I told my cousin, who is like my sister, to close her eyes, that I had a present, and she thought it was a bug. And when she saw the test was positive she hugged me and cried and then ran to my husband and cried harder.

She knows I’ve wanted to be a mom my whole life. And Jake and I have had lots of heartbreak the past two years trying to make it happen.

But four days after giving up. And calling it quits until we could afford a better fertility option.

I took a test.

And we are having our first baby!