This is also the time of new beginnings. The start of my legal career. Starting our lives anew in Los Angeles. There are so many things for which I am grateful, and not the least of which was what I found the other day:
How I got to this amazing result is kind of a funny story. On Wednesday, I used a cheap internet strip to test my urine. I waited for about 2 minutes and didn't see a thing. I assumed it was yet another one of my negative test results, so I put it into the little pink package it came in and tossed it. Later in the afternoon I was reading that those strips can take a while for the results to show. I went to the restroom and on a lark, decided to look at my old test strip, expecting to see the same stark white I've seen for months on months on months. Instead, I saw a faint pink line. I mentally freaked out for a bit, but also knew I couldn't trust that result because it had been sitting for hours.
I guzzled water for the next few hours and then peed on another strip. I watched it like a hawk for five minutes and sure enough, a faint pink line came up within the time limit. I called my sister and told her and she burst into tears. She's had three kids of her own, but she hasn't yet been an aunt.
I tried to keep it a secret from Spyro, but that didn't work too well. I made it about a day before I broke down. Last night I had dinner with some friends from 1L year and he picked me up afterward. He dropped me off at our apartment building and went to go find parking. I raced in the house to pee (which, btw, it seems is all I do these days), and decided to take the above test. Thank God it came out positive, so I could enact my plan! I put it on Spyro's nightstand and mostly covered it with his sleep mask. When he came into the house, I told him I saw something weird on his side of the room. He thought I was talking about a spider, so he went over to his nightstand and ended up moving the sleep mask, showing the test. He got this big grin on his face, ran across the room, and gave me a huge hug and kiss.
As of today, I am 4 weeks along. My beta came back from Thursday at 29, and my repeat beta is on Monday. So far, my only side effects are that I'm extremely thirsty and have to go to the bathroom a lot. We plan on telling our families at my graduation when I am almost 9 weeks along, then coming out to other friends after the first trimester. I couldn't keep it a secret from all of you though because, well, you would start to question why I wasn't talking about my TTC journey anymore! I just ask that if we are real life friends or if you know me on Facebook or Twitter, please please please don't mention it there!
Although I'm terrified by what the future holds, I celebrate today because I am pregnant. And it feels amazing to say that!
