And So It Begins...

I'm pregnant. Or so the four home pregnancy tests have said. But it hasn't quite hit me yet -- I keep waiting for the emotional part of this to kick in -- and also the physical part!

Me holding up the first test. See how calm I look?!

I tested positive February 29, 2012. I took the test very quietly at 5 am while my husband slept soundly. And I went on with the rest of my day, going to work, sitting through meetings without much fanfare. After work I ran to Kmart to buy some digital tests. Before I told my husband (W) I really wanted to make sure I didn't just have a faulty test. Lo and behold another very blatant positive result.

The second test, mostly so I could see the word

I told W that evening after a frozen pizza dinner. He was definitely a little shocked and thrown off guard but then quickly hugged me and told me he was happy. We had decided to ease into TTC in February, a little bit ahead of our planned schedule. I had assumed that it would take us quite a number of cycles to get pregnant -- fate had other plans!

I am scheduled to get my blood taken tomorrow, and I should have that result Monday so I begin the process of prenatal appointments. In the meantime I'm going to be furiously peeing on my sticks just to make sure I'm still pregnant. Oh and reading - I'll be doing a lot of reading because I'm kind of pregnancy clueless. I want to tell the world, but of course I won't; I know the first tri is a very fragile time, and I've seen too many friends go through miscarriages.

So here goes our journey into pregnancy and parenthood!