In January I went and got my progesterone taken. My progesterone level? It was a 34.6. WOHOO!!! The highest yet! The doctor even said it was high enough that IF I did get pregnant we could be
having TWINS! (Most of you might be a little nervous about that but I was ECSTATIC. If it was twins… in my eyes… The more the merrier!!) So we waited patiently to take our monthly pregnancy test. By this time I was acting as if I didn’t think I would be pregnant just so I wouldn’t have my hopes shattered if I wasn’t, but I had that glimmer of hope from the Progesterone test that maybe, just maybe, I might be. I had been really abnormally tired and had been having hot flashes so I thought it was time to take the test. Mason got up one morning and I sent him to the grocery store to pick up a pack of them. (By this time we were buying in bulk.) I told him to “get the good kind,” just in case. He came home and I went in and took the test and set it upside down on the counter. (By now we had made a promise that we would check the tests together in case it actually came back positive. We wanted to share that exciting moment together when it did happen.) I grabbed Mason after a few minutes and we went over and lifted the test. We looked at it and went to throw it away like normal, but I hesitated. Was that a faint, little itty bitty, second pink line?? My best friend Carly was staying over that night so she came in when she heard me freak out. I showed Mason AND Carly the test and we tried to remain calm as I called the nurse at the doctor’s office. This is about how the conversation went:
Nurse: “Hello? This is Heather”
(I knew who Heather was since I had spoken to her on the phone and seen her so many times at this point. I was glad it was her that answered since I felt kind of silly calling.)
Me: “Heather! So, I took my pregnancy test like usual and… it has a second line. Like, a really faint one, really really light but it is getting darker. Is there a chance that means I might be pregnant? Or does it have to be really obviously dark?”
(Picture me and Carly and Mason all sitting on my bed together, one of them at each of my sides eves-dropping on my convo with Heather.)
Nurse: (kind of chuckling at me,) “YAY!! How exciting Randi! That most definitely means you are pregnant, congrats! Even if it’s a faint line, it’s still a line!”
Me: (nervously chuckling, weird pause.) “……………………..what do I do now!?!”
(By this time Mason, Carly and Heather are all kind of laughing with me. Shock does funny things to the body and mind.)
Nurse: “Come in today at 1 PM and we will get you tested here at the office to make sure!”
So, we set an appointment with the Doctor for that afternoon. Right after the phone call Mason said, “We should pray!” And there we were, me, Mason and Carly, dropped to our knees at the side of me
and Mason’s bed and we prayed. And we cried, and hugged, and celebrated. I took that little test and put it in a baggy and took it with me to show the nurse. She took her test and came in and confirmed! We were FINALLY pregnant! She said our Due Date was September 21st. And that I was about 5 weeks along at this point. I have NEVER cried so many tears of joy. I was on cloud nine. I was SO in love with this new little baby in my stomach. Even though it was small, it was ours, a little piece of Mason and a little piece of me. I have never had happier weeks that those weeks after we found out.
Mason took me to Barnes and Noble the following week and we picked out books on parenting. “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” a couple of Baby Name Books, “Dude, You’re Gonna Be a Dad” for Mason, and a baby bump journal for me! We had to go to Target to buy a body pillow for me because I was already uncomfortable sleeping on my stomach, it made me sick, which was weird since I had always been a
stomach sleeper. While we were there Mason and I swooned as we strolled through the baby isles, daydreaming about nursery decorations and talking strollers and reading about the car seats, not to mention drooling and cooing over the baby clothes. It was all so real, and we were so happy. I have never felt that close to Heaven and I had never been that grateful in all my years as a member of the LDS church. I recognized what a blessing it was and that it was all thanks to that fast we did with our family and friends and the amazing response from our Heavenly Father. We felt so much love in our hearts for everyone around us and especially our little, itty-bitty, new addition.
We prepared to announce to our families. One of my best friends, Tayler, is pregnant and so I told her by giving her a onsie that said “Best…” and on the next line it said “Est. Summer 2014” and when she looked at it she was so sweet but so confused, until she looked up and I was holding up a second onesie that said “Friends….” She had one of the best reactions I have ever seen. We told my mom and dad by gifting my dad a camouflage onesie shortly after his birthday and they both got teary eyed and screamed and yelled at how excited they were to be grandparents. I told my sister and grandma but giving them onsies and we told Mason’s family by taking brownies to dinner that said “Baby Rose Coming September 2014” on the top in frosting.
Everyone was so happy for us.
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