One Line OR Two??

Because we actually tried to get pregnant I decided to take an early detection pregnancy test (which is about 75% accurate) 4 days before my period was due. It was negative. I was a little bummed because I really thought we had a good chance of being pregnant.

Also, that whole week before my period was due I was getting very hot and my heart would race and I would get angry and impatient. I rarely get that ticked off! I kept telling Jarod "I feel SO weird!" He was rather amused by my new "feisty" attitude.

I talked to a friend who has used the early detection tests before. She said out of all her pregnancies it detected right half the time. I felt a little better thinking I have a 50/50 chance but I wasn't very convinced.

Monday May 17...the day my period is due. It's 5:45am. I got up with Jarod. He was in the shower. I peed on the pregnancy test and left it on the window sill in our bathroom then went downstairs to make coffee. I came back up stairs and saw Jarod out of the shower. (he didn't know I took the test) I asked him to check the test and nodded toward the window. He said "huh?!" Then walked over to the window and looked down at the test. "Is this a joke?" He said. "No. How many lines do you see?" I said. (The test I took has a blue line in one window and a pink line in the next window. There's 2 pink lines if it's positive.) He held up 2 fingers and then said "1 1/2?" I said "How many PINK lines?" He said "it's faint but I see 2". Then I said "HUH?!" So I walk over to him and looked at the test myself. I looked up at him and said "I'm pregnant!" We hugged and kissed and "celebrated" and giggled and cried. Well, I cried. :)

(Because of the extremely faint 2nd line I took 2 more pregnancy tests the next 2 days which clearly showed the 2 pink lines!)

What an emotional and exciting day! We told everyone right away! I know some people wait until they are 2-3 months pregnant. I've never had a miscarriage and we've always told everyone right away. I figure that if something happens to the baby then I will have a lot of support from all the people who knew about the pregnancy. Plus all our loved ones knew our plan to try and conceive at this time and we wanted to make everyone smile with the thought of our new addition.

Thank you Lord for Blessing our desires to be pregnant at this time!!