I took 2 days ago:
Here's what the test looked like after about 45 minutes:
I want to be excited, but I can hardly believe it! I know for a fact, though, that a pink line would not appear there in less than 3 minutes if I did not have hCG (the pregancy hormone) in my urine. I called my husband, my mom, and my sister and told them. I know a lot of people wait a while to tell their family members, but i'm extremely close to my mom and sister. They know that we're trying to conceive, and.....well, I guess that's another good example of how impatient I am!
DH doesn't quite believe it. He sort of teased me for thinking that the super faint line I saw 2 days ago was pink.....and rightly so. It was pretty ambiguous. But today's was considerably darker. My sister said she never got a test line that was as dark as the control line for 2 of her pregnancies....and she tested WAY after I did.
DH said "How do you confirm it?" and I was like "Hhhmm....I dunno...take a blood test??" But here's the thing: I'm not going to an OB/GYN for this pregnancy. I am getting my prenatal care through a midwife. The midwife I'm going to use works closely with an OB/GYN who used to be a midwife herself. All of her clients see that doctor twice during their pregnancies: once relatively early on for an evaluation and labwork, and a second time @ 28 weeks to make sure the pregnancy is "low-risk" enough to deliver naturally outside of the hospital.
Also, since my husband recently got a new job, our insurance doesn't kick in for another 90 days. That's not a problem at all, since we were planning on paying the midwife out of pocket anyway.......but it does rule out the possibility of cheaply going to the clinic we used to visit in order to see a doc there and ask for a blood test. My sis said that more than likely, they would just tell me they didn't want to see me until I'm 6 weeks along and then they'd just end up doing a urine test in their office anyway.
So, I called the midwife, told her about my tests and all the details and she told me to test again in a week - first thing NEXT Friday morning - and then call her, since I tested so early and my period was just due yesterday. She also seemed excited for me, so it's not like she didn't believe I'm pregnant, she just thinks it would be wise for a later test to confirm it. My blogger pals, Sorlil, and Danielle both suggested on my last post that I get one of those digital pregnancy tests that clearly state "Pregnant" or "Not Pregnant" on a digital screen, so I don't have to fuss with these crazy pink lines. I think that's a good idea. Maybe I'll pick one of those up for my "confirmation" test on friday. I still have one more pregnancy test in my possession. It's one of the First Response Early Result tests. I think I may continue being a crazy peeing-on-a-stick fool and take it tomorrow w/ my first morning urine. I kind of like the idea of having a photo progression of my tests where you can see the line get darker and darker as the hCG in my urine increases.
So.....I'm CAUTIOUSLY excited. I'm not going to go around telling my friends just yet. I'll wait for that.....in fact, DH has a funny plan for telling our friends at church that I'll elaborate on some other time.
Oh here's one: You know how I said I was going to wait until Monday to take another pregnancy test? I know myself better than that. I took another pregnancy test first thing this morning and guess what I saw not even 3 minutes after taking dropping the pee-pee in the well?
Here are a couple pictures of the test I took this morning next to the test I took 2 days ago:
Here's what the test looked like after about 45 minutes:
I want to be excited, but I can hardly believe it! I know for a fact, though, that a pink line would not appear there in less than 3 minutes if I did not have hCG (the pregancy hormone) in my urine. I called my husband, my mom, and my sister and told them. I know a lot of people wait a while to tell their family members, but i'm extremely close to my mom and sister. They know that we're trying to conceive, and.....well, I guess that's another good example of how impatient I am!
DH doesn't quite believe it. He sort of teased me for thinking that the super faint line I saw 2 days ago was pink.....and rightly so. It was pretty ambiguous. But today's was considerably darker. My sister said she never got a test line that was as dark as the control line for 2 of her pregnancies....and she tested WAY after I did.
DH said "How do you confirm it?" and I was like "Hhhmm....I dunno...take a blood test??" But here's the thing: I'm not going to an OB/GYN for this pregnancy. I am getting my prenatal care through a midwife. The midwife I'm going to use works closely with an OB/GYN who used to be a midwife herself. All of her clients see that doctor twice during their pregnancies: once relatively early on for an evaluation and labwork, and a second time @ 28 weeks to make sure the pregnancy is "low-risk" enough to deliver naturally outside of the hospital.
