The day we found out!

Wow!  At 1:09 this afternoon I found out some information that will most certainly change the rest of my life.  Pat and I are having a baby!!  I went to the doctor’s this morning and had a blood test that came back positive.  It’s crazy. My period was 10 days late and we haven’t really been doing anything to prevent getting pregnant, but wow!  I was so excited/hopeful/nervous that I would be, but there were also so many reasons that I could have just been late – I’ve been working a lot of nights, I traveled cross country – one of the flights being a red-eye and it just didn’t seem possible that I really could be pregnant.  Well, I was wrong!   I had been feeling tired, but again, could have been a function of working nights.  I also was very queasy all weekend, to the point where Pat made breakfast Saturday morning and I had to leave the room because the smell of his delicious looking dropped-egg-on-toast made me gag.  I was scared to believe I could be pregnant, because I had taken two home pregnancy tests, and both were negative. About two months ago, I was sick with a sinus infection and paid a visit to my primary care.  Apparently they scheduled a follow up visit for this morning, which I knew nothing about until they called on Friday and left me a message.  By the time I got the message, it was too late to call and cancel the appointment (they charge you if cancel less than 24 hours before the scheduled appointment).  So, I worked last night and headed straight to the appointment.  The NP was awesome, I think she was almost as excited as I was – most of the patients in the office are elderly, so I think it was fun for her!  She ordered the blood work stat, and two hours later, she called and left me a message saying that she had good news and I should call her back.  I was sleeping and called her back at 1:09 this afternoon.  That’s when I got the good news!!  According to Naegle’s rule, mini marr is due to arrive on May 18!!  Telling Pat was awesome.  I couldn’t do it on the phone, so I waited until he got home from work.  We were in the office saying hello, he gave me a big hug and squeeze and I said be careful, you don’t want to hurt the baby.  He just looked at me, like yeah right.  And then I started crying, so he knew it was real!  It still doesn’t feel real and we just kinda kept looking at each other like, seriously?  We’re having a baby?  But we are!

YEAH!