Birthday Surprise!

To back track a little bit - I had knee surgery January 24th.  They did a pregnancy test the day of the surgery and said it came back negative.  However, another girl right before me was positive!  As my nurse told us that, we both laughed and said... "That sucks!  We will take the negative and be happy with that result!"

I knew I was going to start my flow on the 26th so I wasn't even concerned with the odds of being pregnant.  

The 26th came and went.  

We figured with the surgery and the drugs it just threw things off.  I had started to get sick in the mornings or when I didn't have that much food in my tummy.  The thought of food made me nauseous and I did all I could to be motivated to try and eat.  I was starting to feel like something was seriously wrong with me with how horrible I was feeling all the time.  My mom and a few friends kept teasing me to take a pregnancy test but I refused since {again} my flow was going to start in a few days.  I said I didn't want to pee on $5.00 when I'd have my natural result in a few days.  Between the few of them, I was up to $20.00 in cash for them to buy the test for me.  I should have taken the money!  So I promised if I didn't start as my flow tracker app stated I would... then I'd give in and pee on the darn stick.

The flow never came.

Friday, February 24th I'm up at 5:00am- knowing the pee stick was haunting me under the bathroom sink.  I gave in, took the test.  A few minutes went by and I peeked over the counter to see one solid pink line and another faint line... trying to convince myself that it really wasn't there.  I wasn't sure what to do from that point!  Ok... so I started crying, grabbed my phone, texted my friend (another that kept bugging me to pee on a stick) and asked if I can KIND OF... maybe... slightly see another line, does that mean I'm pregnant?  She responds with a comforting, "OMG!!  That's how my first one was with Tylee!"  FANTASTIC.  Tylee, that's now two years old.. it was obviously right!

I jumped in the shower, got dressed, looked like a crazy lady at Smith's buying another First Response, juice, fruit, and cake mix... if that's not a sign right there...

When I got home to crawl back into bed I hear JC call out, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"  By now it's around 7:00 am.  He asks how I am - I tell him I peed on a stick and had to run to Smith's to get another test.  He asks why... I tell him the first one said something I'm not ready to see.  He kind of got this cute smile and asked when I was taking the next test.  We laid there snuggling and talking about the possibility that I'm pregnant.

A few hours go by- he starts breakfast for my birthday as I start getting ready for the day.  I go in the kitchen and ask if I can help with breakfast and he says I can't help make my birthday breakfast.  So I say "Fine, I'll just go pee on a stick then!"  I get my stick, pee on it, put it on the counter fast and ran away from it.  I tell JC to go look at it and tell me what it says.  He's in the bathroom for a few minutes, comes out with glistening eyes and that cute JC smile I love so much.  He walks back around the kitchen counter acting like everything is normal.  I'm standing by the porch door shaking and asks what it says.. he doesn't say a thing, walks over to me, smiles, and hugs me.  I cried and proclaimed, "At least it's not some weird disease!"  Which I thought I had with how sick I'd been.

SURPRISE!  I'm Pregnant... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I call my lady doctor to tell them I'm pregnant and have an IUD.  They tell me to come in at 11:00.  First they did another pregnancy test (my fourth one of the morning!) and the nurse comes back in and says, "It's definitely positive.. can't even question it!"  So then they get me into the ultra sound tech - they wanted to make sure the baby is in the uterus and not the fallopian tubes - which is common if pregnant with an IUD.  So there we are, watching a blank screen when all of us a sudden a big empty uterus pops up on the screen with a little gummy bear snuggled up against the bottom lining.  We both ask what that thing is and the tech laughs and says... That's your baby!  She turns the sound on and it's little heart is racing like crazy!  As unplanned and unexpected as this is... what a great birthday surprise to hear and see our little gummy bear starting its adventure to our family!

The tech determined I was 8 weeks pregnant and due October 4th.  Everything was perfect and right where it should be.  So back up to the office we went to have the IUD removed.  Anna, my doctor, walks in all excited, shocked and amazed that I'm pregnant... and have an IUD.  Always great when your doctor is just as surprised as you are!  So she goes in to pull the IUD out... three attempts and the string breaks!  She had to get one of the OB doctors to come remove it.  It was not a pleasant experience but the lucky guy that got the darn thing out... won my confidence and trust to deliver the baby.  With his funny and caring character- made it pretty easy to select a labor doctor when I didn't know any of them.

After a three hour visit to the doctor, we walked out with juice, ultra sound pictures, and a very tired, hungry and sore wife.  JC treated me to Zupas as we were both still in shock by what we are about to begin.  Definitely a birthday to remember!

I'm now 14 weeks (tomorrow) and {hopefully} pass the morning sickness.  Hasn't been nearly as bad  the past few days and I actually have energy and more motivation!  Maybe I can start enjoying this pregnancy thing now!