OMG! I was right! ☺️👶🏻

Since I can’t tell anyone else yet...

I hope you have 5 minutes for my story!

I got off birth control after 5 years in February. So mid March I noticed I was feeling different. Not bad, just different. So March 16th I took a pregnancy test. Negative.

I wrote down my “symptoms.” I continued to feel them. I was EXHAUSTED. Like, never been this tired in my life. Plus my big red flag was that my nipples were sore, which is something I have never in my life experienced. It could be my body regulating and finding its normal after being on birth control for so long.

Other symptoms I had, including the extreme fatigue/exhaustion and the sore, hard nipples: aversion to coffee (this is a big one for me, I adore coffee), smell sensitivity (normally don’t smell much at all and I could smell something bad in the kitchen and my Husband couldn’t), elevates heart rate (I wear a fitness watch), frequent urination, slight nausea one time, and just feeling pregnant.

I did a bit of research and found out that pregnancy is counted from the first day of your last period (March 1st) and that conception is somewhere around 2 weeks after that. And I read that an sanely response pregnancy test is accurate up to 6 days before your missed period. I got negative tests on March 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.

I was a little let down, so I decided not to think about it for a while. I managed to actually distract myself until today.

I should’ve started my period March 28th, but again, assumed it was late because my body wasn’t used to not having BC. This morning I woke up a thought ‘hmm, I’m about 5 days late and my nipples are still sore. I’ll take a final test just in case.’ Part of me wondered if I needed to call a doctor.

I took the test, and it’s positive!!!

So!! Here’s how I told my husband:

I stayed home from work today because I have a cold and can’t breathe through my nose and didn’t want to drive the hour to work. He went to work like normal at 6.

I sleep in (hallelujah!) and get out of bed at 10. Decide to take a test, since it’s the “first pee” of the day. Wait 3 minutes. Positive. A few “holy $h!+s” came out of my mouth, I cried, and then I proceeded to worry about how I now had to wait 6 hours to tell him in person.

He calls at 11:30–says he’s sick, has felt like he’s going to throw up for a while. He also has a cold, so I assume it’s the drainage 🙁

He gets home, takes his uniform off (he works in a nasty refinery so he won’t touch me until he’s out of the uniform). We’re in the kitchen and I grab his hand, and put a grain of rice in his hand. He goes “why are you handing me a grain of rice??” I say: “because that’s the size of your baby right now.”

He’s just smiling and staring at me. I told him I was serious and then put the two positive pregnancy tests in his hand too.

I’ve downloaded about 6 apps, ordered 4 books off amazon and scheduled my first appointment with my OBGYN, which isn’t until April 26th. Don’t know how I’ll make it until then!!

Officially figuring my due date as Dec 6th!

😊☺️😁

Xoxo Ains

Wishing love to all of you out there!