june16

June 16, 2001

Week 4

Well, it really happened. I was beginning to think I would never have a cycle, when suddenly this month, everything went according to "textbook" standards...so I was beginning to wonder. I had also started feeling really tired, and a little queasy at times, but I thought it might have been all in my head.

My birthday was on Thursday (June 14), which was the first day I tested. I really thought that it was going to be too early to test (it was approx. 12 days past ovulation, if my charts were correct which I'm pretty sure they were) but I had talked about maybe testing on my birthday several weeks ago, if this cycle went well. I thought it would be a nice way to start the morning! Well, when it came to the night before, though, I just didn't want to test and then have it be

too early, because I REALLY did feel like something happened this month, but I didn't want to be disappointed. Phil told me to just go ahead and do it, though, because if it WAS positive, it would make my day. So I did. I did the test first thing in the morning and then sat there, counting off the three minutes.

At about 2 1/2 minutes, still nothing had happened, so I figured, okay it was too early. But then JUST about when I thought that, I suddenly saw a very, very faint line begin to appear. I was shocked, but I thought maybe it was just the evaporation line that shows up after the test has been completed, when you aren't supposed to look at it anymore. I was excited, but not convinced.

When I got to work, Mom called me and asked if I "had gotten a good present this morning". (I had forgotten that I had mentioned to her about maybe testing on my birthday, a long time ago.) I said "I don't know what you're talking about..." and she said "did you TEST today??" Well, I was at work, at a cubical, so I couldn't really answer, so I said "I'll send you an email." So I did, I told her what happened but that I thought it might not be true so don't tell ANYONE yet (except her officemate Karen, who I KNEW was standing there reading that email with her, and she was! :) ) That evening, mom came over to give me a birthday present, and she told me that I "had" to test again the next morning because Karen was going out of town that afternoon for a whole week and couldn't wait. :)

So, yesterday morning (June 15) I woke up having to go to the bathroom so bad I felt like I was about to explode (I had been "saving it up" all night so that I'd get a good, concentrated test, even though lately I've been having to potty about every single hour or more!!), and I went downstairs to the bathroom (our upstairs toilet isn't working!!) to test. This time I used an ultra-sensitive test (my friend April- who is at about 10 weeks- had given me her extra tests but only one of them was an expensive First Response, so I hadn't wanted to "waste" that one by using it too early.) I took the test and then turned it over to place it face-up on the counter to wait, and within seconds, the INSTANT the test got wet, a bright, bold pink line showed up. There was no question this time!!!

Yesterday I felt like I was walking around in a daze. Today (Saturday June 16) I woke up feeling, suddenly, like my body's been taken over. For one thing, I ALWAYS sleep in till mid-morning on Saturdays, but I was wide awake at 6:30, feeling like I was dying of thirst. I drank some water and tried to go back to bed but my body would have none of it - I was UP, I was AWAKE, and now it's time to eat. I had to have an apple. That is so much not like me on Saturday mornings, typically I don't even eat until around noon or even later.

I know, intellectually, that there are huge changes going on right under my nose every single day, the baby is growing like mad at this point, but it still seems so strange that, for one thing, my body has already reacted as it has, and two, simply that there is a little person inside of me...now THAT seems REALLY strange!!!! And more than a little scary, too!



	June 16, 2001 Week 4 Well, it really happened. I was beginning to think I would never have a cycle, when suddenly this month, everything went according to "textbook" standards...so I was beginning to wonder. I had also started feeling really tired, and a little queasy at times, but I thought it might have been all in my head. My birthday was on Thursday (June 14), which was the first day I tested. I really thought that it was going to be too early to test (it was approx. 12 days past ovulation, if my charts were correct which I'm pretty sure they were) but I had talked about maybe testing on my birthday several weeks ago, if this cycle went well. I thought it would be a nice way to start the morning! Well, when it came to the night before, though, I just didn't want to test and then have it be too early, because I REALLY did feel like something happened this month, but I didn't want to be disappointed. Phil told me to just go ahead and do it, though, because if it WAS positive, it would make my day. So I did. I did the test first thing in the morning and then sat there, counting off the three minutes. At about 2 1/2 minutes, still nothing had happened, so I figured, okay it was too early. But then JUST about when I thought that, I suddenly saw a very, very faint line begin to appear. I was shocked, but I thought maybe it was just the evaporation line that shows up after the test has been completed, when you aren't supposed to look at it anymore. I was excited, but not convinced. When I got to work, Mom called me and asked if I "had gotten a good present this morning". (I had forgotten that I had mentioned to her about maybe testing on my birthday, a long time ago.) I said "I don't know what you're talking about..." and she said "did you TEST today??" Well, I was at work, at a cubical, so I couldn't really answer, so I said "I'll send you an email." So I did, I told her what happened but that I thought it might not be true so don't tell ANYONE yet (except her officemate Karen, who I KNEW was standing there reading that email with her, and she was! :) ) That evening, mom came over to give me a birthday present, and she told me that I "had" to test again the next morning because Karen was going out of town that afternoon for a whole week and couldn't wait. :) So, yesterday morning (June 15) I woke up having to go to the bathroom so bad I felt like I was about to explode (I had been "saving it up" all night so that I'd get a good, concentrated test, even though lately I've been having to potty about every single hour or more!!), and I went downstairs to the bathroom (our upstairs toilet isn't working!!) to test. This time I used an ultra-sensitive test (my friend April- who is at about 10 weeks- had given me her extra tests but only one of them was an expensive First Response, so I hadn't wanted to "waste" that one by using it too early.) I took the test and then turned it over to place it face-up on the counter to wait, and within seconds, the INSTANT the test got wet, a bright, bold pink line showed up. There was no question this time!!! Yesterday I felt like I was walking around in a daze. Today (Saturday June 16) I woke up feeling, suddenly, like my body's been taken over. For one thing, I ALWAYS sleep in till mid-morning on Saturdays, but I was wide awake at 6:30, feeling like I was dying of thirst. I drank some water and tried to go back to bed but my body would have none of it - I was UP, I was AWAKE, and now it's time to eat. I had to have an apple. That is so much not like me on Saturday mornings, typically I don't even eat until around noon or even later. I know, intellectually, that there are huge changes going on right under my nose every single day, the baby is growing like mad at this point, but it still seems so strange that, for one thing, my body has already reacted as it has, and two, simply that there is a little person inside of me...now THAT seems REALLY strange!!!! And more than a little scary, too!