Finding out I was pregnant
When I found out I was pregnant for the first time I literally sat and cried on the bathroom floor for about an hour. If I am being honest those tears were not necessarily happy tears. I was terrified, unprepared, and not ready to take on motherhood. As you can guess we were not trying to get pregnant, it was a complete surprise.
Prior to taking the pregnancy test I was having some health issues. I was struggling with ovarian cysts off and on for about 3 months prior. Then I had kidney stones about 3 weeks before I took the pregnancy test. With all this going on I had a handful of CT scans, two of which were done with contrast. I took pregnancy tests before each CT scan and all of them came back negative, so I thought nothing of it.
Then about three weeks after my kidney stones I felt sick again. I went to work that Monday and told my coworker I wasn’t feeling well, and she immediately asked me if I was pregnant. I laughed and shook my head no, but when I got to thinking about it the thought crossed my mind that I could be. So, I had my husband pick up a test. That night was the night that I saw those pink lines cross.
After about an hour of crying on the bathroom floor my husband came in and asked what was happening and if I was okay. I couldn’t even speak. I just lifted the pregnancy test up and put it in his hands. He had a slight smile on his face but then all reality set in. He sat down with me and we spent another 30 minutes crying with me.
The next morning, I called a non-profit organization in a neighboring town called Life Choice Ministries. I made an appointment with them to get an official pregnancy test done. Once they confirmed that I indeed was pregnant they sent my official paperwork to the Women’s Health Group, where all the OBGYNs in our town are located.
A few days go by and the Women’s Health Group calls me to schedule my first sonogram. They asked me when my last period was and in all honesty, I told them I did not know. With all my ovarian cysts plus the kidney stones I couldn’t tell what was an actual period or if I was just bleeding due to those issues. Because of that response, they scheduled me as soon as they could this way we could figure out just how far along I was.
The day comes for the sonogram and my husband and I are sitting in the waiting room not really knowing what to expect. My name gets called, we go back into the room, she puts the gel on my tummy and we see an alien. Haha not really but that is what it looked like. She explained to us in detail about what she could see at this point in the pregnancy, and we just sat with teary eyes. This time though, the tears were of joy. Something about hearing the heartbeat for the first time, it’s amazing.
Come to find out I was 10 weeks along, ALMOST done with the first trimester. This absolutely terrified me because this meant that I had done CT scans with contrast, and I had kidney stones while pregnant. Due to this, I was taking medication that I shouldn’t have been. AND I had been drinking a few times withing those 10 weeks as well. Which we all know you are NOT supposed to drink while pregnant. But the OB assured me that the baby was fine and healthy at that point.
So, my husband and I and expecting our first baby! Now the next step in the process….how do we tell our families about this exciting news?
