The Moment We Found Out

Michael and I found out on September 7, 2009 that I was pregnant.  This is how our morning started...Michael went on his 3 mile run that he does every morning at 5:30 am.  I had been complaining about not feeling "right" for about 2 days so before he left for his run he said "Laura, just pee on a stick."  I told him that I was not going to do that because I was NOT pregnant.  To satisfy him I decided that I would take a pregnancy test before I got in the shower.  I completely expected a big ole negative!!  So you are suppose to wait 3 minutes before the results will show, but I just knew that is was negative and was ready to get my day started so I decided after about a minute I would go ahead and look at it.  Much to my surprise after 1 minute there was a BIG FAT POSITIVE!!

I stood there in the bathroom talking to myself.  I kept saying "Oh my gosh, I cannot believe this."  I was nervous, excited, and who knows what else!  I could not wait for Michael to get back from his run.  His 3 mile run usually takes about 35 minutes, but this particular day it seemed like it took a lifetime!  When he finally got back I was in the shower.  He walked in the bathroom and I told him that something was wrong in the bathroom.  He kept asking me what was wrong.  I said "just go look in the bathroom."  I had no clue what his reaction would be.  He came out and said "interesting."  Interesting??  Is that good or bad??  I think we were both shocked beyond belief, but excited at the same time.  It took some time to get used to the fact that I had a baby in my belly.

I went to work that morning and immediately grabbed one of the doctors in our office and said "I need for you to verify something for me."  I could not trust that one little stick. =)  He was kind enough to verify it for me through blood work.  When I got the results from him, I called Michael to let him know the good news.  The two lines...they were correct!

This is where the fun begins!  I called my OB office and set up our first doctors appointment.  At the first appointment they do an ultrasound.  I was very excited, but at the same time nervous because who knows what you are going to see....will it be one baby, two babies, or maybe even three babies??  Thank goodness we found out that day that we were having ONE baby.  Everything looked good at this first appointment.  We got the first picture of our precious Little Peanut that day (7 wks and 5 days).

  When you get to see your sweet little baby for the first time, it all starts to sink in.  I have loved her from the moment I saw her.  She didn't even look like a baby, but I knew that I was responsible for her.