*I reiterate to any real-life friends who might see this that it’s off-the-record until further notice…though you can talk to US about it, of course!*
So … like … yeah.
AS found the whole ovulation-calendar thing a bit off-putting the first month she started trying to conceive, so she decided to try to be less conscious of that and just go with the flow. Last Thursday, she did do the math to see when she should expect her period, and realized it was already a day or two late. Friday she bought a pregnancy test. NT and I were going out of town with lil’ AA, so it was kind of strange that if the test came back positive, we wouldn’t be there with her. But she didn’t think she could wait all weekend to find out, especially if there was no sign of her period.
Early Saturday morning no period materialized, and early morning is supposed to be the best time for detecting an early pregnancy, so she tried the test. As with my test lo so many years ago, there was no waiting required; that second line showed up immediately!
She talked to us Saturday to give us the news; we were in Ohio for a family reunion and were in our hotel room alone, thank goodness. This time, for me, there was all the elation and none of the what-the-fuck-have-we-just-done feeling, because this time I know we like being parents and have some experience under our belts.
We are going to be much cagier about telling people this time … I think. We’ll see, because AS has several social functions coming up, so if anyone hears her ordering noncaffeinated, nonalcoholic beverages, they might just suspect something — she usually has a Diet Coke in one hand and a beer or mixed drink in the other at parties!
Needless to say I have an inner glow that I’m trying hard to keep unseen. I feel like I’m grinning a lot. I don’t think I’ll give anything away, but I’ll probably imagine that I am at times.
I have all the same worries that I did when I was pregnant, but giving myself the same reassurances. Mainly, that at least now we know she can get pregnant; that’s at least half the battle.
AS can now point to a couple of weird incidents she had before she tested positive, such as not being able to eat a dessert she would normally have loved, that are probably pregnancy-related. I had the same thing happen! Now that she does know, she’s able to identify weird cravings and repulsion to certain foods and smells for what they are.
Here we go again!
