Pregnancy recap
I found out I was pregnant on the morning of May 21, 2011. We had tried during that cycle and I had been waiting for the two-week mark to take the pregnancy test. It was 5 a.m. and I woke up and Mike was already up for the day. It was a Saturday and he has a habit of getting up early when he first opens his eyes. I, on the otherhand, try to sleep in usually but am never able to really sleep in past 7 on weekends. I digress, he was up and I was up, and I was eager to take the test. It was kind of like Christmas morning.
I made my way to the bathroom and debated this test taking- “was it too early? should I wait a few more days?” but temptation gave in and I peed on the stick.
I waited there in the bathroom and then looked down after I washed my face and paced a little- there it was, two pink lines. Unmistakably a positive! I looked at the box again, making sure I wasn’t reading it wrong. Then looked back in the mirror and said outloud to myself “This is it, your life is going to change.” I took a few breaths, containing my emergent giant smile, and opened the bathroom door to make my way downstairs.
My dog came with, and ran down in front of me. I could hear Mike playing his videogame on the big tv at the other end of the rec room. “Is that my Brisco?” he said. I walked quietly and quickly threw the room and turned the corner.
“Oh hey baby, good morning,” Mike said, with a sleepy smile for me. I smiled back, unable to really speak, walked over to him, kissed him, and took the test out from behind my back.
I put it up towards his face as I stepped back from our soft morning kiss, and he looked at it, looked at me, looked at it again, and said “Is that what I think it is?”
I nodded eagerly, “yes!!! It’s positive, I’m pregnant!”
“Really?”
“Yes!”
His eyes welled up and a huge smile spread across his face. He threw his controller on the floor and we hugged eachother. This was the beginning of something special. My first pregnancy and ultimately bringing Lincoln into this world.
