Finding Out I'm Pregnant

I remember it like it was yesterday, how could I forget? It was the moment I knew my dad might actually kill me! My then boyfriend, D and I were sitting on the couch watching a very disturbing movie on Netflix (9 cameras; I don’t recommend it) while we waited for the dreaded time of him going back to the Army. It occurred to me that my monthly friend hadn’t come yet, and I was getting a little suspicious. I am that person who always thinks they are pregnant and never am (kind of crazy I know). I bought a pregnancy test which is something I usually do when D leaves, just to ease my mind, and I went upstairs to take it. Not expecting the results that I got.

Spoiler alert, it was positive.

There was a second line, it was so faint that I had to really look to see it, but it was there. I began to freak out and called D upstairs so he could look too; because maybe I was just seeing things? He’s a guy he had no idea what he was looking at, and I was so afraid he would be mad at me. Luckily for me he wasn’t mad, but we went to the store to buy three more and a huge bottle of water. Better safe than sorry right? WRONG! One pregnancy test was positive, and the other two were negative, so we literally had a 50\50 chance of becoming a family. So many thoughts were running through my mind and I had no idea what D was thinking. Did he want to have a baby with me? Was he excited to become a father?

I drove him to the airport and on our way there he called his best friend to tell him the news; “about time” was the joking response we got from his friend.

A few days later I made an appointment with my OB, and had a blood test done. It was confirmed the next day that I was in fact pregnant. So many emotions went through my head when I hung up with the nurse. First, I was going to be a mom, something I had wanted for the longest time. Second, crap I was going to be a mom, I am only twenty-two and a full-time student. How am I going to do this? Lastly, I am going to be a mom, and hopefully a good one.

A few months have gone by since I found out I was expecting, and this has become the greatest blessing in my life. Knowing there is a life growing inside of me, is freaky, but so amazing at the same time. Baby M, you are going to be the most loved baby in the universe, I hope you know that.

This test was taken after the blood test was done, and it was confirmed I was growing a new life!