Also, since my husband recently got a new job, our insurance doesn't kick in for another 90 days. That's not a problem at all, since we were planning on paying the midwife out of pocket anyway.......but it does rule out the possibility of cheaply going to the clinic we used to visit in order to see a doc there and ask for a blood test. My sis said that more than likely, they would just tell me they didn't want to see me until I'm 6 weeks along and then they'd just end up doing a urine test in their office anyway.
So, I called the midwife, told her about my tests and all the details and she told me to test again in a week - first thing NEXT Friday morning - and then call her, since I tested so early and my period was just due yesterday. She also seemed excited for me, so it's not like she didn't believe I'm pregnant, she just thinks it would be wise for a later test to confirm it. My blogger pals, Sorlil, and Danielle both suggested on my last post that I get one of those digital pregnancy tests that clearly state "Pregnant" or "Not Pregnant" on a digital screen, so I don't have to fuss with these crazy pink lines. I think that's a good idea. Maybe I'll pick one of those up for my "confirmation" test on friday. I still have one more pregnancy test in my possession. It's one of the First Response Early Result tests. I think I may continue being a crazy peeing-on-a-stick fool and take it tomorrow w/ my first morning urine. I kind of like the idea of having a photo progression of my tests where you can see the line get darker and darker as the hCG in my urine increases.
So.....I'm CAUTIOUSLY excited. I'm not going to go around telling my friends just yet. I'll wait for that.....in fact, DH has a funny plan for telling our friends at church that I'll elaborate on some other time.
posted by Unkempt Mommy at 9:49 AM
7 Comments:
YEAH, BABY!
I'm sooooo excited for the two of you and I don't even know you! The first month trying and already blessed! So fun!!!
Guys are dorks when it comes to stuff like this, you need a good girlfriend to show your test too! I'm so giddy with excitement for you. Your test is a definite positive and I soooo know the feeling of disbeleif. I would test with your last one again tomorrow if you can wait that long and then run out and get the digital one because they come 2 to a pack you could test twice by Friday with the digital one. It is like $10 but you do get 2.
You have a little bean growing in your womb. Yippee! Ask me anything. Yes, the cramps are a bit normal and it is normal to see some light spotting. That is all implantation stuff. I know you didn't ask but there it is. So exciting!
P.S. here is a link to a free diaper cover. I haven't made it myself yet, but I will for the new bean.
I have some fleece so I'll just do that and I think I have a piece of PUL left that will make the smallest one.
http://www.chloetoesboutique.com/full_cover.pdf
I don't have anyone in real life that is excited about diapers either, so I wanted to share with you because I knew you'd appreciate it.
Well, when I first started making my own momma cloth I used metal snaps cause my mom gave me an old hand held snap press (they are like
$15 bucks at JoAnns and look like a big whole punch totally easy to use and don't break the bank)...then when I started making my own dipes I used some velcro but got tired of sewing it. So now I just make the fitted dipes without any closure and I use diaper pins. I'll go back and see on my blog if I have pictures of my dipes.
The thing about snaps is that you only get like 7 for $2 so it ups the price of your dipes if you use all seven on one dipe...and I don't think snaps are as adjustable like velcro is.
OMG.
I did the same thing this morning. I have a picture of it up on my secret website. I thought I was a dork but look - you're doing it too!
Thanks for sharing.
Okay, see if you can access my January 2006 archive through this link, otherwise just go to my site and go to it there. Scroll all the way through January and I have a couple dipes I've made. I made a couple pocket dipes with PUL, I turned a prefold into a fitted, I made a fitted dipe and put a botton on it, I totally forgot about that dipe, it's one of my favorites but Max is too big for it now.
http://pithycraggle.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_pithycraggle_archive.html
Here are the fitteds he currently wears that I use pins with and a cover. They have microfleece inner and flannel or just cotton outter and then I stuff them with a prefold or microfiber towel.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20001.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20004.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20005.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20006.0.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20039.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20040.jpg
Yes I put my boy in tulips.
I crocheted this tickle turdle wrap. I dyed the wool myself. If you want more info go to my February 2006 archive and scroll down.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20031.jpg
I crocheted this soaker and dyed the wool myself. I just made up the pattern.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20042.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20097.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1417/905/1600/Picture%20209.jpg
I tye dyed the shirts in the last two.
If those links don't work and I'm sorry about the copy/paste situation then go to my March, April, May 2206 archives.
WOW that's so exciting, I got pregnant in my first month of trying as well, over the moon for you - rest up and let the roller coaster ride begin :)
Oooo!! I'm so happy for you!! Going to read on above now...
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