Positive!!

Well, if you read the last post, you will see that I did get a positive test on the at-home pregnancy test. But upon reading many reviews on that brand, I wasn’t confident. In fact, I had come to the conclusion that I was definitely not.

I went in for the blood test as usual but didn’t have high hopes at all.

And then the call from the clinic came, with the nurse pleased to tell me that I was pregnant. I was sitting in the open office at work, so of course, I had to try not to say anything obvious. But my boss knew the call was coming. I turned around to see if she had heard the reaction in my voice. She understood. I actually can’t remember what I said.

I walked away to the private meeting room to talk without being overheard. Honestly, I can’t remember most of what the nurse said. Thankfully they put it all through their portal, including my next blood test (the following week). I was shaking and just in shock. I never expected this to happen. And to happen on the 2nd try.

And given my new SMBC friend got a negative just a couple of days before, I really wasn’t confident. But it was true. I got off the phone, in tears, and called my Mum first. All I could do was cry on the phone to her! It was actually happening.

I had to send a message to my boss also to bring me the tissues. I couldn’t stop the tears. I was so happy. But also so shocked. She came in and gave me the biggest hug. I couldn’t call my step-dad, but Mum said to send him a message to call me back. He called back pretty quick, and I answered with “Hey Pop”. Queue a moment of hi. Then silence. Then hi again, and something like a “Wow, really?”. I don’t remember much more of the conversation, but there were many “Holy Moleys” in it! He was a little in shock too!

I had already called my bestie, but she didn’t answer. So I tried again, and she screamed. Her son didn’t know what was going on! She was coming into work in a few hours, so I would meet her soon for a big hug.

All I can say was this was just such an overwhelming day. I’m not sure if I got much work done. I downloaded the Baby Centre app. And worked out the due date. 18 April 2022 for those wondering.

I sent my little sister a message, just with a “Hi Auntie N****” (name removed for privacy still”, to which I got a “??” as a reply. Once I explained, she was so excited too. 

But still, only a few people to know at this time. It’s only early days. 

Officially, I am writing these posts in the past tense at the moment. So at this time, I was classed as 4 weeks pregnant. 4 weeks, 1 day. The app tells me that the baby was the size of a Poppy Seed! Soooo tiny. My HCG levels for this blood test were 201.2, so nicely within the range for early in week 4 (10 – 750 IU/L). But they were going to be monitored weekly.

More updates are coming soon.