Don't count yourself out so quick.

Mary • I am 33 years old and married to my best friend of 15 years. Together we have 3 amazing children. I live along the beautiful Gulf Coast of Tx.

So, we weren't trying by any means to have another child but we didn't play it safe either. This will be #4 for us. And I am beyond excited to add to our family, even if it is a little shocking.

Anywho. So I knew early on something was different. I felt nauseated, no food looked good and I had to force myself to eat, and extra trips to the protty each day. I've also noticed a lot of bloating and I very rarely experience bloating. So I waited till the day before my expected AF and got a BFN. I was disappointed. Told my husband what was going on and I thought I was going to have to get the chest paddles out to restart his heart. Lol. After a 3 days of no AF, I tested again. BFN! But all my symptoms were getting worse. Well after a couple of days my husband decided if we weren't expecting he wanted to try again. So I bought ovulation kits. I made a doctors appt to see what in the world was going on with me. Fast forward to day 6 and 7 of no AF... all symptoms seemed to disappear. So day 8 just because I had that feeling things weren't quite right I tested again. BFN. Grr... I convinced myself that I really wasn't and my brain was tricking my body and holding up my AF. So when we went out last night I had a margarita with my dinner. I took my 1st ovulation test this morning to start trying to figure out where my cycle was. But! I noticed it was turning BFP. What? Wait, it's not time to ovulate yet. I popped it into the digital reader (cuz my dumb butt had put it in backwards at first). Then the smilie face stared at me. I read if you're preggo your OT can turn BFP. So I broke out my Clear Blues. At first it was BFN, which I wasn't surprised by. But then that plus sign started to get darker. OMG! Pop open the digital and "pregnant 2-3 weeks". So what's my point, other than I am shocked and thrilled? I am 11 days late. That testing 4-6 days before my AF did not work for me. Testing on the day of, the day after, or week after was not accurate advice for me. It took 11 days to confirm what I was sure of but thought I was making up. So don't give up till AF shows her ugly head or a doctor tells you otherwise.